Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor may refer to:

Military

Richard Taylor (colonel) (1744–1829), father of U.S. president Zachary Taylor
Richard Taylor (British Army officer) (1819–1904), British general
Richard Taylor (general) (1826–1879), son of U.S. president Zachary Taylor, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Richard H. Taylor (1870–1956), American Medal of Honor recipient
Richard Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1834–1890), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Richard Taylor (by 1517–73 or later), MP for Haverfordwest
Richard Taylor (died 1641), English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1629
Richard Taylor (Royalist) (1620–1667), of Clapham, Bedfordshire
Richard Taylor (died 1699), English MP for East Retford
Richard Molesworth Taylor (1835–1919), New Zealand politician
Richard Taylor (Ontario politician) (1915–1991), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Richard Taylor (British politician) (born 1934), Independent Kidderminster Member of Parliament

Richard Taylor (editor) (1781–1858), English naturalist and publisher of scientific journals
Richard Cowling Taylor (1789–1851), English surveyor and geologist
Richard Taylor (philosopher) (1919–2003), American metaphysical philosopher and renowned commercial beekeeper
Richard E. Taylor (born 1929), Canadian laureate of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics
Richard Taylor (mathematician) (born 1962), involved in completing the proof of Fermat's last theorem

Richard Taylor (cross-country skier) (born 1938), American cross-country skier
Richard Taylor (English footballer) (born 1957), English footballer
Richard Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1973), former Hawthorn and West Coast Eagles player in the AFL
Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer) AFL player whose real name is Richard
Richard Taylor (skater) (1981–2004), Welsh skater
Richard Taylor (American football) (born 1985), American football cornerback
Richard Mansfield Taylor, real name of Jeff Richards, American minor league baseball player and actor

Richard Taylor (missionary) (1805–1873), missionary in New Zealand
Richard Vickerman Taylor (1830–1914), English priest and historian
Richard S. Taylor (1912–2006), Nazarene theologian
Richard R. Taylor (1922–1978), American surgeon general
Richard Norton-Taylor (born 1944), British editor, journalist and playwright
Richard Taylor (filmmaker), head of Weta Workshop
Richard Taylor (film director) (1933-2015), British documentary film director
Richard Taylor (British writer) (born 1967), writer and broadcaster
Richard Taylor (American writer) (graduated B.A. 1963), poet, novelist and bookshop proprietor
Richard John Taylor (born 1985), British film editor, writer and director
Richard Taylor (Hollyoaks), a character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks
Richard Taylor, former member of Gin Blossoms