Ancient Hawaiians called the island Moku umeume—the isle of attraction. It was named after Dr. Seth Porter Ford (1818–1866), a Boston physician who practiced medicine at the Hawaiian Insane Asylum and the US Seamen's Hospital from 1861–1866 after Charles Guillou. From the 1940s through the 1990s, Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and George H. W. Bush were guests at Ford Island. Several motion pictures were filmed on Ford Island, including In Harm's Way starring John Wayne, Tora Tora Tora, and the 2001 Michael Bay picture Pearl Harbor.