Ord (surname)

Ord is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Boris Ord (1897–1961), British composer
• Edward Ord (1818–1883), Major General in the US Army
• George Ord (1781–1866), American naturalist, ornithologist and writer
• Harry Ord (1819–1885), the 10th Governor of Western Australia
• John Ord (1729–1814), English politician
• Robert Ord (1700–1778), British lawyer and politician
• Toby Ord (born 1979), Australian philosopher
• William Ord (1781–1855), English politician and landowner, MP for Morpeth, and for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• William Ord of Fenham (c. 1715–1768), English land and mine owner, MP for Bossiney
• William Miller Ord (1834–1902), British medical scientist