Taylor (name)
Taylor is a first and last name .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the English language and translated means tailor . It is therefore a professional name .
distribution
The name is widely used in English-speaking countries.
Name bearer
Female first name
- Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), English writer
- Taylor Dayne (born 1962), American singer
- Taylor Momsen (* 1993), American actress
- Taylor Rain (* 1981), American porn actress
- Taylor Schilling (* 1984), American actress
- Taylor Spreitler (* 1993), American actress
- Taylor St. Claire (* 1969), American porn actress
- Taylor Swift (* 1989), American country pop singer
- Taylor Vancil (* 1991), American soccer player
- Taylor Wane (* 1968), British porn actress
Male first name
- Taylor Decker (born 1993), American football player
- Taylor Fedun (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Taylor Hackford (* 1944), American film director and producer
- Taylor Hanson (* 1983), American musician
- Taylor Hawkins (born 1972), American drummer
- Taylor Kinney (* 1981), American actor and model
- Taylor Lautner (* 1992), American actor
- Taylor Mac (born 1973), American actor and playwright
- Taylor Mead (1924–2013), American actor and experimental filmmaker
- Taylor Paur (* 1988), American poker player
- Taylor Wilson (* 1994), American nuclear researcher
- Taylor Worth (* 1991), Australian archer
family name
A.
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born 1990), British actor
- Abner Taylor (1829–1903), American politician
- Adam Taylor (photographer) , Australian photographer
- Adam Taylor (actor, 1942) (1942-2017), American actor
- Adam Taylor (record producer) , American record producer
- Adam Taylor (ice hockey player) (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Adam Taylor (chess player) (* 1998), English chess player
- Adam Taylor (actor, 2000s) (* after 2000), American actor
- Alan Taylor (Judge) (1901-1969), Australian judge
- Alan Taylor (presenter) (1924-1997), Welsh television presenter
- Alan Taylor (soccer player, 1943) (born 1943), English soccer goalkeeper
- Alan Taylor (soccer player, 1953) (born 1953), English soccer player
- Alan Taylor (historian) (* 1955), American historian
- Alan Taylor (volleyball player) , Canadian volleyball player
- Alan Taylor (director) (born 1965), American director
- Alan Taylor (racing driver) (* 1966), British car racing driver
- Alan D. Taylor (* 1947), American mathematician
- Alan JP Taylor (1906–1990), British historian
- Albert H. Taylor (1879–1961), American electrical engineer
- Alex Taylor (* 1947), American blues rock musician
- Alexander Wilson Taylor (1815-1893), American politician
- Alfred Taylor (tennis player) ( AEM Taylor ), British tennis player and official
- Alfred A. Taylor (1848–1931), American politician (Tennessee)
- Alfred Dundas Taylor (1825–1898), British naval officer and architect
- Alfred Edward Taylor (1869–1945), British philosopher
- Allan Taylor (civil servant) (* 1941), former diplomat and former head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Allan Taylor (musician) (born 1945), British singer-songwriter
- Allan Taylor (snooker player) (born 1984), English snooker player
- Ally Taylor (* 2001), Scottish football player
- Alma Taylor (1895–1974), British actress
- Andrew Taylor (mountaineer) (1875-1945), Canadian mountaineer
- Andrew Taylor (writer) (born 1951), British writer
- Andrew Taylor (artist) (born 1967), Australian artist
- Andrew Taylor (cyclist) (* 1985), Australian cyclist
- Andrew Taylor (soccer player) (born 1986), English soccer player
- Andrew William Harvey Taylor (* 1959), English singer and music producer, see Andrew Eldritch
- Andy Taylor (musician) (* 1961), English musician (Duran Duran, Powerstation)
- Andy Taylor (soccer player, 1986) (born 1986), English soccer player
- Andy Taylor (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), English soccer player
- Angella Taylor ; Birth name of Angella Issajenko (* 1958), Canadian sprinter
- Angelo Taylor (* 1978), American athlete
- Ann Taylor (poet) (1782–1866), English poet and literary critic
- Ann Taylor (presenter) (* around 1945), American news anchor
- Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton (born 1947), British politician (Labor Party)
- Ann Bonfoey Taylor (1910–2007), American pilot, fashion designer, and photo model
- Anna Diggs Taylor (1932–2017), American lawyer
- Annette Worsley-Taylor († 2015), British fashion fair organizer
- Annie Taylor (1838–1921), American teacher and adventurer
- Annika Taylor (* 1993), British cross-country skier
- Anthony Taylor (water diver) (1882-1932), British water diver
- Anthony Taylor (soccer coach) (born 1946), American soccer coach
- Anthony Taylor (basketball player) (born 1965), American basketball player
- Anthony Taylor , real name of Charnell (* 1970), German rapper
- Anthony Taylor (referee) (born 1978), English football referee
- Anthony Taylor (basketball coach) , American basketball coach
- Anthony Basil Taylor (* 1954), American clergyman, Bishop of Little Rock
- Anya Taylor-Joy (* 1996), Argentine-British actress
- Archer Taylor (1890–1973), American German studies scholar and folklorist
- Arnold Taylor (1943-1981), South African boxer
- Arnold Joseph Taylor (1911–2002), British medieval historian
- Art Taylor (1929–1995), American jazz drummer
- Art Taylor (writer) (* 1968), American writer
- Arthur H. Taylor (1852–1922), American politician
- Ash Taylor (born 1990), Welsh football player
B.
- Barbara Schneider-Taylor (1960–2018), German educator, educational scientist and university professor
- Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), American travel writer and poet
- Beau Taylor (born 1991), Australian ice hockey player
- Ben Taylor (baseball player, 1888) (1888–1953), American baseball player
- Ben Taylor (baseball player, 1889) (1889-1946), American baseball player
- Ben Taylor (baseball player, 1927) (1927–1999) American baseball player
- Ben Taylor (actor) , screenwriter and actor
- Ben Taylor (musician) (* 1977), American musician and actor
- Ben Taylor (baseball player, 1992) (born 1992), American baseball player
- Benjamin Taylor (writer) (born 1952), American writer
- Benjamin I. Taylor (1877–1946), American politician
- Bernard Taylor, Baron Taylor of Mansfield (1895-1991), British miner, trade unionist and politician (Labor Party)
- Bernard Taylor (writer) (born 1934), American writer
- Bernard Taylor (boxer) (born 1957), American boxer
- Bernard U. Taylor (1897–1987), American music teacher
- Betty Loo Taylor (1929–2016), American pianist
- Bex Taylor-Klaus (* 1994), American actress
- Bill Taylor (soccer player) (1886–1966), English soccer player
- Bill Taylor (racing driver) (1918–2004), American car racing driver
- Bill Taylor (baseball player) (1929-2011), American baseball player
- Bill Taylor (politician) (born 1938), Australian politician
- Bill Taylor (animation technician) , American animation technician
- Bill Taylor (ski racer) (born 1956), American skier
- Billy Taylor ( William Taylor Jr .; 1921–2010), American jazz pianist, presenter and composer
- Billy Taylor (bassist) ( William Taylor ; 1906–1986), American jazz bassist
- Billy Taylor Sr. ( William James Taylor ; 1919–1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Billy Taylor Jr. ( William Gordon Taylor ; 1942–1979), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Bob Taylor (soccer player, 1876) ( Robert Taylor ; 1876-1919), English soccer player
- Bob Taylor (soccer player, 1904) ( Robert Taylor ; 1904–1962), Scottish soccer player
- Bob Taylor (1932-2017), American computer scientist, see Robert W. Taylor
- Bob Taylor (soccer player, 1936) ( Robert John Taylor ; * 1936), English soccer player
- Bob Taylor (* around 1954), American guitar maker, see Taylor Guitars
- Bob Taylor (Canadian Politician) , Canadian Politician, Mayor of Brantford, Ontario
- Bob Taylor (American Politician) , American Politician, Mayor of Brentwood, California
- Bob Taylor (soccer player, 1967) ( Robert Taylor ; * 1967), English soccer player
- Bobby Taylor (ice hockey player) ( Robert Ian Taylor ; * 1945), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and sports commentator
- Bobby Taylor ( American football player ) ( Robert Taylor III ; * 1973) American football player
- Brenda Taylor (rower) (born 1962), Canadian rower
- Brenda Taylor (athlete) (* 1979), American athlete
- Brian Taylor (producer, 1923) (born 1923), British film producer and actor
- Brian Taylor (basketball player) (born 1951), American basketball player
- Brian Taylor (filmmaker) , American director, screenwriter and producer
- Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915–1999), British racing car driver
- Brittany Nicole Taylor , birth name of Brittany Kolmel (* 1987), American soccer player
- Brook Taylor (1685–1731), British mathematician
- Bryce Taylor (* 1986), American basketball player
- Buck Taylor (born 1938), American actor
- Bud Taylor (1903–1962), American boxer
C.
- Caleb Newbold Taylor (1813-1887), American politician
- Carl Taylor (soccer player, 1937) , English soccer player
- Carl Taylor (soccer player, 1998) (born 1998), English soccer player
- Carl Cleveland Taylor (1884–1975), American sociologist
- Cassie Taylor (* 1986), American singer-songwriter, blues musician, record producer, model and fashion designer
- Catherine Taylor (* 1989), British orienteer
- Cecil Taylor (1929–2018), American jazz pianist
- Chad Taylor (writer) (born 1964), New Zealand writer
- Chad S. Taylor (American actor)
- Chad Taylor (guitarist) (* 1970), American rock guitarist
- Chad Taylor (drummer) (* 1973), American jazz drummer
- Charles Taylor (philosopher) (* 1931), Canadian political scientist and philosopher
- Charles Taylor (politician) (* 1948), Liberian politician, President 1997 to 2003
- Charles H. Taylor (* 1941), American politician
- Charles Hollis Taylor (1901-1969), American basketball player, see Chuck Taylor
- Charles Taylor junior (* 1977), American-Liberian criminal, son of the Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor
- Charley Taylor ( Charles Robert Taylor ; born 1941), American football player and coach
- Charlie Taylor (soccer player, 1985) (born 1985), English soccer player
- Charlie Taylor (soccer player, 1993) (born 1993), English soccer player
- Charlotte Taylor (* 1985), British rower
- Cherise Taylor (* 1989), South African racing cyclist
- Chester Taylor ( American football player ) (born 1979), American football player
- Chester W. Taylor (1883–1931), American politician
- Chip Taylor ( James W. Voight ; * 1940), American songwriter
- Chris Taylor (jazz musician) (* 1929), British jazz musician
- Chris Taylor (engineer) (* 1943), British engineer
- Chris Taylor (wrestler) (1950–1979), American wrestler
- Chris Taylor (rower) (born 1966), Canadian rower
- Chris Taylor (game developer) , Canadian game developer and entrepreneur
- Chris Taylor (ice hockey player) (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Chris Taylor (Comedian) (* 1974), Australian comedian
- Chris Taylor (bassist) (* 1981), American musician and producer, bassist with Grizzly Bear (band)
- Chris Taylor (soccer player, 1985) (born 1985), English soccer player
- Chris Taylor (soccer player, 1986) (* 1986), English soccer player
- Chris Taylor (baseball player) (born 1990), American baseball player
- Chris Taylor (snooker player) , English snooker player
- Christian Taylor (screenwriter) (* 1968), American screenwriter
- Christian Taylor (porn actor) (* 1980), American porn actor
- Christian Taylor (athlete) (* 1990), American triple jumper
- Christopher Taylor (soccer player) (1904– ??), English soccer player
- Christopher Taylor (historian) (born 1935), British historian
- Christopher Taylor , British singer-songwriter and music producer, see SOHN (music project)
- Christopher Taylor (politician) (* 1967), US-a-American politician, Mayor of Ann Arbor
- Christopher Taylor (pianist) , contemporary American pianist
- Christopher CW Taylor (* 1936), British philosopher
- Christopher J. Taylor (1950–1979), American wrestler, see Chris Taylor (wrestler)
- Christopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester (* 1951), British peer and Labor politician
- Christine Taylor (* 1971), American actress
- Chuck Taylor (1901–1969), American basketball player
- Clarice Taylor (1917–2011), American actress
- Constance Lindsay Taylor (1907-2000), British writer
- Corey Taylor (* 1973), American rock singer
- Cory Taylor (1955-2016), Australian writer
- Creed Taylor (* 1929), American music producer
D.
- DJ Taylor (* 1960), British writer and literary critic
- Dallas Taylor (1948-2015), American drummer
- Dan Taylor (cricketer) (1887–1957), American cricketer
- Dan Taylor (shot putter) (* 1982), American shot putter
- Daniel Taylor (singer) (born 1969), Canadian singer (countertenor)
- Daniel Taylor (athlete) (born 1982), American shot putter
- Danny Taylor (ice hockey player) ( Daniel Taylor ; * 1986), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Danny Gordon Taylor ( Dan Taylor ; 1950–2019), American film technician specializing in visual effects
- Dave Taylor (trombonist) (born 1944), American trombonist
- Dave Taylor (soccer player) , New Zealand soccer player
- Dave Taylor (bassist) (born 1953), British bassist
- Dave Taylor (ice hockey player) (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey player
- Dave Taylor (wrestler) (born 1957), British wrestler
- Dave Taylor (athlete) (born 1957), Irish athlete
- Dave Taylor (comic artist) (born 1964), British comic artist
- Dave Taylor , known as Switch (DJ) , British DJ, songwriter and producer
- Dave D. Taylor , American computer game programmer
- David Taylor (football player, 1883) (1883-1949), Scottish football player and coach
- David Taylor (Veterinarian) (1934-2013) British veterinarian, author and television presenter
- David Taylor (snooker player) (born 1943), English snooker player
- David Taylor (trombonist) (born 1944), American jazz trombonist
- David Taylor (football official) (1954-2014), Scottish lawyer and football official
- David Taylor (athlete) (born 1964), British marathon runner
- David Taylor (soccer player, 1965) (born 1965), Welsh soccer player
- David Taylor (actor) (born 1982), New Zealand actor
- David Taylor (basketball player) (* 1995), German basketball player
- David Morris Taylor (born 1990), American wrestler
- David S. Taylor (* 1958), American manager
- David Watson Taylor (1864–1940), American naval engineer and rear admiral
- Dean P. Taylor (1902–1977), American politician
- Deems Taylor (1885–1966), American composer, critic, and radio presenter
- Dendrie Taylor , American actress
- Dennis Taylor (* 1949), Northern Irish snooker player
- Dennis Taylor (musician) (1953-2010), American saxophonist
- Dennis E. Taylor , Canadian science fiction writer
- Dennis W. Taylor , American talent scout
- Deon Taylor (* 1976), American screenwriter, film director and film producer
- Derek Taylor (journalist) (1932–1997), British journalist
- Derek Taylor (politician) (born 1951), Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Derek Taylor (singer) (born 1975), American singer (tenor)
- Derrick Taylor (born 1963), American basketball player and coach
- Deryck Taylor (* 1939), Jamaican long jumper, triple jumper and hurdler
- Dick Taylor (Soccer Player, 1891) ( Hiram Alfred Taylor ; 1891–1962), English soccer player
- Dick Taylor (soccer player, 1918) ( Richard Eric Taylor ; 1918–1995), English soccer player and coach
- Dick Taylor (soccer player, 1928) ( Richard Marshall Taylor ; * 1928), English soccer player
- Dick Taylor (musician) (born 1943), English musician
- Dick Taylor (athlete) (born 1945), British long-distance runner
- Dion Taylor (born 1982), football player for St. Kitts & Nevis
- Don Taylor (1920–1998), American actor and film director
- Donald Wood Taylor (1900–1955), American civil engineer and university professor
- Dub Taylor (1907-1994), American actor
- Dylan Taylor , American jazz musician and composer
E.
- E. Don Taylor († 2014), Jamaican bishop
- Eddie Taylor (billiards player) (1918-2005), American pool player
- Eddie Taylor (musician) (1923–1985), American blues guitarist
- Edouard Taylor (1880–1903), English cyclist
- Edward Taylor (poet) (1641–1729), American poet
- Edward Taylor (musician) (1784–1863), English music writer
- Edward Taylor (soldier) (around 1812–1836), American soldier
- Edward Taylor (screenwriter) , American screenwriter
- Edward Taylor (composer) , American composer
- Edward C. Taylor (1923–2017), American chemist
- Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978), American zoologist
- Edward L. Taylor (1869–1938), American politician
- Edward MacMillan Taylor (born 1937), British politician
- Edward T. Taylor (1858–1941), American politician
- Edwin F. Taylor (* 1931), American physicist
- Elaine Taylor (actress) (born 1943), British actress
- Elaine Taylor (politician) (* 1967), Canadian politician
- Elana Meyers Taylor (* 1984), American bobsleigh athlete
- Eliza Taylor (* 1989), Australian actress
- Elizabeth Taylor ( Liz Taylor ; 1932-2011), British-American actress
- Elizabeth Taylor (painter) (1856–1932), American painter, botanist, journalist, and globetrotter
- Elizabeth Taylor (writer) (1912–1975), British writer
- Elizabeth Taylor (track and field athlete) (1916–1977), Canadian hurdler
- Emmett Taylor (born 1947), American sprinter
- Eric Taylor (Screenwriter) (1897–1952), American screenwriter
- Eric Taylor (around 1930–1984), British politician (Conservative Party), see bomb attack on the Grand Hotel in Brighton
- Eric Taylor (musician) (1949-2020), American singer-songwriter
- Eric Taylor (basketball player, 1969) (born 1969), American basketball player
- Eric Taylor (basketball player, 1976) (born 1976), American basketball player
- Ernie Taylor (1925–1985), English football player
- Estelle Taylor (1894–1958), American actress
- Eva Taylor (singer) (1895–1977), American blues and jazz singer
- Eva GR Taylor (1879–1966), British historian of science and geographer
- Eva Haraszti-Taylor (1923–2005), Hungarian historian
- Evan Taylor (* 1989), Jamaican soccer player
- Ezra B. Taylor (1823-1912), American politician
F.
- Fabian Taylor (* 1980), Jamaican soccer player
- Forrest Taylor (1883–1965), American actor
- Francis Taylor (martyr) (around 1550–1621), Irish martyr
- Francis Taylor, Baron Taylor of Hadfield (1905-1995), British entrepreneur
- Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968), American art dealer
- Frank Taylor (soccer player, 1887) (1887–1928), English soccer player (Lincoln City)
- Frank Taylor (soccer player, 1901) (1901-1973), English soccer player (Bournemouth, Gillingham)
- Frank Taylor (boxer) , British boxer
- Frank Taylor (soccer player, 1916) (1916-1970), English soccer player (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- Frank Taylor (racing driver) , British motorcycle racer
- Frank Augustus Taylor (1903–2007), American curator and museum director
- Frank Bursley Taylor (1860-1938), American geologist
- Franklin Taylor (1843-1919), English pianist and music teacher
- Fred Taylor (soccer player) (1882-1954), English soccer player.
- Fred Taylor (basketball coach) (1924–2002), American basketball coach
- Fred Taylor ( American football player ) (born 1976), American football player
- Fred Herbert Taylor (1910-2006), American botanist
- Fred M. Taylor , American economist
- Freddy Taylor , American singer, trumpeter and band leader
- Frederick Taylor (historian) (born 1947), British historian
- Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), American engineer and ergonomist
- Fredrick Monroe Taylor (1901–1988), American lawyer and politician
G
- Gabriella Taylor (* 1998), British tennis player
- Gardner C. Taylor (1918-2015), American preacher
- Gareth Taylor (born 1973), Welsh football player
- Gary Taylor (linguist) (* 1953), British English and literary scholar
- Gary Taylor (weightlifter) (* 1960), British weightlifter
- Gary Taylor-Fletcher (* 1981), English soccer player
- Gavin Taylor († 2013), British director
- Gene Taylor (politician, 1928) (1928-1998), American politician (Missouri)
- Gene Taylor (bassist) (1929-2001), American jazz bassist
- Gene Taylor (pianist) (born 1952), American rock pianist and guitarist
- Gene Taylor (politician, 1953) (born 1953), American politician (Mississippi)
- Geoff Taylor (soccer player) (born 1923), English soccer player
- Geoff Taylor (Illustrator) (* 1946), British illustrator
- Geoffrey Taylor (rower) (1890-1915), Canadian rower
- Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886–1975), British physicist
- George Taylor (politician, around 1716) (around 1716–1781), Irish-American metalworker, signatory of the Declaration of Independence for Pennsylvania
- George Taylor (soldier) (around 1816–1836), American soldier
- George Taylor (politician, 1820) (1820-1894), American politician
- George Taylor (1837–1909), German theologian and writer, see Adolf Hausrath
- George Taylor (politician, 1840) (1840-1919), Canadian politician
- George Taylor (botanist) (1904-1993), Scottish botanist
- George Augustine Taylor (1872–1928), Australian journalist and inventor
- George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873), English architect
- George W. Taylor (1849–1932), American lawyer and politician
- Georgia Taylor-Brown (* 1994), British triathlete
- Gilbert Taylor (1914-2013), British cameraman
- Gladys Taylor (born 1953), British athlete
- Glen A. Taylor (* 1941), American entrepreneur and politician
- Glen H. Taylor (1904–1984), American politician and entrepreneur
- Gordon Rattray Taylor (1911–1981), British writer and journalist
- Graham Taylor (1944-2017), English football player and coach
- Graham P. Taylor (* 1958), British writer
- Greg Taylor (screenwriter) (born 1951), American author
- Greg Taylor (soccer player) (born 1997), Scottish soccer player
- Griffith Taylor (1880–1963), Australian geographer and explorer
H
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon (born 1987), British actress
- Harry Taylor (engineer) (1862–1930), American engineer and officer
- Harry Taylor (soccer player, 1874) (1874–1955), English soccer player
- Harry Taylor (soccer player, 1888) (1888– ??), English soccer player
- Harry Taylor (football player, 1889) ( Henry George Taylor ; 1889–1960), English football player
- Harry Taylor (soccer player, 1893) (1893–1974), English soccer player
- Harry Taylor (soccer player, Nelson) , English soccer player
- Harry Taylor (Manager) (1904 / 1905-2007), British industrial manager
- Harry Taylor (soccer player, 1912) (1912– ??), English soccer player
- Harry Taylor (ski racer) ( Harold Taylor ; * 1924), British ski racer
- Harry Taylor (ice hockey player) (1926–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
- Harry Taylor (soccer player, 1935) ( John Harold Taylor ; 1935-2017), English soccer player
- Harry Taylor (swimmer) (* 1968), Canadian swimmer
- Harry Taylor (soccer player, 1997) (born 1997), English soccer player
- Harry Samuel Taylor (1873–1932), Australian journalist and entrepreneur
- Hawk Taylor (1939–2012), American baseball player
- Helen Taylor (feminist) (1837–1907), English suffragette
- Helen Taylor (writer) (1876–1943), English poet
- Helen Taylor (composer) (1915–1950), American composer
- Helen Taylor (tennis player) , Australian tennis player
- Helen Taylor (tennis player, 1954) (born 1954), Australian tennis player
- Helen Taylor (Windsor) (* 1964), daughter of Edward Windsor, 2nd Duke of Kent
- Henry Taylor (playwright) (1800-1886) British playwright
- Henry Taylor (swimmer) (1885–1951), British swimmer
- Henry Taylor (racing driver) (1932–2013) British automobile racing driver and businessman
- Henry Milton Taylor (1903–1994), Bahamian politician, Governor General of the Bahamas
- Henry Osborn Taylor (1856–1941), American historian
- Henry S. Taylor ( Henry Splawn Taylor ; * 1942), American poet and translator
- Herbert W. Taylor (1869–1931), American politician
- Herman H. Taylor (1877–1929), American politician
- Holland Taylor (born 1943), American actress
- Holly Taylor (born 1997), American actress
- Hound Dog Taylor (1915–1975), American blues musician
- Howard Taylor (tennis player) (1865–1920), American tennis player
- Howard Taylor (sailor) (1861-1925) British sailor
- Hoyt Patrick Taylor Sr. (1890–1964), American politician
- Hoyt Patrick Taylor junior (1924–2018), American politician
- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), English missionary
- Hugh Page Taylor , American author
- Hugh Stott Taylor (1890–1974), English chemist
- Hylan Anthony Taylor (* 1992), American porn actor, see Johnny Rapid
I.
- Ian Taylor (hockey player, 1938) (born 1938), British hockey player
- Ian Taylor (politician, 1945) (born 1945), British politician, MP
- Ian Taylor (racing driver) (1947–1992), British automobile racing driver
- Ian Taylor (soccer player, 1948) (born 1948), Scottish soccer player
- Ian Taylor (politician, 1949) (born 1949), Australian politician
- Ian Taylor (hockey player, 1954) (born 1954), British hockey player
- Ian Taylor (soccer player, 1968) (born 1968), English soccer player
- Irving Taylor (1919–1991), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Isaac H. Taylor (1840–1936), American politician
- Isis Taylor (* 1989), American porn actress and model
- Ivy Taylor (* 1970), American politician
J
- J. Alfred Taylor ( James Alfred Taylor ; 1878–1956), American politician
- J. Mary Taylor ( Jocelyn Mary Taylor ; 1931-2019), American zoologist
- J. Will Taylor ( James Willis Taylor ; 1880–1939), American politician
- Jack Taylor (soccer player, 1872) ( John Davidson Taylor ; 1872–1949), Scottish soccer player
- Jack Taylor (baseball player, 1873) ( John Besson Taylor ; 1873-1900), American baseball player
- Jack Taylor (baseball player, 1874) ( John W. Taylor ; 1874–1938), American baseball player
- Jack Taylor (wrestler) (1887-1956), Canadian wrestler and trainer
- Jack Taylor (soccer player, 1900) ( John Taylor ; 1900– ??), English soccer player
- Jack Taylor (soccer player, 1909) ( John Swinley Taylor ; 1909–1964), Scottish soccer player
- Jack Taylor (soccer player, 1914) ( John Taylor ; 1914–1978), English soccer player and coach
- Jack Taylor (soccer player, 1924) ( John Ephraim Taylor ; 1924-1970), English soccer player
- Jack Taylor ( John Keith Taylor ; 1930–2012), British football referee , see John Taylor (referee)
- Jack Taylor (swimmer) ( Jack George Neil Taylor ; 1931–1955), American swimmer
- Jack Taylor (actor) (born 1936), American actor
- Jack Taylor (Soccer Player, 1998) ( Jack Henry Philip Taylor ; * 1998), English soccer player
- Jack C. Taylor (1922–2016), American entrepreneur
- Jacky Lynn Taylor (around 1926–2014), American actress
- Jake Taylor (born 1991), Welsh football player
- James Taylor (* 1948), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- James Taylor (soldier) (around 1814–1836), American soldier
- James Taylor (cricketer) (1846-1915), English cricketer
- James Taylor Sr. (1870–1953), Irish-American businessman
- James Taylor Jr. (1899–1970), American businessman and clergyman
- James Taylor (tenor) (born 1966), American singer (tenor)
- James Arnold Taylor (* 1969), American actor and voice actor
- James "JT" Taylor (* 1953), American pop singer
- James Madison Taylor , American settler, bridge builder and entrepreneur
- James Monroe Taylor (1848–1916), American clergyman, theologian, and university professor
- James William Arthur Taylor (born 1990), English cricketer
- Jane Taylor (poet) (1783-1824), English poet
- Jane Taylor (journalist) (born 1940), British photographer and journalist
- Jane Taylor (botanist) , American botanist
- Jane Taylor (playwright) (born 1956), South African writer and playwright
- Jane Taylor (musician) (* 1972), English musician, singer and songwriter
- Jane Taylor (tennis player) (born 1972), Australian tennis player
- Janet Taylor (1804–1870), British astronomer and navigation teacher
- Jared Taylor (* 1951), American journalist and book author
- Jasmin Taylor (* 1993), British telemarker
- Jasmin Taylor (entrepreneur) , entrepreneur
- Jason Taylor (ice hockey player) (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jason Taylor (soccer player, 1970) (born 1970), Welsh soccer player
- Jason Taylor (rugby player) (born 1971), Australian rugby player and coach
- Jason Taylor ( American football player ) (born 1974), American football player
- Jason Taylor (soccer player, 1985) (born 1985), English soccer player
- Jason Taylor (soccer player, 1987) (born 1987), English soccer player
- Jason deCaires Taylor (* 1974), British visual artist
- Jasper Taylor (musician) (1894–1964), American jazz musician
- Jasper Taylor (Telemarker) (* 1996), British telemarker
- Jean Taylor (* 1944), American mathematician
- Jean Sharley Taylor (1924–2015), American journalist
- Jeffery Taylor (* 1989), Swedish-American basketball player
- Jennifer Taylor (born 1972), American actress
- Jeremy Ray Taylor (* 2003), American actor
- Jeri Taylor (* 1938), American screenwriter and television producer
- Jermain Taylor (* 1978), American boxer
- Jermaine Taylor (soccer player) (born 1985), Jamaican soccer player
- Jermaine Taylor (basketball player) (* 1986), American basketball player
- Jess Taylor (* 1996), American singer, songwriter and model
- Jessica Taylor (* 1988), British heptathlete
- Jewel Howard-Taylor (* 1963), Liberian politician
- Jill Taylor (costume designer) , American costume designer
- Jill Bolte Taylor (* 1959), American neuroscientist
- Jim Taylor (soccer player, 1917) (1917-2001), English soccer player
- Jim Taylor (soccer player, 1934) (1934-2017), English soccer player
- Jim Taylor ( American football player ) (1935-2018) American football player
- Jim Taylor (sports journalist) (born 1937), Canadian sports journalist and author
- Jim Taylor (screenwriter) (born 1963), American screenwriter
- Joan Taylor (1929–2012), American actress, screenwriter, and television producer
- Joanna Taylor (* 1978), British actress and model
- Joanne Shaw Taylor (* 1986), British blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Jock Taylor (diplomat) (1924-2002), British diplomat
- Jock Taylor (racing driver) (1954–1982), British motorcycle racer
- Jodie Taylor (* 1986), English soccer player
- John Taylor (Bishop) (around 1503–1554), English clergyman, Bishop of Lincoln
- John Taylor (poet) (1578–1653), English poet
- John Taylor (painter) (around 1585–1651), English painter
- John Taylor (oculist) (1703-1770), English eye healer
- John Taylor (pirate) , English pirate captain
- John Taylor (industrialist) , British industrialist
- John Taylor of Caroline (1753-1824), American politician (Democratic Republican Party)
- John Taylor (politician, 1770) (1770-1832), American politician (South Carolina)
- John Taylor (1787-1808), British seaman and soldier, see Mary Anne Talbot
- John Taylor (engineer) (1779–1862) British mining engineer
- John Taylor (Governor) British Governor of Sierra Leone 1788 to 1789
- John Taylor (politician, before 1814) (before 1814 – after 1820), American politician (South Carolina)
- John Taylor (Mormon Prophet) (1808-1887), English-American Mormon and missionary
- John Taylor (cricketer, 1819) (1819 - ????), English cricketer
- John Taylor (architect) (1833–1912), English architect
- John Taylor (Politician, 1836) (1836–1909) American politician and businessman
- John Taylor (cricketer, 1849) (1849-1921), English cricketer
- John Taylor (cricketer, 1850) (1850-1924), English cricketer
- John Taylor (1873-1900), American baseball player, see Jack Taylor (baseball player, 1873)
- John Taylor (1874–1938), American baseball player, see Jack Taylor (baseball player, 1874)
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1874) (1874 - ????), Welsh soccer player
- John Taylor (rugby union player, 1876) (1876–1951) English rugby union player
- John Taylor (track and field athlete, 1882) (1882-1908) American sprinter
- John Taylor (clergyman, 1883) (1883–1961), British clergyman, Bishop of Sodor and Man
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1914) (1914–1978), English soccer player and coach
- John Taylor (Director) (1914–1992), English film director and producer
- John Taylor, Baron Ingrow (1917–2002), British politician
- John Taylor (cricketer, 1923) (1923-1991), English cricketer
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1924) (born 1924), English soccer player
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1926) (born 1926), English soccer player
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1928) (1928-2016), English soccer player
- John Taylor (referee) (1930–2012), English football referee
- John Taylor (racing driver) (1933–1966), English Formula 1 driver
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1935) (born 1935), English soccer player
- John Taylor (cricketer, 1937) (born 1937), English cricketer
- John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney (born 1937), British politician
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1939) (1939-2016), English soccer player
- John Taylor (rallycrosser) (* 1941), Scottish rallycross and rally driver
- John Taylor (pianist) (1942-2015), British jazz pianist
- John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach (born 1943), British politician (Conservative Party)
- John Taylor (volleyball player) (born 1944), American volleyball player
- John Taylor (rugby union player, 1945) (born 1945), Welsh rugby union player
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1949) (born 1949), English soccer player
- John Taylor (rugby union player, 1949) (born 1949), Australian rugby union player
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1949) (born 1949), English soccer player
- John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick (born 1952), British politician (Conservative Party)
- John Taylor ( American football player ) (born 1962), American football player
- John Taylor (Australian football player) (born 1963), Australian Australian football player
- John Taylor (soccer player, 1964) (born 1964), English soccer player
- John Taylor (cricketer, 1979) (born 1979), Australian cricketer
- John B. Taylor (* 1946), American economist and politician
- John Bellamy Taylor (1875–1963), American physicist
- John Bernard Taylor (1929–2016), British theologian and clergyman, Bishop of St. Albans
- John Bryan Taylor (* 1928), British physicist
- John C. Taylor (politician) (1890–1983), American politician
- John C. Taylor (physicist) (* 1930), British physicist
- John C. Taylor (inventor) , British watchmaker and inventor
- John Coard Taylor (1901-1946), American sprinter
- John Edward Taylor (1914–1976), American clergyman, Bishop of Stockholm
- John Gerald Taylor (1931–2012), British physicist
- John Henry Taylor (1871–1963), English golfer
- John J. Taylor (1808-1892), American lawyer and politician
- John L. Taylor (1805–1870), American politician
- John Lang Taylor , better known as Jock Taylor (diplomat) (1924–2002), British diplomat
- John Lloyd Taylor (* 1982), American musician
- John May Taylor (1838–1911), American politician
- John Paskin Taylor (born 1928), British field hockey player
- John Robert Taylor (physicist) , British physicist
- John Robert Taylor, British motorcycle racer, see Jock Taylor
- John Todd Taylor (1970-2006), American computer animator
- John Vernon Taylor (1914-2001), British clergyman, Bishop of Winchester
- John W. Taylor (1784-1854), American politician
- John WR Taylor (1922–1999), British aviation expert and non-fiction author
- John Wilkinson Taylor (1906-2001), American diplomat
- Johnnie Taylor (1938-2000), American soul and R&B singer
- Johnny Taylor (cricketer) ( John Morris Taylor ; 1895–1971), Australian cricket and rugby union player
- Johnny Taylor , singer and bandleader, director of Johnny Taylor et Les Strangers
- Johnny Taylor (basketball player) ( Johnny Antonio Taylor ; * 1974) American basketball player
- Jon Taylor , sound engineer
- Jonathan Taylor (politician) (1796–1848), American politician
- Jonathan Taylor (ski racer) (born 1943), British ski racer
- Jonathan Taylor (soccer player, 1979) (born 1979), New Zealand soccer player
- Jonathan Taylor (soccer player, 1982) (* 1982), Sierra Leonean soccer player
- Jonathan Taylor (athlete) (* 1987), British athlete
- Joseph Taylor (musician) (1832? –1910?), British folk singer
- Joseph Taylor (soccer player, 1851) (1851-1888), Scottish soccer player
- Joseph Taylor (soccer player, 1996) (born 1996), Australian soccer player
- Joseph D. Taylor (1830–1899), American politician
- Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. (* 1941), American astrophysicist
- Joseph L. Taylor (1941–2016), American mathematician
- Jordan Taylor (softball player) (* 1988), American softball player
- Jordan Taylor (basketball player) (born 1989), American basketball player
- Jordan Taylor (racing driver) (* 1991), American automobile racing driver
- Jordan Taylor ( American football player ) (born 1992), American football player
- Josh Taylor (born 1991), Scottish boxer
- Joyce Taylor (born 1932), American actress
- Judy Norton-Taylor (born 1958), American actress
- Julia Taylor (* 1978), Hungarian porn actress
- June Whitley Taylor (1921-2006), American actress
K
- Kate Taylor (* 1949), American singer-songwriter
- Katie Taylor (* 1986), Irish boxer and soccer player
- Katrin Taylor (* 1981), German musical actress
- Katy Taylor (* 1989), American figure skater
- Kay Glasson Taylor (1893-1998), Australian writer
- Keith Taylor (* 1953), British politician
- Keith Weller Taylor (* 1946), American Vietnam historian
- Ken Taylor (* 1952), German bass player
- Kenneth Taylor (Philosopher) ( Kenneth Allen Taylor ; 1954–2019), American philosopher
- Kenneth Douglas Taylor (1934-2015), Canadian diplomat
- Kenneth N. Taylor ( Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor ; 1917-2005), American writer and publisher
- Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss ; 1906–1987), American actor
- Kenzie Taylor (* 1990), American porn actress
- Kingsize Taylor (born 1939), British rock musician
- Koko Taylor (1928–2009), American blues singer
- Kressmann Taylor (1903–1996/1997), American writer
L.
- Laini Taylor (* 1971), American author
- Larry Taylor (1942–2019), American bass player
- Lauren Taylor (* 1998), American actress and singer
- Laurie Taylor (sociologist) ( Laurence John Taylor ; * 1935/1936), British sociologist and radio presenter
- Laurie Taylor (ski racer) (* 1996), British ski racer
- Lawrence Taylor (born 1959), American football player
- Leigh Taylor-Young (born 1945), American actress
- Leighton R. Taylor , American zoologist
- Leon Taylor (water diver) (* 1977), British high diver
- Leon Taylor (singer) (* 1983), German singer
- Leon R. Taylor (1883–1924), American politician
- Lewis Taylor , British musician
- Lili Taylor (* 1967), American actress
- Lily Taylor (* 1996), English squash player
- Lily Ross Taylor (1886–1969), American philologist and historian
- Lindsay Taylor (basketball player) (* 1981), American basketball player
- Lindsay Taylor (soccer player) (* 1989), American soccer player
- Lionel Taylor (* 1984), Samoan football player
- Livingston Taylor (born 1950), American rock musician
- Louis Taylor, Sr. , American jazz saxophonist
- Louis Taylor, Jr. , American jazz saxophonist
- Louis Taylor III (* 1983), tennis player from the US Virgin Islands
- Louis Denison Taylor (1857-1946), Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician
- Louise Taylor , American archer
- Lucien Castaing-Taylor (* 1966), British anthropologist and video artist
- Lyle Taylor (* 1990), football player for Montserrat
M.
- Mabel Taylor , American archer
- MacDonald Taylor (* 1957), Trinidad and Tobago football player for the US Virgin Islands
- MacDonald Taylor junior (* 1992), football player for the US Virgin Islands
- Maik Taylor (* 1971), Northern Irish-German football player
- Major Taylor (1878–1932), American racing cyclist
- Marcus Taylor (* 1981), American basketball player
- Margaret Taylor (1788-1852), American first lady
- Margaret Taylor (Badminton) (* 1912), Canadian badminton player
- Maria Taylor (* 1976), American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Mark Taylor (French horn player) (* 1961), American jazz musician, composer and producer
- Mark Taylor (cricketer) (born 1964), Australian cricketer
- Mark Taylor (sound engineer) (* 1966), English film sound engineer
- Mark Taylor (rugby player) (born 1973), Welsh rugby player
- Mark Taylor (racing driver) (* 1977), British racing driver
- Mark Taylor (producer) , British music producer and songwriter
- Mark Taylor (actor) (born 1977), Canadian actor
- Mark Taylor (drummer) (born 1962), British jazz drummer
- Mark Taylor (snooker player) , English snooker player
- Mark C. Taylor (* 1945), American religious philosopher
- Mark F. Taylor (* 1957), American politician
- Mark P. Taylor (* 1958), British economist
- Mark Owen-Taylor , Australian actor
- Martin Taylor (guitarist) (* 1956), British jazz guitarist
- Martin Taylor (soccer player, 1966) (born 1966), English soccer player
- Martin Taylor (soccer player, 1979) (born 1979), English soccer player
- Martin J. Taylor (* 1952), British mathematician
- Mary Taylor (* 1966), American politician
- Matt Taylor (musician) (born 1948), Australian musician
- Matt Taylor (meteorologist) (* 1976), British meteorologist
- Matt Taylor (soccer player, 1982) (born 1982), English soccer player
- Matt Taylor (soccer player, 1990) (born 1990), English soccer player
- Matthew Taylor (politician, 1960) (born 1960), British politician (Labor Party)
- Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor (born 1963), British politician
- Matthew Taylor (composer) (born 1964), English composer
- Matthew Taylor (soccer player, October 1981) (born 1981), American soccer player
- Matthew Taylor (soccer player, November 1981) (born 1981), English soccer player
- Maurice Taylor (born 1926), British clergyman, Bishop of Galloway
- Maurice Taylor (basketball player) (born 1976), American basketball player
- Maxwell D. Taylor (1901-1987), American general
- Megan Taylor (1920–1993), British figure skater
- Mel Taylor († 1996), American drummer with The Ventures
- Meldrick Taylor (born 1966), American boxer
- Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (* 1971), Australian athlete
- Melvin Taylor (* 1959), American guitarist
- Mervyn Taylor (born 1931), Irish politician
- Meshach Taylor (1947-2014), American actor
- Michael Taylor (racing driver) (1934-2017), British automobile racing driver
- Michael Taylor (painter) (born 1952), British painter
- Michael Taylor (producer, I) , American film producer and manager
- Michael Taylor (motorcycle racer) (* 1965), Canadian motorcycle racer
- Michael Taylor (climate researcher) , Jamaican physicist and climate researcher
- Michael Taylor (film editor) , American film editor
- Michael Taylor (producer, II) , American film producer and screenwriter
- Michael E. Taylor (* 1946), American mathematician
- Michael R. Taylor (born 1949), American government official
- Mick Taylor (* 1949), British rock guitarist
- Mike Taylor (musician) (1938–1969), British jazz pianist and composer
- Mike Taylor ( American football player , 1945) (born 1945), American football player
- Mike Taylor ( American football player , 1949) (born 1949), American football player
- Mike Taylor (ice hockey player, 1971) (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player
- Mike Taylor (basketball coach) (* 1972), American basketball coach
- Mike Taylor (basketball player) (* 1986), American basketball player
- Mike Taylor (ice hockey player, 1986) (born 1986), American ice hockey player
- Mike Taylor ( American football player , 1989) (* 1989) American football player
- Mike P. Taylor (paleontologist) (* 1968), British paleontologist
- Miles Taylor (1805–1873), American politician
- Montana Taylor (1903–1954), American blues musician
- Morgan Taylor (1903-1975), American track and field athlete
- Morrison Taylor , Barbadian football goalkeeper
- Moses Taylor (1806-1882), American banker
- Moulton Taylor (1912–1995), American aircraft engineer
- Mya Taylor (* 1991), American actress and singer
- Myra Taylor (1917–2011), American jazz singer and songwriter
N
- Nathaniel Green Taylor (1819–1887), American politician
- Neil Taylor (born 1989), Welsh football player
- Nelson Taylor (1821-1894), American politician
- Newman Taylor Baker (born 1943), American jazz drummer
- Nic Taylor-Greaves (* 1991), football player for Montserrat
- Nick Taylor (squash player) (born 1971), English squash player
- Nick Taylor (wheelchair tennis player) (* 1979), American wheelchair tennis player
- Nigel John Taylor (* 1960), British rock bassist
- Nigel Paul Taylor (* 1956), British botanist
- Nikki Taylor (* 1995), American volleyball player
- Noah Taylor (born 1969), Australian film actor
- Norman Taylor (botanist) (1883–1967), American botanist
- Norman Taylor (rower) (1899-1980), Canadian rower
O
- Oliver Taylor (* 1938), Australian boxer
- Oliver Taylor (soccer player) , Welsh soccer player
- Oneil Taylor (* 1980), football player for the Cayman Islands
- Orville Taylor (* 1970), Jamaican sprinter
- Otis Taylor (born 1948), American blues musician
P
- Paul Taylor (choreographer) (1930-2018), American choreographer
- Paul Taylor (soccer player, 1949) (born 1949), English soccer player
- Paul Taylor (musician) (* 1958), Australian storyteller and musician
- Paul Taylor (rugby player) (born 1959), Australian rugby league player
- Paul Taylor (saxophonist) (* 1960), American jazz saxophonist
- Paul Taylor (guitarist) (* 1960), American rock guitarist
- Paul Taylor (art historian) (born 1963), British art historian
- Paul Taylor (soccer player, 1966) (born 1966), Scottish soccer player
- Paul Taylor (track and field athlete) , British athlete
- Paul Taylor (soccer player, 1987) (born 1987), English soccer player
- Paul Schuster Taylor (1895–1984), American social scientist
- Paula Taylor (* 1983), British-Thai actress and VJ
- Penina Taylor , director of the Shomrei Emet Institute and founder of Torah Life Strategies
- Penny Taylor (* 1981), Australian basketball player
- Peter Taylor (Author) (1917–1994), American writer
- Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), American film editor
- Peter Taylor (botanist) (1926-2011), British botanist
- Peter Taylor (soccer player, 1928) ( Peter Thomas Taylor ; 1928–1990), English soccer player and coach
- Peter Taylor (football player, 1953) ( Peter John Taylor ; * 1953), English football player and coach
- Peter Taylor (rower) (* 1984), New Zealand rower
- Peter James Taylor (* 1944), British geographer
- Peter John Taylor (* 1963), South African mammal loge
- Peter Kirwan-Taylor (1930–2014), British automobile designer, ski racer and banker
- Peter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930–1997), British judge
- Phil Taylor (soccer player) (1917–2012), English soccer player
- Phil Taylor (musician) (1954-2015), English drummer
- Phil Taylor (dart player) (* 1960), English dart player
- Philip Taylor (1786–1870), English engineer and entrepreneur
- Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909–1976), American writer
- Pip Taylor (* 1980), Australian triathlete
Q
- Quincy Taylor (born 1963), American boxer
R.
- R. Dean Taylor (born 1939), Canadian singer, songwriter and producer
- Rachael Taylor (rower) (* 1976), Australian rower
- Rachael Taylor (actress) (born 1984), Australian actress
- Ralph Emeric Kashope Taylor-Smith (1924–1986), Sierra Leonean diplomat
- Raynor Taylor (1747-1825), English composer, organist and music teacher
- Rebecca Taylor (* 1975), British politician
- Recy Taylor (1919–2017), American civil rights activist
- Reese H. Taylor Jr. (1928-2010), American attorney and government employee
- Regina Taylor (* 1960), American actress
- Reid Taylor , American jazz musician
- Renée Taylor (born 1933), American actress
- Rhys Taylor (born 1990), Welsh football goalkeeper
- Richard Taylor (Editor) (1781-1858) British naturalist and publisher
- Richard Taylor (missionary) (1805–1873), British-New Zealand missionary
- Richard Taylor (community leader) (1868–1953), German community leader in Farge
- Richard Taylor (General, 1819) (1819–1904) British general
- Richard Taylor (General) (1826–1879), American politician and general
- Richard Taylor (philosopher) (1919–2003), American philosopher
- Richard Taylor (politician) (* 1934), English doctor and politician
- Richard Taylor (film historian) (* 1946), English film historian
- Richard Taylor (mathematician) (born 1962), British mathematician
- Richard Taylor (special effects artist) , New Zealand film designer
- Richard Taylor (tennis player) (* 1968), Barbadian tennis player
- Richard C. Taylor (* 1950), American historian of philosophy
- Richard Edward Taylor (1929–2018), Canadian physicist
- Ricky Taylor (* 1989), American racing driver
- Rip Taylor (1931–2019), American actor and entertainer
- Robert Taylor (architect) (1714–1788), English architect
- Robert Taylor (biologist) , American biologist
- Robert Taylor (politician) (1763-1845), American politician (Virginia)
- Robert Taylor (actor, 1911) (1911–1969), American actor
- Robert Taylor (Animator) , American animator and director
- Robert Taylor (dancer) , English dance athlete
- Robert Taylor (track and field athlete, 1948) (1948–2007), American sprinter
- Robert Taylor (athlete, 1953) (born 1953), American sprinter
- Robert Taylor (actor, 1963) (born 1963), Australian actor
- Robert Taylor (sound engineer) († 2006), Indian sound engineer and sound designer
- Robert Taylor (soccer player, 1971) (born 1971), English soccer player and coach
- Robert Taylor (soccer player, 1994) (* 1994), Finnish-English soccer player
- Robert Taylor (racing driver) , American enduro athlete
- Robert Lewis Taylor (1912-1998), American writer
- Robert Love Taylor (1850–1912), American politician
- Robert R. Taylor († 2013), Canadian photographer
- Robert Robinson Taylor (1868–1942), American architect
- Robert W. Taylor (1932–2017), American computer scientist
- Roberta Taylor (born 1948), British actress
- Robin Lord Taylor (* 1978), American actor
- Robin Sowden-Taylor (born 1982), Welsh rugby player
- Rocky Taylor (born 1945), British stuntman and film actor
- Rod Taylor (1930-2015), Australian actor
- Roger Taylor (author) (born 1938), English fantasy author
- Roger Taylor (tennis player) (born 1941), English tennis player
- Roger Taylor (drummer) (born 1949), British drummer for the rock group Queen
- Roger Andrew Taylor (* 1960), British drummer for the pop group Duran Duran
- Roland Taylor (1946-2017), American basketball player
- Ron Taylor (underwater cameraman) (1934–2012), American underwater cameraman and author
- Ron Taylor (baseball player) (born 1937), Canadian baseball player
- Ron Taylor (actor) (1952–2002), American actor
- Ronnie Taylor (1924-2018), British cameraman
- Ross Taylor (1902-1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Rowan Taylor (* 1984), football player for Montserrat
- Roy Taylor (tennis player) (1883-1934), Australian tennis player
- Roy Taylor (soccer player, 1933) (1933-2013), English soccer player
- Roy Taylor (soccer player, 1956) (born 1956), English soccer player
- Roy A. Taylor (1910–1995), American politician
- J. Roy Taylor (* 1949), British physicist
- Rufus Taylor (* 1991), British drummer
- Russi Taylor (1944–2019), American voice actress
- Ryan Taylor (politician) (* 1970), American politician
- Ryan Taylor (marksman) ( Ryan Grant Taylor ; * 1980), New Zealand marksman
- Ryan Taylor (Soccer Player, 1984) ( Ryan Anthony Taylor ; * 1984), English soccer player
- Ryan Taylor (Wrestler) ( Russell Gene Taylor ; * 1987), American wrestler
- Ryan Taylor ( American football player ) (b.1987), American football player
- Ryan Taylor (football player, 1988) ( Ryan David Taylor ; * 1988), English football player
- Ryan Taylor (Model) (* 1990), Canadian model
- Ryan Taylor (soccer player, 1990) (born 1990), American soccer player
S.
- Sam Taylor (soccer player, 1893) (1893-1973), English soccer player
- Sam Taylor (director) (1895-1958), American film director, screenwriter and producer
- Sam Taylor (soccer player, 1902) (1902–1975), English soccer player
- Sam Taylor (jazz musician) (1916–1990), American jazz and blues musician
- Sam Taylor (blues musician) ( Bluzman ; 1934–2009), American blues musician
- Sam Taylor-Johnson (born Samantha Taylor ; * 1967), British director
- Samantha Taylor (presenter) (born 1958), Canadian television presenter
- Samantha Taylor (rider) (* 1983), Canadian rider
- Samuel Taylor (stenographer) (1749-1811), British stenographer
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), English composer
- Samuel A. Taylor (1912-2000), American writer and screenwriter
- Samuel M. Taylor (1852–1921), American politician
- Samuel McIntire Taylor (1856-1916), American politician
- Sammy Taylor (1933-2019), American baseball player
- Sandra Taylor (* 1966), American model and actress
- Sarah Taylor (field hockey player) (born 1981), Australian field hockey player
- Sarah Taylor (tennis player) (* 1981), American tennis player
- Sarah Knox Taylor (1814–1835), American wife of Jefferson Davis
- Sarah Stewart Taylor (* 1971), American journalist and writer
- Scott Taylor (Soccer Player, 1970) ( Scott Dean Taylor ; * 1970), English soccer player
- Scott Taylor (Soccer Player, 1976) ( Scott James Taylor ; * 1976), English soccer player
- Scott Taylor (politician) ( Scott William Taylor ; * 1979), American politician
- Scott Taylor (rugby player) (born 1991), English rugby league player
- Scout Taylor-Compton (* 1989), American actress
- Sean Taylor (1983-2007), American football player
- Shane Taylor (born 1974), British actor
- Shaw Taylor († 2015), British television presenter and actor
- Shelley E. Taylor (* 1946), American psychologist
- Silas Taylor (1624–1678), historian and antiquarian
- Simon Taylor (writer) (born 1950), Scottish writer
- Simon Taylor (rugby player) (born 1979), Scottish rugby union player
- Stan Taylor (born 1937), British middle-distance runner
- Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor (1910–1988), British doctor and politician
- Stephen Taylor (Economist) ( Stephen J. Taylor ; * 1954), British economist
- Stephen Taylor (actor) , American actor
- Steven Taylor (politician) (born around 1955), American politician
- Steven Taylor (actor) , actor
- Steven Taylor (track and field athlete) , British athlete
- Steven Taylor (soccer player) (born 1986), English soccer player
- Steven R. Taylor , geologist
- Steven W. Taylor (* 1949), American lawyer and judge
- Stuart Taylor (* 1980), English football goalkeeper
- Sunaura Taylor (* 1982), American artist and activist
- Susan Taylor († 2013), British extreme athlete and philanthropist
- Susie Taylor (1848–1912), African American nurse, author, and teacher
- Sydney Taylor (* 1904 as Sarah Brenner; † 1978), American children's author
T
- Talus Taylor (1933–2015), American children's author and illustrator
- Tamara Taylor (* 1970), Canadian actress
- Tate Taylor (born 1969), American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- Ted Taylor (1887-1956), English football goalkeeper
- Teyana Taylor (* 1990), American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
- Telford Taylor (1908–1998), American lawyer, historian and political scientist
- Theodore B. Taylor (1925-2004), American physicist
- Thomas Taylor (writer) (1758–1835), English writer and translator
- Thomas Taylor (botanist) (1775-1848) British botanist
- Thomas Taylor (historian) (1858–1938), British historian
- Thomas Taylor (soccer player) (1880-1945), Canadian soccer player
- Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn (1929-2016), British politician (Labor Party)
- Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gryfe (1912-2001), Scottish politician
- Tiffany Taylor (* 1977), American model
- Tim Taylor (ice hockey player, 1942) (1942–2013), American ice hockey player and coach
- Tim Taylor (ice hockey player, 1969) (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tim Taylor (rapper) (* 1981), German rapper
- Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020), English comedian, writer, actor
- Timothy Taylor (chess player) (born 1953), American chess player
- Timothy Taylor (archaeologist) (born 1960), British archaeologist
- Timothy Taylor (economist) (* 1960), American economist
- Timothy Taylor (writer) (born 1963), Canadian lawyer and writer
- Tom Taylor (playwright) (1817–1880), English playwright and journalist
- Tom Taylor (rugby player) (born 1989), New Zealand rugby player
- Tom Taylor (actor) (* 2001), British actor
- Tommy Taylor (1932-1958), English football player
- Tony Taylor (1917–1972), Australian volcanologist
- Tot Taylor , British songwriter, musician, composer, record producer, arranger, author and gallery owner
- Trent Taylor (* 1994), American football player
- Trevor Taylor (1936-2010), British racing car driver
- Trevor Taylor (table tennis player) (* around 1952), English table tennis player
- Trevor Taylor (referee) (* 1974), Barbadian football referee
- Tut Taylor († 2015), American musician
- Tyrod Taylor (born 1989), American football player
U
- Uz Taylor , soccer player for Trinidad & Tobago
V
- Van Taylor (* 1972), American politician
- Valerie Taylor (actress) (1902–1988), English actress
- Valerie Taylor (diver) (born 1935), Australian diver
- Valerie Taylor (computer scientist) (* 1963), American computer scientist
- Vanessa Taylor (* 1970), American screenwriter and television producer
- Vaughn Taylor (actor) (1910–1983), American actor
- Vaughn Taylor (Golfer) (born 1976), American golfer
- Vern Taylor , Canadian figure skater
- Vernon Taylor (born 1937), American rockabilly singer
- Vince Taylor (1939–1991), British rock and roll singer
- Vincent A. Taylor (1845–1922), American politician
W.
- W. Allen Taylor (* 1953), American film actor and jazz singer
- Waller Taylor (1779–1826), American politician
- Wayne Taylor (* 1956), South African racing car driver
- William Taylor (publisher) , English publisher
- William Taylor (writer, 1765) (1765–1836) British writer, essayist, and critic
- William Taylor (Politician, 1788) (1788–1846), American politician (Virginia)
- William Taylor (politician, 1791) (1791-1865), American politician (New York)
- William Taylor (writer, 1938) (born 1938), New Zealand writer
- William Taylour Thomson (1813-1883), British diplomat
- William B. Taylor junior (* 1947), American diplomat
- William Desmond Taylor (1872–1922), American film director and actor
- William Ewart Taylor (1927-1994), Canadian archaeologist
- William Hodge Taylor (1904-1983), British crystallographer
- William P. Taylor (1791–1863), American politician
- William R. Taylor (1820–1909), American politician
- William Ralph Taylor (1919-2004), American ichthyologist
- William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990), American botanist
- William S. Taylor (1853–1928), American politician
- Willie Taylor (1869-1949), Scottish football player
Z
- Zac Taylor (born 1983), American football player and coach
- Zachary Taylor (clergyman) (1653–1705), English clergyman
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), American general and politician, President 1849–1850
- Zachary Taylor (Politician, 1849) (1849-1921), American politician (Tennessee)
- Zara Taylor (* 1983), Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
- Zoë Taylor (* 1995), American telemarker
- Zola Taylor (1938–2007), American singer
Fictional characters
- Kelly Taylor , protagonist of the American television series Beverly Hills, 90210
- Tim Taylor , protagonist of the American television series Listen who's hammering