What is "packard"

Packard was an American luxury automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, United States, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last in 1958, with one of the last concept cars built in 1956, the Packard Predictor.

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

• Alicyn Packard, voice actress
• Alpheus S. Packard (1798–1884), American educator
• Alpheus Spring Packard (1839–1905), American entomologist and palaeontologist
• Becky Wai-Ling Packard, professor of Psychology and Education
• Damon Packard (born 1967), American film director
• David Packard (1912–1996), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
• Edward Packard (born 1931), American author
• Edward Packard (businessman) (1843–1932), British fertilizer manufacturer
• Elizabeth Packard (1816–1897), American women's rights and mental health activist
• Frank L. Packard (1877–1942), Canadian novelist
• James Ward Packard (1863–1928), Automobile designer and manufacturer
• Keith Packard, software developer
• Kelly Packard (born 1975), American actress
• Marlboro Packard (1828–1904), American master shipbuilder
• Norman Packard (born 1954), American physicist and chaos theorist
• Ron Packard (born 1931), American politician from California
• Vance Packard (1914–1996), American journalist, social critic, and author
• William Alfred Packard (1830–1909), American classical scholar
• William Doud Packard (1861–1923), American co-founder of Packard Motor Company
• William Guthrie Packard (1889–1987), American businessman
• William Packard (1933–2002), American poet and editor

Packard is also the name of the following fictional characters:

• Andrew Packard, fictional character on the American television show Twin Peaks
• Norris Packard, fictional character in MS Gundam

Packard was an American industrial manufacturing company, best known for its eponymous automobile marque.

Packard may also refer to:

• Packard (surname)
• Packard Business College, New York City
• Packard F.C., early 20th century soccer club, sponsored by the automaker
• Packard Formation, Mesozoic geologic formation in Mexico
• Packard Glacier, Antarctica
• Packard Jennings (born 1970), American artist
• Packard Proving Grounds, former automotive testing facility near Utica, Michigan, which once belonged to the above-mentioned automaker
• Packard Stadium, home park of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team
• Packard, Kentucky, ghost town
• Packard, Wisconsin, unincorporated community