William Taylor

William Taylor may refer to:

Political figures

• William Taylor (congressman) (1788–1846), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• William Taylor (New York) (1791–1865), U.S. Congressman from New York
• Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet (1902–1972), British Conservative Member of Parliament, 1950–1964
• William B. Taylor (engineer) (1824–1895), American civil engineer and surveyor in New York
• William B. Taylor, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
• William Benajah Taylor (1794–c. 1853), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia
• William Benjamin Taylor, British Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1929–1931
• William Henry Taylor (politician) (1848–1916), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• William Horace Taylor (1889–1986), Canadian politician
• William L. Taylor (1931–2010), attorney and civil rights activist who served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights
• William P. Taylor, U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• William Robert Taylor (1820–1909), governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin
• William S. Taylor (politician) (1795–1858), member of the Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas state legislatures, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
• William S. Taylor (1853–1928), Kentucky attorney general and governor; indicted for conspiracy to assassinate the succeeding governor
• William Waring Taylor (1819–1903), New Zealand politician
• William Taylor (d. 1834) (c. 1789–1834), businessman and political figure in New Brunswick

Religious figures

• William Taylor (Lollard) (died 1423), English Priest and theologian, burnt as a Lollard
• William Taylor (minister) (1744–1823), Scottish Minister, Moderator and Principal
• William Taylor (bishop) (1821–1902), U.S.A. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• William Mackergo Taylor (1829–1895), U.S.A. Congregational minister
• William W. Taylor (1853–1884), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• William Taylor (Dean of Portsmouth) (born 1956), Anglican priest

Sports people

• William Taylor (cricketer) (1885–1976), Derbyshire cricketer
• Bob Taylor (cricketer) (born 1941), William Robert Taylor, England cricketer
• William Taylor (Worcestershire cricketer) (1885–1959), English cricketer
• William "Lady" Taylor, professional hockey player
• Willie Taylor (footballer) (died 1949), Scottish footballer
• William Taylor (jockey), rode in Britain in the 1840s
• William Taylor (cyclist), Canadian Olympic cyclist

Others

• William Taylor (inventor) (1865-1937), British inventor
• William Taylor (police officer) (born 1947), British police officer
• William Taylor (publisher) of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in 1719
• William Taylor (man of letters) (1765–1836), English scholar and linguist
• William C. Taylor (materials scientist) (1886–1958)
• William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849), Irish writer
• William Davis Taylor (died 2002), U.S. newspaper publisher, Boston Globe
• William Desmond Taylor (1872–1922), U.S. film director
• William Henry Taylor (1906–1965), alleged Soviet agent
• William Taylor (GC) (William Horace Taylor, 1908–1999), British recipient of the George Cross
• William Ladd Taylor (1854–1926), U.S. illustrator
• William McLaughlin Taylor, Jr. (1909–1985), U.S. federal judge
• William O. Taylor II (1932–2011), U.S. newspaper publisher, Boston Globe
• William Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1836–1902), Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War
• William R. Taylor, psychiatrist, author of Lethal American Confusion (see Fuzzy cognitive map)
• William Rogers Taylor (1811–1889), U.S. Rear Admiral
• William S. Taylor (born 1976), video game designer and producer (see Blazing Angels 2)
• William Taylor (b.1760 Greenwich, UK - d.1842 Greenwich, UK), Admiral, Royal Navy from (1769 - 1842), Sailed on Captain Cook's third voyage aboard HMS Resolution

See also

• Billy Taylor (disambiguation)
• Will Taylor (1853–1941), land speculator and the founder of North Bend, Washington
• J. Will Taylor (1880–1939), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• Willie Taylor (born 1981), American singer and song-writer
• Will Taylor (musician), American violist and founder of Will Taylor and Strings Attached