List of people with surname Taylor

Taylor is a Middle English occupational surname of Old French origin. Listed here are notable people who share this surname. For fictional characters with the name, see the Fictional characters section of the Taylor article.

In sports:
* Alan Taylor (footballer born 1953) (born 1953), English football player
* Angelo Taylor (born 1978), American Olympic athlete
* Brian Taylor (cricketer) (born 1932), English cricketer
* Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), basketball player and sneaker pioneer
* Charles Asampong Taylor (born 1981), Ghanaian football player
* David Taylor (English cricketer) (born 1974)
* David Taylor (footballer) (born 1965), former Welsh footballer
* David Taylor (snooker player) (born 1943), snooker player
* David Taylor (Scottish football) (born 1954), General Secretary of UEFA
* David Taylor (wrestler) (born 1957), English pro wrestler
* Dave Taylor (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
* Dave Taylor (soccer) (20th century), New Zealand soccer player
* Dave Taylor (ice hockey) (born 1955), retired professional hockey player
* Dave Taylor (Thames Ironworks F.C. founder) (19th century), English ironworker & footballer
* Dick Taylor (football manager) (fl. 1960s), manager of Aston Villa F.C.
* Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer) (born 1901)
* Fred Taylor (American football) (born 1976), American NFL running back
* Fred Taylor (basketball) (born 1948), American former NBA player
* Frederick "Cyclone" Taylor (1884-1970), Canadian ice hockey forward
* Fred Taylor (basketball coach) (1924-2002), American collage basketball coach
* Fred Taylor (football coach), American college football coach at Texas Christian University
* Fred Taylor (footballer), English footballer, played for Chelsea, 1909-1919
* George Taylor (baseball) (1853–1911), American Brooklyn Dodgers player
* Herbie Taylor (1889–1973), South African cricketer
* Jack Taylor (19th century baseball player) (1873-1900)
* Jack Taylor (20th century baseball player) (1874-1938), Chicago Cubs pitcher
* Jack Taylor (footballer) (1914-1978), English footballer and football manager
* Jack Taylor (Scottish footballer) (1872-after 1910), Everton F.C. player
* Jack Taylor (referee) (born 1930), English football referee for the 1974 World Cup Final
* Jermain Taylor (born 1978), American boxer, former undisputed middleweight champion of the world
* Jim Taylor (American football) (born 1935), Green Bay Packers player
* Candy Jim Taylor (1884–1948), American Negro league baseball player and manager
* Johnathan Taylor (American football player) (born 1979)
* Lindsay Taylor (born 1981), American basketball player
* Mary "Peta" Taylor (1914-1989), English cricketer
* Megan Taylor (1920–1993), British Olympic speed skater
* Sarah Taylor (cricketer) (born 1989), English cricketer
* Sarah Taylor (tennis) (born 1981), American tennis player
* Sean Taylor (American football) (1983–2007), American football player
* Zac Taylor, American football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

In liberal arts and sciences:
* A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990), English historian
* Alan D. Taylor (20th century), mathematician
* Alfred Edward Taylor (1869–1945), British philosopher
* Brook Taylor (1685–1731), English mathematician
* Charles Taylor (philosopher) (born 1931), Canadian philosopher
* Edward Burnett Taylor (1832–1917), British anthropologist
* Fred M. Taylor (1855-1932), American economist
* Frederick Taylor (historian), British historian
* Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886–1975), British physicist and mathematician
* George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873), English architect
* George W. Taylor (professor) (1901-1972), American academic and labor mediator
* Jill Bolte Taylor (born 1959), American neuroanatomist
* Richard Taylor (mathematician) (born 1962), British mathematician
* Ruth Taylor (poet) (1961–2006), Canadian poet, editor and college professor

In politics:
* Alfred A. Taylor, governor and U.S. Representative from Tennessee
* Casper R. Taylor, Jr. (born 1934), Maryland politician
* Charles Ghankay Taylor (born 1948), former President of Liberia
* David Taylor (British politician), UK politician
* Dave Taylor (Canadian politician), Alberta politician
* David James Taylor, Ontario politician
* Dean P. Taylor (1902-1977), American Congressman from New York
* Dick Taylor (Iowa politician) (born 1931), Iowa state senator
* Fawcett G. Taylor (1878–?), Canadian politician and judge
* George Taylor (delegate) (c. 1716–1781), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
* George Taylor (Leeds South) (born 1840), Canadian House of Commons member
* George Taylor (New York Representative) (1820-1894), American Congressman from New York
* George Sylvester Taylor (1822-1910), American Massachusetts state senator
* George W. Taylor (1849-1932), American Congressman from Alabama
* George William Taylor (born 1937), Canadian Solicitor General
* Larry Taylor (politician), Ontario, Canada politician
* Larry Gene Taylor (1953–2005), American Missouri state senator
* Mary Taylor (Ohio politician), American politician from Ohio
* Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835), daughter of US President Zachary Taylor and wife of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis
* Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (1933–1917), Canadian lawyer and judge
* Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), former United States President

In entertainment:
* Cecil Taylor (born 1929), American pianist and poet
* Christine Taylor (born 1971), American actress, wife of Ben Stiller
* Christi Taylor (born 1976), American adult model
* Corey Taylor (born 1973), American vocalist in Slipknot
* Dave D. Taylor, game programmer formerly employed by id Software
* Dean Taylor (musician) (late 20th century), American rock guitarist
* Richard Clifford 'Dick' Taylor (born 1943), early Rolling Stones bassist
* Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932), American actress
* Gwen Taylor (born 1939), English actress
* Jack Taylor (musician) (1965-1997)
* Jack Taylor (actor) (born 1936), American horror movie actor
* Jack Taylor (heavyweight man), (c. 1946–2006), heaviest man in Britain at his death
* James Taylor (born 1948), American singer-songwriter
* James "JT" Taylor (born 1953), lead singer of Kool & the Gang
* Jane Taylor (1783 - 1824), English poet and novelist, wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
* Janie Taylor, principal dancer for the New York City Ballet
* John Taylor (bass guitarist) (born 1960), British co-founder of Duran Duran
* Karen Taylor (comedian) (born 1979), British comedienne
* Larry Taylor (born 1942) (aka "Samuel Taylor"), American bass guitarist
* Maria Taylor (born 1976), singer
* Noah Taylor (born 1969), Australian actor
* Paul Taylor (born 1930), American dancer and choreographer
* R. Dean Taylor (born 1939), Canadian singer-songwriter
* Rod Taylor (born 1932), Australian actor
* Rod Taylor (singer), Jamaican singer
* Roger Meddows-Taylor (born 1949), English drummer with the band Queen
* Russi Taylor (born 1944), American voice actress
* Ruth Taylor (actress) (1908–1984), American film actress, starred in silent movies
* Sarah Taylor (personality), Canadian television personality
* Steve Taylor (born 1957), American recording artist and film director
* Tiffany Taylor (born 1977), American model
* Veronica Taylor (born 1978), American voice actress

In business:
* E.P. Taylor (1901–1989), Canadian businessman & horse breeder
* Frederick Southgate Taylor (1847-1896), American businessman, politician and founder of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
* Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), American engineer and management scholar
* Jack C. Taylor (born 1923), founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car
* John Taylor (Taylor Ham) (1837–1909), American businessman

In religion:
* Frederick Howard Taylor (1862-1946), British pioneer Protestant Christian missionary to China
* John Taylor (Mormon) (1808–1887), third President of the LDS Church
* Mary Virginia Taylor (born 1950), American bishop in the United Methodist Church

In the military:
* David W. Taylor (1864-1940), U.S. Navy admiral and engineer
* George Taylor (Alamo defender) (c. 1816–1836), soldier in Texas army, died in the Battle of the Alamo
* George A. Taylor (1899–1969), American army officer at D-Day invasion, Battle of Normandy
* George P. Taylor (fl. 1975-2007), American Air Force Surgeon General
* George W. Taylor (general), American Civil War general
* Kenneth M. Taylor (1919-2006), American pilot in World War II
* Maxwell Davenport Taylor (1901–1987), American general and diplomat
* Sarah Taylor (soldier) (1831 – 1872), American Civil War soldier

In journalism and literature:
* D. J. Taylor(born 1960), British author
* David Taylor (vet)(20th century), author and television presenter on animal subjects
* George Augustine Taylor (1872-1928), Australian artist and journalist
* G. P. Taylor (born 1958), British author
* Patrick Gordon Taylor (1896–1966), Australian author and aviator
* Russell Taylor (born 1960), British writer and cartoonist
* Ruth Ashton Taylor, American television journalist
* Tom Taylor (writer) (born 1978), Australian playwright and editorial writer

ee also

*Disambiguation pages
** Alexander Taylor
** Andrew Taylor
** Ann Taylor
** David Taylor
** Dean Taylor
** Dick Taylor (disambiguation)
** Charles Taylor
** Fred Taylor
** George Taylor
** Jack Taylor
** James Taylor (disambiguation)
** Jim Taylor
** John Taylor
** Larry Taylor (disambiguation)
** Mary Taylor
** Matthew Taylor
** Mark Taylor
** Martin Taylor
** Michael Taylor
** Mike Taylor
** Peter Taylor
** Robert Taylor
** Richard Taylor
** Sarah Taylor
** Sean Taylor (disambiguation)
** Steven Taylor