Ferdinand Douglass Bluford (August 4, 1882 – December 21, 1955) was an American educator, and the third president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Bluford headed the college for 30 years, serving longer than any president or chancellor in the school's history.

He would later go on to attend college at Virginia Union University, where he was ranked as one of the three best students in his class.

[1] Bluford died on December 21, 1955, at the age of 73;[2] His body lay in state inside the newly built campus Library.

[1] Bluford is buried at Piedmont Memorial Park in Greensboro, North Carolina.