Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor may refer to:

Arts

• Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
• Peter Taylor (composer), British composer of television and film soundtrack music
• Peter Taylor (editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing

Politics and government

• Peter Taylor (paymaster) (1714–1777), British politician, MP for Wells and MP for Portsmouth
• Peter Alfred Taylor (1819–1891), British politician and radical
• Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930–1997), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 1992–1997
• Peter Taylor alias Perce, Member of Parliament (MP) for Marlborough in 1554
• Peter Taylor (British politician), Mayor of Watford

Sport

• Pete Taylor (baseball) (1927–2003), American baseball pitcher
• Peter Taylor (Australian cricketer) (born 1956), Australian cricketer
• Peter Taylor (English cricketer) (born 1942), former cricketer for Bedfordshire
• Peter Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
• Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953) (born 1953), English football manager
• Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928) (1928–1990), English football goalkeeper and manager, associated with Brian Clough
• Peter Taylor (rower) (born 1984), New Zealand Olympic rower
• Pete Taylor (1945–2003), American sports broadcaster

Other fields

• Peter Taylor (botanist) (1926–2011), British botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Peter Taylor (journalist) (born 1942), British journalist and author of non-fiction books, especially about Northern Ireland and Al-Qaeda
• Peter J. Taylor (born 1944), British geographer
• Peter Taylor (environmentalist) (born 1948), British environmentalist
• Peter Taylor (priest) (born 1944), Archdeacon of Harlow

Characters

• Peter Taylor (General Hospital), a character from the soap opera General Hospital