List of people with surname Taylor

For information about the surname 'Taylor' itself, see Taylor (surname). For fictional characters with the name, see Taylor (disambiguation) § Characters.

Not to be confused with Tayler or Tylor.

Taylor is an English occupational surname of Norman origin. Listed here are notable people who share this surname.

Art

• Josephine Taylor, American artist
• Leonard Campbell Taylor (1874–1969), English painter and war artist
• Mary Taylor (born 1948), New Zealand artist
• Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (1821–1906), American/Hawaiian painter and sketch artist

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 (1923–2016), founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car
• John Taylor (Taylor Ham) (1837–1909), American businessman
• Rebecca Taylor (born 1969), New Zealand-born fashion designer

Entertainment

• Al Taylor (actor) (1887–1951), American silent film actor
• Alex Taylor (singer) (1947–1993), American singer
• Andy Taylor (born 1961), English guitarist with Duran Duran
• Cecil Taylor (1929–2018), 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), American rock guitarist
• Deems Taylor (Joseph Deems Taylor, 1885–1966), American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music
• Dick Taylor (born 1943), English musician and early Rolling Stones bassist
• Don Taylor (1920–1998), American actor and film director
• Dorothy Brenda Taylor (1909–1996), better known as Brenda Forbes, British-born American actress
• Dub Taylor (1907–1994), American actor
• Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), English-American actress
• Estelle Taylor (1894–1958), American actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist
• Eva Taylor (1895-1977), American blues singer and stage 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 "J.T." 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
• Jayceon Terrell Taylor, birth name of rapper The Game
• Joanna Taylor (born 1978), English actress and former model
• Johnnie Taylor (1934–2000), American singer-songwriter
• Little Johnny Taylor (1943–2002), American singer
• John Taylor (bass guitarist) (born 1960), British co-founder of Duran Duran
• Kate Taylor (born 1949), American singer-songwriter
• 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 (1942–2019), American bass guitarist, member of the rock band Canned Heat
• Lili Taylor (born 1967), American actress
• Livingston Taylor (born 1950), American singer-songwriter
• Maria Taylor (born 1976), American singer
• Melvin Taylor (born 1959), American musician
• Mick Taylor (born 1949), English guitarist, formerly with the Rolling Stones
• Niki Taylor (born 1975), American model and business woman
• Niti Taylor (born 1994), Indian model and actress
• Noah Taylor (born 1969), Australian actor
• Otis Taylor (born 1948), American musician
• Paul Taylor (choreographer) (1930–2018), American dancer and choreographer
• Paula Taylor (born 1983) Thai actress and model
• R. Dean Taylor (born 1939), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Ralph Forbes Taylor (1904–1951), better known as Ralph Forbes, English actor
• Regina Taylor (born 1960), American actress and playwright
• Rip Taylor (1934–2019), American actor and comedian
• Robert Taylor (1911–1969), American actor
• Rod Taylor (1932–2015), Australian actor
• Rod Taylor (singer) (born 1957), Jamaican singer
• Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960)
• Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949)
• Ronnie Taylor (1924–2018), British cinematographer
• Russi Taylor (1944–2019), 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, 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
• Vaughn Taylor (actor) (1910–1983), American actor
• Veronica Taylor (born 1978), American voice actress
• Vincent Taylor (musician) (1949–1974), American guitarist with band Sha Na Na
• Taylor is the family name in the television show Home Improvement

Journalism and literature

• Brandon Taylor, American writer
• 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 (veterinarian) (1934–2013), British author and television presenter on animal subjects
• Edgar Taylor (translator) (1823–1826), first English translator of Grimms' Tales
• Emily Taylor (1795–1872), English schoolmistress, poet, children's writer, hymnwriter
• 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 (meteorologist) (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 (born 1922), 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

Liberal arts and sciences

• A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990), English historian
• A. J. Taylor (1911–2002), English historian
• Alan D. Taylor (born 1947), 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
• Effie J. Taylor (1874–1970), Canadian nurse
• Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1879-1966), English geographer and historian of science
• F. Sherwood Taylor (1897–1956), British historian of science and museum curator
• Fred M. Taylor (1855–1932), American economist
• Frederick Taylor (historian) (born 1947), British historian
• Garth Taylor (ophthalmologist) (1944–2005), Jamaican 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
• Isaac M. Taylor (1921–1996), American physician and academic
• Jill Bolte Taylor (born 1959), American neuroanatomist
• John B. Taylor (born 1946), American economist
• John George Taylor (fl. 1851–1861), British official of the Foreign Office, an archaeologist investigating the antiquities of the Middle East
• John Bryan Taylor (born 1929), English physicist
• 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 (born 1973), project scientist for the Rosetta mission
• Richard Taylor (mathematician) (born 1962), British mathematician
• Ruth Taylor (poet) (1961–2006), Canadian poet, editor and college professor
• Stuart Ross Taylor (born 1925), New Zealand geochemist and planetary scientist
• Thomas Taylor (neoplatonist) (1758–1835), English translator and Neoplatonist

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) (1808–1862), 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

Politics and law

• Alfred A. Taylor (1848–1931), governor and U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• Breonna Taylor (1993–2020), shooting victim of Louisville Metro Police Department, for whom proposed legislation is named
• Bronnie Taylor, New South Wales politician
• Casper R. Taylor Jr. (born 1934), Maryland politician
• Charles G. 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) (born 1953), Alberta politician
• David James Taylor (1889–1969), 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 Taylor (1878–1940), Canadian politician and judge
• George Taylor (delegate) (c. 1716 – 1781), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
• George Taylor (Leeds South) (1840–1919), 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
• Hoyt Patrick Taylor (1890–1964), American politician
• Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. (1924–2018), American politician
• 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 (1935–2013), American politician
• Mary Taylor (politician) (born 1966), 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
• Paula Losoya Taylor (?-1902), Texan early settler and developer of Del Rio, Texas
• Rebecca Taylor (politician) (born 1975), English politician
• Recy Taylor (1919–2017), African-American civil rights activist
• Roy A. Taylor (1910–1995), 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) (born 1956), Delaware State legislator
• Steven W. Taylor (born 1949), Oklahoma Supreme Court justice
• Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn (1929-2016), British Labour Party politician
• Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (1833–1917), Canadian lawyer and judge
• Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), 12th president of the United States

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 (demoniac) (born c. 1944), Englishman accused in the Ossett murder case

Sports

• Alan Taylor (footballer, born 1953), English footballer
• Alastair Taylor (footballer) (born 1991), English footballer
• Ally Taylor (born 2001), Scottish footballer
• Angelo Taylor (born 1978), American Olympic athlete
• Brian Taylor (cricketer) (born 1932), English cricketer
• Charlie Taylor (rugby league) (1921–2013), English rugby league footballer
• Christian Taylor, American athlete
• Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), basketball player and sneaker pioneer
• Colin Taylor (1940–2005), association (soccer) footballer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
• Colin Taylor (footballer, born 1971) association (soccer) footballer of the 1990s
• Colin Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
• Danielle Taylor (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
• Darrell Taylor (born 1997), American football player
• David Taylor (disambiguation), several people
• Davion Taylor (born 1998), American football player
• Dennis Taylor (born 1949), Northern Irish snooker player
• Devin Taylor (born 1989), American football player
• Dick Taylor (football manager) (fl. 1960s), English manager of Aston Villa F.C.
• Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer) (1901–1962)
• Digby Taylor (1941–2017), New Zealand sailor
• 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) (1920–2013), American college football coach at Texas Christian University
• Fred Taylor (footballer, born 1884) (died 1954), English footballer, played for Chelsea 1909–1919
• Gary Taylor-Fletcher (born 1981), English footballer, played for Blackpool F.C.
• George Taylor (baseball) (1853–1911), American Brooklyn Dodgers player
• Graham Taylor (1944–2017), English footballer
• 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) (1930–2012), 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), Welsh footballer
• James Taylor (disambiguation)
• Jawaan Taylor (born 1997), American football player
• Jeff Taylor (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player
• Jeff Taylor (footballer) (1930–2010), English footballer
• 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 (fullback) (1935-2018), Green Bay Packers player
• J. J. Taylor (American football) (born 1998), American football player
• Jodie Taylor (born 1986), English association football player
• John Taylor (rugby league), British rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s
• Candy Jim Taylor (1884–1948), American Negro league baseball player and manager
• Jonathan Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
• Julie Ann Taylor (born 1961), American voice actress
• Jullian Taylor (born 1995), American football player
• Ken Taylor (footballer, born 1931) (died 2016), English footballer
• Kris Taylor (born 1984), English footballer
• Lawrence Taylor (born 1959), New York Giants
• Lewis Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
• Levonta Taylor (born 1997), American football player
• Lindsay Taylor (born 1981), American basketball player
• Lorraine Taylor (born 1961), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
• Maik Taylor (born 1971), German-British association football goalkeeper
• Mark Taylor (disambiguation), several people
• Matthew Taylor (footballer) (born 1981), English football player, played in the Premier League
• Matt Taylor (footballer, born 1982), English football player
• 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
• Penny Taylor (born 1981), Australian basketball player
• Peta Taylor (1912–1989), English cricketer
• Phil Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), English darts player, 16 time world champion
• Phil Taylor (footballer, born 1917) (died 2012), English footballer and former manager of Liverpool FC
• Rachel Taylor (born 1983), Welsh rugby union player
• Richie Taylor, English footballer
• Rhys Taylor (born 1990), Welsh footballer
• Rob Taylor (footballer, born 1985), English footballer
• Rod Taylor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Ross Taylor (born 1984), New Zealand cricketer
• Samad Taylor (born 1998), American baseball player
• Sarah Taylor (cricketer) (born 1989), English cricketer
• Sarah Taylor (tennis) (born 1981), American tennis player
• Sean Taylor (1983–2007), American football player
• Shakial Taylor (born 1996), American football player
• Shaun Taylor (born 1963), British footballer
• Steven Taylor (footballer) (born 1986), British footballer, played for Newcastle United
• Taywan Taylor (born 1995), American football player
• Trent Taylor (born 1994), American football player
• Tyrod Taylor (born 1989), American football player
• Vaughn Taylor (born 1976), American golfer
• Vincent Taylor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Zac Taylor (born 1983), American football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

See also

• Disambiguation pages
  • Alexander Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Andrew Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Ann Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Billy Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Charles Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Chris Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Christopher Taylor (disambiguation)
  • David Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Dean Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Derek Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Dick Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Edward Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Fred Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Geoffrey Taylor (disambiguation)
  • George Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Henry Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Isaac Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Jack Taylor (disambiguation)
  • James Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Jeffrey Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Jeremy Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Jim Taylor (disambiguation)
  • John Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Larry Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Mark Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Martin Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Mary Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Matthew Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Michael Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Mike Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Patrick Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Paul Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Peter Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Richard Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Robert Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Sarah Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Sean Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Stephen Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Steven Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Valerie Taylor (disambiguation)
  • Walter Taylor (disambiguation)
  • William Taylor (disambiguation)