Ford Thompson Dabney (March 15, 1883, Washington, DC - June 21, 1958, New York City) was an American composer, songwriter, bandleader, music businessman, and vaudevillian, best known as the composer of the song "Shine".

Dabney's uncle was journalist and activist Wendell Dabney. Ford Dabney owned a theater in Washington, DC in the early years of the twentieth century, and wrote and published several songs, including "Haitian Rag", "That Minor Strain", and "Shine" early in his career. He began working with James Reese Europe at the Clef Club in the 1910s, and together collaborated with Florenz Ziegfeld on his shows in New York City (including at the New Amsterdam Theater from 1913 to 1921). Europe and Dabney's collaborations included eight pieces to accompany the dancing of Vernon and Irene Castle. After Europe's murder in 1919, Dabney continued on with his own ensembles, including Dabney's Band and Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestra, the latter of which recorded for Belvedere Records and Puritan Records. However, these endeavors were less successful, and in 1921 he lost his theater position on Broadway. He continued working in New York and composing for several decades; among his later credits were the films Social Register (1934) and Stormy Weather (1943).