Henry Ford is a Hero of Mine – What Can You Tell Me?

Henry Ford, born in Greenfield Township, Dearborn, Michigan (July 30, 1863) and passed away in Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan (April 7, 1947)

He is the founder of the Ford Motor company and is credited for being one of the pioneers of the automobile industry and the use of assembly lines for mass production.

Adolf Hitler was a great admirer of Ford and had awarded him the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest form of recognition foreigners could receive from Nazi Germany.

Being a prolific inventor, Ford was awarded 161 patents in his lifetime.

The Gallup’s List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century ranked Ford as #16 in a list of eighteen.

Ford and his team named their automobile designs in alphabetical order, which made Model T, their most famous product, their 20th design. By the time production ended in 1927, more than fifteen million units of Model T had been sold.