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Harvey Firestone family
- Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868-1938), founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber CompanyFirestone Tire and Rubber CompanyThe Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for automobiles. The company...
- Harvey Samuel Firestone, Jr., son of Firestone founder
- Elizabeth Parke FirestoneElizabeth Parke FirestoneElizabeth Parke Firestone was the mother of Martha Firestone who wed William Clay Ford, Sr., grandson of Henry Ford. She is the daughter of Guy James Parke and Gertrude Chambers, and daughter-in-law of Harvey Firestone. Between 1915 and 1975, she acquired extraordinary clothes which today are on...
, daughter-in-law of Harvey Firestone and mother of Martha Firestone - Leonard FirestoneLeonard FirestoneLeonard Kimball Firestone , was a business man, ambassador and philanthropist.-Biography:...
, son of founder Harvey Firestone - Brooks FirestoneBrooks FirestoneAnthony Brooks Firestone is an American businessman and politician.The son of Leonard Firestone, a grandson of Harvey Samuel Firestone and Idabelle Smith, and a nephew of Harvey Firestone, Jr., he was educated at The Webb School, and graduated from Columbia University...
, sons of Leonard Firestone - Andrew FirestoneAndrew FirestoneAndrew Boulton Firestone is an American TV reality show personality. He is the son of Brooks Firestone, a grandson of Leonard Firestone, and a great-grandson of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey Firestone and Idabelle Smith....
, great-grandson of founder Harvey Firestone and the son of Brooks Firestone - Nick FirestoneNick FirestoneNicholas Stanley Firestone is an American former race car driver.A great-grandson of Harvey Samuel Firestone and Idabelle Smith, grandson of Roger and son of Peter, he graduated from Princeton University in 1989.Starting in Karts he moved to junior formula cars then the British Formula 2...
, racing car driver
Others
- Dennis FirestoneDennis FirestoneDennis Firestone is a former CART driver from 1979 to 1987. He was the Rookie of the year in CART 1980 season finishing in 12th in season points, his best season. His best finish in a CART race was a pair of 5th places that year...
, CART driver, 1979-1987 - Robert W. FirestoneRobert W. FirestoneRobert W. Firestone is a clinical psychologist, author of a number of books about psychological defenses, and a visual artist.-Education:Firestone received his Ph.D...
, author, artist, and clinical psychologist, Santa Barbara - Roy FirestoneRoy FirestoneRoy Firestone is an American sports commentator and journalist. Firestone is a graduate of Miami Beach High School and the University of Miami.-Television career:...
, sports journalist - Shulamith FirestoneShulamith FirestoneShulamith Firestone , is a Jewish, Canadian-born feminist. She was a central figure in the early development of radical feminism, having been a founding member of the New York Radical Women, Redstockings, and New York Radical Feminists...
(b. 1945), Jewish Canadian-born feminist
Places
Liberia- Firestone DistrictFirestone DistrictFirestone District is one of four districts located in Margibi County, Liberia. It is home to Duside Hospital....
, Margibi County
United States
- Firestone (Phoenix, Arizona), listed on the NRHP in Maricopa County, Arizona
- Firestone, ColoradoFirestone, ColoradoFirestone is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,908 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Firestone is located at , or about 30 miles north of Denver....
, a town in Weld County - Firestone Country ClubFirestone Country ClubThe Firestone Country Club is a private golf club located in Akron, Ohio, United States.The Club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West—each of which hosted a televised golf event, respectively the American Golf Classic, the CBS Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf, in...
, in Akron, Ohio - Firestone FieldhouseFirestone FieldhouseFirestone Fieldhouse is a multipurpose arena located in Malibu, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It was built in 1973 as the home of the Pepperdine University Waves basketball and volleyball teams, who still play at the Fieldhouse today...
, a multipurpose arena in Malibu, California - Firestone High SchoolFirestone High SchoolHarvey S. Firestone High School is a public high school located on the northwest side of Akron, Ohio. It is one of seven high schools in the Akron Public Schools district. The high school currently offers programs such as the Visual and Performing Arts, International Baccalaureate Program, and...
, on the northwest side of Akron, Ohio - Firestone (LACMTA station)Firestone (LACMTA Station)Firestone is a station on the Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line.The station has an island platform on the Blue Line right-of-way alongside Graham Avenue near the intersection of Firestone Boulevard in the unincorporated community of Walnut Park. It is next to Colonel Leon H...
, a Los Angeles bus station - Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, the main library at Princeton University
Other companies
- Firestone Building ProductsFirestone Building ProductsFirestone Building Products is a division of Firestone Diversified Products, LLC, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas . BSA is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s largest tire and rubber company....
, headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - Firestone CommunicationsFirestone CommunicationsFirestone Communications is a media and communications Company based in Fort Worth, Texas. The company provides satellite uplink services for television network and programming distribution, and production facilities and services for television and video production.Firestone also owns ¡Sorpresa!...
, diversified media and communications, Fort Worth, Texas, USA - Firestone Diamond MiningFirestone Diamond MiningFirestone Diamonds is a United Kingdom-based company, operating in South Africa and Botswana.-Avontuur Mine, Namaqualand, South Africa:Firestone's Avontuur Mine is located near the coastal town of Hondeklip Bay in Namaqualand. Hondeklip Bay is a well established alluvial diamond producing area and...
, Avontuur and Oena in Namaqualand, South Africa - Firestone Employees SocietyFirestone Employees SocietyThe Firestone Employees Society is a trade union in New Zealand affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.-External links:* at the NZCTU....
, New Zealand Trade Union - Firestone VenturesFirestone VenturesFirestone Ventures Inc is a Canadian Mining company which explores a diverse range of mineral projects in western Canada and Guatemala. The Company's mineral holdings are focused on zinc, gold and uranium....
, Canadian mining company - Firestone VineyardFirestone VineyardA family-owned estate winery specializing in fine wines from California’s Central Coast. Firestone Vineyard was founded in 1972 as Santa Barbara County’s first estate winery.Firestone Vineyard is one of the wineries along the famous Foxen Canyon Wine Trail....
, Santa Barbara, California, USA - Firestone Walker Fine AlesFirestone Walker Fine AlesFirestone Walker Brewing Company is a microbrewery located in Paso Robles, Central California. The company was formed in 1996 by Adam Firestone and David Walker...
, Paso Robles, California, USA
Other
- The Voice of FirestoneThe Voice of FirestoneThe Voice of Firestone, is a long-running radio and television program of classical music. The show featured leading singers in selections from opera and operetta. Originally titled The Firestone Hour, it was first broadcast on the NBC Radio network December 3, 1928 and was later also shown on...
, a weekly broadcast of classical music which appeared on the NBC radio network - Firestone (Pern), a fictional phosphine bearing rock found on the planet Pern in the Dragonriders of Pern series of novels by Anne McCaffrey
- FlintFlintFlint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
, also known as firestone.
Controversy/Events
- Firestone Liberian controversyFirestone Liberian controversyFirestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC is a subsidiary of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Headquartered in Indianapolis, the company operates the largest contiguous rubber plantation in the world in Liberia, which first opened in 1926....
- Firestone and Ford tire controversyFirestone and Ford tire controversyThe Firestone and Ford tire controversy was a period of unusually high tire failures on some Ford vehicles.-Problem detection:In May 2000, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contacted Ford and Firestone about the high incidence of tire failure on Ford Explorers, Mercury...
- Great American Streetcar Scandal
Motor Racing (United States)
- Firestone Indy 200Firestone Indy 200The Firestone Indy 200 was an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee.In 2001, it marked the first American open wheel event in the Nashville area. In later years it was held as a Saturday night race. The 2007 event was postponed until Sunday...
, IndyCar Series race held at Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee - Firestone Indy 225Firestone Indy 225The Firestone Indy 225 was an IndyCar racing event held at Nazareth Speedway from 1987-2004. From 1987-2001, the event was sanctioned by CART. In 2002, the race switched to the Indy Racing League....
, IndyCar Series race held at Nazareth Superspeedway, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania - Firestone Indy 400Firestone Indy 400The Firestone Indy 400 was an IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.Between 1970 and 2007, Michigan International Speedway hosted at least one open-wheel race in every season, hosting 55 open-wheel races over 38 years...
, IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan