List of people with surname Taylor
For information about the surname 'Taylor' itself, see Taylor (surname).
Not to be confused with Tayler.
Taylor is an occupational surname of Norman 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.
Sports
- Alan Taylor (footballer born 1953) (born 1953), English football player
- Alastair Taylor (footballer) (born 1991), English footballer
- Angelo Taylor (born 1978), American Olympic athlete
- Brian Taylor (cricketer) (born 1932), English cricketer
- Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), basketball player and sneaker pioneer
- Danielle Taylor (footballer) (20th century), New Zealand international football (soccer) 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
- Dave Taylor (born 1957), English pro wrestler
- David Taylor (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
- Dave Taylor (soccer) (20th century), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
- Dave Taylor (ice hockey) (born 1955), retired professional hockey player
- Dave Taylor (Thames Ironworks F.C. founder) (19th century), English ironworker & footballer
- Dennis Taylor, (born 1949), Northern Irish snooker player
- Dick Taylor (football manager) (fl. 1960s), English former manager of Aston Villa F.C.
- Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer) (born 1901)
- Durell Taylor, American football player
- Elijah Taylor (born 1990), New Zealand Rugby League player
- F. Morgan Taylor, Jr. (1931–2010), American athlete and businessman
- Fred Taylor (American football) (born 1976), American NFL running back
- Fred Taylor (basketball player) (born 1948), American former NBA player
- Frederick "Cyclone" Taylor (1884–1970), Canadian ice hockey forward
- Fred Taylor (basketball coach) (1924–2002), American college basketball coach
- Fred Taylor (football coach), American college football coach at Texas Christian University
- Fred Taylor (footballer, born 1884), English footballer, played for Chelsea, 1909–1919
- Gary Taylor-Fletcher, English footballer, playing for Blackpool F.C.
- George Taylor (baseball) (1853–1911), American Brooklyn Dodgers player
- Herbie Taylor (1889–1973), South African cricketer
- Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1968), English footballer, played for Aston Villa
- Ian Taylor (field hockey) (born 1954), English gold medalist at 1988 Seoul Olympics
- Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1948), Scottish footballer, played for Aberdeen
- Jack Taylor (19th century baseball player) (1873–1900)
- Jack Taylor (20th century baseball player) (1874–1938), Chicago Cubs pitcher
- Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1914) (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
- Jack Taylor (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player who set the NCAA single-game scoring record
- Jake Taylor (footballer) (born 1991), footballer
- Jeff Taylor (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player
- Jeff Taylor (footballer) (1930–2010), English footballer for several clubs
- Jeffery Taylor (born 1989), Swedish basketball player; son of basketball player Jeff Taylor
- Jerome Taylor (born 1984), Jamaican cricketer
- Jermain Taylor (born 1978), American boxer, former undisputed middleweight champion of the world
- Jim Taylor (American football) (born 1935), Green Bay Packers player
- John Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s
- Candy Jim Taylor (1884–1948), American Negro league baseball player and manager
- Johnathan Taylor (American football player) (born 1979)
- Julie Ann Taylor (born 1961), American voice actress
- Ken Taylor (footballer, born 1931) (born 1931), English footballer
- Kris Taylor (born 1984), English footballer
- Lawrence "LT" Taylor (American football) (born 1959), New York Giants
- Lindsay Taylor (born 1981), American basketball player
- Lorraine Taylor (born 1961), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
- Maik Taylor, German-British association football goalkeeper
- Mark Taylor (cricketer) (born 1964), Australian cricketer
- Mary "Peta" Taylor (1914–1989), English cricketer
- Matthew Taylor (footballer) (born 1981), English football player, currently playing in the Premier League for Bolton Wanderers
- Matt Taylor (footballer) (born 1982), English football player, currently playing for Exeter City F.C.
- Megan Taylor (1920–1993), British Olympic speed skater
- Mike Taylor (basketball coach) (born 1972), American basketball coach
- Morgan Taylor (1903–1975), American hurdler
- Natalie Taylor (born 1984), New Zealand basketball player
- Orville Taylor (born 1970), Jamaican track and field sprinter
- Phil Taylor (born 1960), English darts player, 16 time world champion
- Phil Taylor (footballer) (born 1917), English footballer and former manager of Liverpool FC
- Rhys Taylor (born 1990), Welsh footballer
- Rob Taylor (footballer) (born 1985), English footballer
- Sarah Taylor (cricketer) (born 1989), English cricketer
- Sarah Taylor (tennis) (born 1981), American tennis player
- Sean Taylor (1983–2007), American football player
- Shaun Taylor (born 1963), British footballer
- Steven Taylor (footballer) (born 1986), British footballer for Newcastle United
- Zac Taylor, American football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Liberal arts and sciences
- A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990), English historian
- A. J. Taylor (1911–2002), English historian
- Alan D. Taylor (20th century), mathematician
- Alfred Edward Taylor (1869–1945), British philosopher
- Andrew Taylor (poet) (born 1940), Australian poet, professor
- Anna Heyward Taylor (1879–1956), American artist
- Bert Leston Taylor (1866–1921) American columnist, humorist, poet, and author
- Brook Taylor (1685–1731), English mathematician
- Charles Taylor (philosopher) (born 1931), Canadian philosopher
- Charlotte De Bernier Taylor (1806–1863), American entomologist
- Dwight Willard Taylor (1932–2006, American malacologist
- Edward Taylor (c. 1642 – 1729), colonial American poet, physician, and pastor
- Edward Burnett Taylor (1832–1917), British anthropologist
- F. Jay Taylor (1923–2011), former university president
- F. Sherwood Taylor (1897–1956), British historian of science and museum curator
- Fred M. Taylor (1855–1932), American economist
- Frederick Taylor (historian), British historian
- Garth Alfred Taylor (1944–2005), Ophthalmologist
- Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886–1975), British physicist and mathematician
- George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873), English architect
- George Taylor (botanist) (1904–1993), Scottish botanist
- George W. Taylor (professor) (1901–1972), American academic and labor mediator
- Jill Bolte Taylor (born 1959), American neuroanatomist
- John B. Taylor (born 1946), American economist
- John George Taylor, a British official of the foreign office, and also an important early archaeologist investigating the antiquities of the Middle East
- Joseph L. Taylor (born 1941), American mathematician
- Laurie Taylor (sociologist) (born 1936), English sociologist and radio presenter
- Margerie Venables Taylor (1881–1963), English historian and archeologist
- Matt Taylor, project scientist for the Rosetta mission
- Richard Taylor (mathematician) (born 1962), British mathematician
- Ruth Taylor (poet) (1961–2006), Canadian poet, editor and college professor
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
- Charles H. Taylor (born 1941), former U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
- David Taylor (Labour politician) (1946–2009), English politician, MP 1997–2009
- David Taylor (Green politician) (born 1957 or 1958), 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
- Dorothy Mae Taylor (1928–2000), African-American politician and civil rights activist from New Orleans, Louisiana
- 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 (politician) (1849–1932), American Congressman from Alabama
- George William Taylor (born 1937), Canadian solicitor general
- Ian Taylor (born 1945), English politician and member of the Conservative Party
- James Madison Taylor, aka Matt Taylor (fl. 1868–1886), early Idaho settler and builder of the Taylor Bridge in what is now Idaho Falls
- Len Taylor (born 1952), Canadian politician
- Larry Gene Taylor (1953–2005), American Missouri State senator
- Maretta Taylor, American politician
- Mary Taylor (Ohio politician), American politician from Ohio
- Matthew Taylor (Labour politician) (born 1960), chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts, formerly advisor to Tony Blair and director of the IPPR
- Matthew Taylor (Liberal politician) (born 1963), Cornish Liberal Democrat MP
- Mildred F. Taylor (1905–1981), New York politician
- Roy A. Taylor (1910–1995), late U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
- Sarah Knox Taylor (1814–1835), daughter of US President Zachary Taylor and wife of Jefferson Davis
- Sophia Taylor (1847–1930), New Zealand suffragist and landowner
- Steve Taylor (politician), Delaware State legislator
- Steven W. Taylor (born 1949), Oklahoma Supreme Court justice
- Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (1833–1917), Canadian lawyer and judge
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), 12th President of the United States
Entertainment
- Andy Taylor (born 1961), English guitarist with Duran Duran
- Cecil Taylor (born 1929), American pianist and poet
- Christine Taylor (born 1971), American actress, wife of Ben Stiller
- Corey Taylor (born 1973), American musician, best known as the lead singer of Slipknot
- Dave D. Taylor, game programmer formerly employed by id Software
- Dean Taylor (musician) (late 20th century), American rock guitarist
- Deems Taylor (Joseph Deems Taylor, 1885–1966), American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music
- Richard Clifford 'Dick' Taylor (born 1943), English musician and early Rolling Stones bassist
- Dub Taylor (1907–1994), American Actor
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), English-American actress
- Gwen Taylor (born 1939), English actress
- Hound Dog Taylor (1915–1975), American blues guitarist, singer and bandleader
- 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
- Joanna Taylor, (born 1978), English actress and former model
- Julia Taylor, (born 1978), Hungarian adult film actress
- John Taylor (bass guitarist) (born 1960), British co-founder of Duran Duran
- Karen Taylor (comedian) (born 1979), British comedian
- Koko Taylor (1928–2009), American singer
- Krissy Taylor (1978–1995), American model and sister of Niki Taylor
- Larry Taylor (born 1942) (aka Samuel Taylor), American bass guitarist
- Lili Taylor (born 1967), American actress
- Maria Taylor (born 1976), American singer
- Melvin Taylor (born 1959), American musician
- Niki Taylor (born 1975), American model and business woman
- Noah Taylor (born 1969), Australian actor
- Otis Taylor (born 1948), American musician
- Paul Taylor (choreographer) (born 1930), American dancer and choreographer
- R. Dean Taylor (born 1939), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Regina Taylor, (born 1960), American actress and playwright
- Rip Taylor (born 1934), American actor and comedian
- Robert Taylor (1911–1969), American actor
- Rod Taylor (born 1932), Australian actor
- Rod Taylor (singer), (born 1957), Jamaican singer
- Roger Taylor, (born 1960), English drummer for Duran Duran
- Roger 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
- Sean Taylor (musician) (born 1968), Australian guitarist
- Sharon Taylor (actress), Canadian actress
- Steve Taylor (born 1957), American recording artist and film director
- Tiffany Taylor (born 1977), American model
- Tim Brooke-Taylor, (born 1940), English comic actor
- Veronica Taylor (born 1978), American voice actress
- Vinnie Taylor, (1949–1974), American guitarist with band Sha Na Na
- Taylor is the family name in the television show Home Improvement
Business
- Alec Taylor Sr. (1821–1894), British racehorse trainer
- Alec Taylor Jr. (1862–1943), British racehorse trainer
- E.P. Taylor (1901–1989), Canadian businessman and horse breeder
- Frank Taylor (1905–1995), English businessman, founder of Taylor Woodrow
- 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
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
- Michael Taylor (demonaic) (born c. 1944), Englishman accused in the Ossett murder case
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
- Herbert Taylor (British Army officer) (1775–1839), adjutant general and private secretary to the British monarch
- Kenneth M. Taylor (1919–2006), American pilot in World War II
- Maxwell Davenport Taylor (1901–1987), American general and diplomat
- Richard Taylor (general) (1826–1879), son of U.S. president Zachary Taylor and Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Sarah Taylor (soldier) (1831–1872), American Civil War soldier
Journalism and literature
- Bride Neill Taylor (1858–1937), American journalist and author
- Cory Taylor (writer) (1955–2016), Australian writer
- D. J. Taylor (born 1960), British author
- David Taylor (vet) (1934–2013), British author and television presenter on animal subjects
- Edgar Taylor (translator) (1823–26), first English translator of Grimms' Tales
- George Augustine Taylor (1872–1928), Australian artist and journalist
- G. P. Taylor (born 1958), British author
- Kathrine_Taylor (1903–1996), American author, known mostly for her Address Unknown (1938)
- Matt Taylor (weather forecaster) (born 1976), BBC Weather presenter
- Patrick Gordon Taylor (1896–1966), Australian author and aviator
- Russell Taylor (cartoonist) (born 1960), British writer and cartoonist
- Ruth Ashton Taylor, American television journalist
- Samuel W. Taylor (1907–1997), American novelist, scriptwriter, and historian
- Sean Taylor (author), British children's book author
- Tom Taylor (writer) (born 1978), Australian playwright and editorial writer
- Valerie Taylor (novelist) (1913–1997), American writer of lesbian pulp fiction
- William Taylor (1765–1836), English scholar and linguist
Artists
- Leonard Campbell Taylor (1874–1969), England painter and war artist
- Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (1821–1906), American/Hawaiian painter and sketch artist
See also
- Disambiguation pages
- Alexander Taylor (disambiguation)
- Andrew Taylor (disambiguation)
- Ann Taylor (disambiguation)
- Billy Taylor (disambiguation)
- David Taylor (disambiguation)
- Dean Taylor (disambiguation)
- Derek Taylor (disambiguation)
- Dick Taylor (disambiguation)
- Charles Taylor (disambiguation)
- Edward Taylor (disambiguation)
- Fred Taylor (disambiguation)
- Geoffrey Taylor (disambiguation)
- George Taylor (disambiguation)
- Henry Taylor (disambiguation)
- Jack Taylor (disambiguation)
- James Taylor (disambiguation)
- Jeffrey Taylor (disambiguation)
- Jeremy Taylor (disambiguation)
- Jim Taylor (disambiguation)
- John Taylor (disambiguation)
- Larry Taylor (disambiguation)
- Mary Taylor (disambiguation)
- Matthew Taylor (disambiguation)
- Mark Taylor (disambiguation)
- Martin Taylor (disambiguation)
- Michael Taylor (disambiguation)
- Mike Taylor (disambiguation)
- Peter Taylor (disambiguation)
- Robert Taylor (disambiguation)
- Richard Taylor (disambiguation)
- Sarah Taylor (disambiguation)
- Sean Taylor (disambiguation)
- Steven Taylor (disambiguation)
- Stephen Taylor (disambiguation)
- Valerie Taylor (disambiguation)
- William Taylor (disambiguation)
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