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

Contents

• Art
• Business
• Entertainment
• Journalism and literature
• Liberal arts and sciences
• Military
• Politics and law
• Religion
• Sports
• See also
• Disambiguation pages
• Fictional characters
• Similar names

Art

• Josephine Taylor (born 1977), American artist
• Katherine C Taylor (born 1974), American artist
• Leonard Campbell Taylor (1874–1969), English painter and war artist
• Lynne Taylor-Corbett (1956–2025), American choreographer, director, lyricist, and composer
• Mary Taylor (born 1948), New Zealand artist
• Pam Taylor (1929–2014), British sculptor
• Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (1821–1906), American/Hawaiian painter and sketch artist
• Tanya Taylor, Canadian fashion designer

Business

• Alec Taylor Sr. (1821–1894), British racehorse trainer
• Alec Taylor Jr. (1862–1943), British racehorse trainer
• Cora V. Taylor (1884-1971), American businesswoman
• 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
• John William Taylor (1827–1906), British bellfounder
• Margarita Kearney Taylor (1890–1982), British-born Spanish businesswoman
• Rebecca Taylor (born 1969), New Zealand-born fashion designer
• William Lee Taylor (1854–1915) African American Baptist minister, bank president, businessman, farmer

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
• Aston George Taylor Jr., American disc jockey, rapper, record producer, actor, and host; better known as Funkmaster Flex
• Avonne Taylor (1897 or 1898 - 1992), American showgirl and actress.
• Buck Taylor (born 1938), American actor and artist
• 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
• Courtenay Taylor (born 1969), American voice actress
• Danica Taylor (born 2001), English television personality
• 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
• Demetria Taylor (born 1973), American Chicago blues singer and songwriter
• 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
• Ebo Taylor (1936–2026), Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader and arranger
• Eddie Taylor (1923–1985), American electric blues guitarist and singer
• Eddie Taylor Jr. (1972–2019), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Dame 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
• Iris Taylor (1905-1980), Scottish composer of light music (aka Fred Hartley)
• Jack Taylor (actor) (born 1936), American horror movie actor
• Jack Taylor (heavyweight man) (c. 1946 – 2006), heaviest man in Britain at his death
• Jack Taylor (musician) (1965–1997)
• 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, American ballet dancer, former New York City Ballet principal dancer
• The Game (born Jayceon Terrell Taylor in 1979), American rapper
• Jen Taylor (born 1973), American actress
• Joanna Taylor (born 1978), English actress and former model
• John Taylor (bass guitarist) (born 1960), British co-founder of Duran Duran
• Johnnie Taylor (1934–2000), American singer-songwriter
• Johnny Taylor, Jr., stand-up comedian
• Little Johnny Taylor (1943–2002), American singer
• 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
• M. Sayle Taylor (1889–1942), American radio host
• Maria Taylor (born 1976), American singer
• Melvin Taylor (born 1959), American musician
• Mick Taylor (born 1949), English guitarist, formerly with the Rolling Stones
• Nicole Taylor, Scottish screenwriter
• 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 (1939–2022), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Ralph Forbes Taylor (1904–1951), better known as Ralph Forbes, English actor
• Regina Taylor (born 1960), American actress and playwright
• Renée Taylor (born 1933), American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director
• 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
• Shaun Taylor-Corbett (born 1978), American actor, singer, and writer
• Shooby Taylor (1929-2003), American singer
• Steve Taylor (born 1957), American recording artist and film director
• Teyana Taylor (born 1990), American singer, actress, dancer and choreographer
• Tiffany Taylor (born 1977), American model
• Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940–2020), English comic actor
• Trina (born Katrina Laverne Taylor in 1978), American rapper
• Vaughn Taylor (actor) (1910–1983), American actor
• Veronica Taylor (born 1978), American voice actress
• Vin Taylor (1896–1961), American film set designer
• Vincent Taylor (musician) (1949–1974), American guitarist with band Sha Na Na

Journalism and literature

• Brandon Taylor (born 1989), 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) (1793–1839), first English translator of Grimms' Tales
• Emily Taylor (1795–1872), English schoolmistress, poet, children's writer, hymn-writer
• George Augustine Taylor (1872–1928), Australian artist and journalist
• G. P. Taylor (born 1958), British author
• John Ellor Taylor (1837–1895), English popular science writer, journalist and museum curator
• Kathrine Taylor (1903–1996), American author, known mostly for her Address Unknown (1938)
• Matt Taylor (meteorologist) (born 1976), BBC weather presenter
• Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860-1911), American author, known for writing the lyrics to the National Suffrage Anthem
• Nicole A. Taylor, American writer and cookbook author
• Patrick Gordon Taylor (1896–1966), Australian author and aviator
• Russell Taylor (cartoonist) (born 1960), British writer and cartoonist
• Ruth Ashton Taylor (1922–2024), American television journalist
• Samuel W. Taylor (1907–1997), American novelist, scriptwriter, and historian
• Sean Taylor (author) (born 1965), British children's book author
• Talus Taylor (1929–2015), American 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 (man of letters) (1765–1836), English scholar and linguist

Liberal arts and sciences

• A. J. Taylor (1911–2002), English historian
• A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990), English historian
• Alan D. Taylor (born 1947), mathematician
• Alfred Edward Taylor (1869–1945), British philosopher
• Alonzo E. Taylor (died 1949), American educator and food researcher
• Allen Taylor (scientist), scientist
• 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
• Charles Vincent Taylor (1885–1946), American biologist
• 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
• Edwin F. Taylor (1931–2025), American physicist
• Effie J. Taylor (1874–1970), Canadian nurse
• Esther W. Taylor (1826–1904), American physician
• 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 Taylor (botanist) (1904–1993), Scottish botanist
• George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873), English architect
• George W. Taylor (professor) (1901–1972), American academic and labor mediator
• Henry Osborn Taylor (1856–1941), American historian and legal scholar
• Isaac M. Taylor (1921–1996), American physician and academic
• Jill Bolte Taylor (born 1959), American neuroanatomist
• John B. Taylor (born 1946), American economist
• John Bryan Taylor (born 1929), English physicist
• John George Taylor (fl. 1851–1861), British official of the Foreign Office, an archaeologist investigating the antiquities of the Middle East
• Joseph L. Taylor (1941–2016), 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 (1925–2021), New Zealand geochemist and planetary scientist
• Thomas Taylor (neoplatonist) (1758–1835), English translator and Neoplatonist
• Thomas Taylor (botanist) (1786–1848), English botanist, bryologist, and mycologist
• Verta Taylor (born 1948), American sociologist

Military

• David W. Taylor (1864–1940), U.S. Navy admiral and engineer
• Edgar Taylor (aviator) (1897–1918), American flying ace of World War I
• Frank Harold Taylor (1896–1985), British Canadian military pilot
• 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
• Merrill Samuel Taylor (1893–1918), Canadian flying ace
• Richard Taylor (Confederate 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

• Abby Taylor (born 1985), Tobago politician
• 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. (1934–2023), Maryland politician
• Charles G. Taylor (born 1948), former president of Liberia
• Charles Taylor (North Carolina politician) (born 1941), former U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
• Lady Bird Johnson (born Claudia Alta Taylor, 1912–2007), First Lady of the United States 1963–1969
• Dave Taylor (Canadian politician) (born 1953), Alberta politician
• David Taylor (Green politician) (born 1957 or 1958), UK politician
• David Taylor (North West Leicestershire MP) (1946–2009), English politician, MP 1997–2009
• David James Taylor (1889–1969), Ontario politician
• Dean P. Taylor (1902–1977), American Congressman from New York
• Del Taylor, American politician
• Dick Taylor (Iowa politician) (born 1931), Iowa state representative
• 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 (Pennsylvania politician) (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 (Alabama politician) (1849–1932), American Congressman from Alabama
• George William Taylor (born 1937), Canadian solicitor general
• Horatio T. Taylor (1827–1905), American politician in Wisconsin
• 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
• J. Paul Taylor (1920–2023), American politician and educator
• Kim Taylor (born 1978), American politician from Virginia
• Lara Taylor-Pearce, Sierra Leonean auditor general
• 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), American politician from New York
• Morvalden Angerstoff Taylor (1030-1925), American politician and farmer from Minnesota
• Paula Losoya Taylor (1???–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
• R. S. Taylor, North Carolina reconstruction era American politician
• Sam T. Taylor (1903-1977), Colorado state senator
• Sarah Knox Taylor (1814–1835), daughter of US president Zachary Taylor and wife of Jefferson Davis
• Sequanna Taylor (born 1979), Wisconsin politician
• 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
• Sylvester Taylor II, American politician
• Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn (1929–2016), British Labour Party politician
• Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (1833–1917), Canadian lawyer and judge
• William B. Taylor Jr. (born 1947), ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009, and chargé d’affaires 2019-2020
• William Lamborn Taylor (1850-1940), American politician from Indiana
• William Lewis Taylor (1931-2010), American civil rights attorney
• 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 (British killer) (born c. 1944), Englishman accused in the Ossett murder case
• Polk Taylor (1833–1934), American formerly enslaved Methodist minister
• Sarah Katherine Taylor (1847–1920), American evangelist in the Advent Christian Church

Sports

• Alan Taylor (footballer, born 1953), English footballer
• Alastair Taylor (footballer) (born 1991), English footballer
• Alfie Taylor (born 2004), English footballer
• Ally Taylor (born 2001), Scottish footballer
• Alontae Taylor (born 1998), American football player
• Angelo Taylor (born 1978), American Olympic gold medalist athlete and coach
• Blake Taylor (born 1995), American baseball player
• Branson Taylor (born 2002), American football player
• Brian Taylor (cricketer) (1932–2017), English cricketer
• Bud Taylor (1903–1962), American bantamweight boxer
• Bud Taylor (golfer) (1916–1991), American amateur golfer
• Celeste Taylor (born 2001), American basketball player
• Charlie Taylor (rugby league) (1921–2013), English rugby league footballer
• Chris Taylor (baseball) (born 1990), American baseball player
• Christian Taylor (athlete) (born 1990), American track and field athlete
• Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), basketball player and sneaker pioneer
• Chum Taylor (1927–2025), Australian motorcycle speedway rider
• Chyna Taylor (born 2009), American ice hockey player
• Colin Taylor (footballer, born 1940) (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) (born 1938), English rugby league footballer
• Danielle Taylor (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
• Darrell Taylor (born 1997), American football player
• Davion Taylor (born 1998), American football player
• Demetrius Taylor (born 1999), American football player
• Dennis Taylor (born 1949), Northern Irish snooker player
• Derrick Taylor (born 1964), American football player
• Deshon Taylor (born 1996), American basketball player
• Devin Taylor (American football) (born 1989), American football player
• Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer) (1901–1962)
• Dick Taylor (football manager) (fl. 1960s), English manager of Aston Villa F.C.
• Digby Taylor (1941–2017), New Zealand sailor
• Durell Taylor, American football player
• D'Shon Taylor (born 1993), Bahamian basketball player
• Elijah Taylor (rugby league) (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player
• F. Morgan Taylor Jr. (1931–2010), American athlete and businessman
• Fred Taylor (running back) (born 1976), American NFL running back
• Fred Taylor (basketball player) (born 1948), American former NBA player
• 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
• Frederick "Cyclone" Taylor (1884–1970), Canadian ice hockey forward
• Gary Taylor-Fletcher (born 1981), English footballer, played for Blackpool F.C.
• George Taylor (manager) (1853–1911), American Brooklyn Dodgers manager
• Graham Taylor (1944–2017), English footballer
• Herbie Taylor (1889–1973), South African cricketer
• Ian Taylor (field hockey) (born 1954), English gold medalist at 1988 Seoul Olympics
• Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1948), Scottish footballer, played for Aberdeen
• Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1968), English footballer, played for Aston Villa
• Isaiah Taylor (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• J. J. Taylor (born 1998), American football player
• Ja'Sir Taylor (born 1999), American football player
• 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
• Jermain Taylor (born 1978), American boxer, former undisputed middleweight champion of the world
• Jerome Taylor (born 1984), Jamaican cricketer
• Jim Taylor (fullback) (1935-2018), Green Bay Packers player
• Candy Jim Taylor (1884–1948), American Negro league baseball player and manager
• Jodie Taylor (born 1986), English association football player
• John Taylor (rugby league), British rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s
• Joni Taylor (born 1979), American basketball coach
• Josh Taylor (baseball) (born 1993), American baseball player
• Julie Ann Taylor (born 1961), American voice actress
• Jullian Taylor (born 1995), American football player
• Kamario Taylor (born 2007), American football player
• Kameron Taylor (born 1994), American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague
• Ken Taylor (footballer, born 1931) (died 2016), English footballer
• Kenneth Taylor (footballer, born 2002), Dutch footballer
• Kris Taylor (born 1984), English footballer
• Lane Taylor (born 1989), American football player
• Laura Taylor (born 1999), Australian swimmer
• Lawrence Taylor (born 1959), New York Giants
• Leanne Taylor (born 1992), Canadian paratriathlete
• 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
• Malik Taylor (American football) (born 1995), American football player
• Mason Taylor (born 2004), American football player
• Matt Taylor (footballer, born 1982), English football player
• Matthew Taylor (footballer) (born 1981), English football player, played in the Premier League
• Megan Taylor (1920–1993), British Olympic speed skater
• Michael A. Taylor (born 1991), American baseball player
• Mike Taylor (basketball coach) (born 1972), American basketball coach
• Morgan Taylor (1903–1975), American hurdler
• Natalie Taylor (basketball) (born 1984), New Zealand basketball player
• Nicolas Taylor (racing driver) (born 2005), Canadian racing driver
• Oliver Taylor (boxer) (1938–2000), Australian bantamweight boxer
• Oliver Taylor (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1945), Wales international footballer
• Oliver Taylor (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English footballer
• Ollie Taylor (1947–2025), American basketball player
• Olly Taylor (born 1993), English footballer
• Orville Taylor (born 1970), Jamaican track and field sprinter
• Otis Taylor (American football) (1942–2023), American football player
• 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 (rugby player) (born 1983), Welsh rugby union player
• Reese Taylor (born 1999), American football player
• Richie Taylor, English footballer
• Rhys Taylor (born 1990), Welsh footballer
• Rob Taylor (footballer, born 1985), English footballer
• Roc Taylor (born 2002), American football player
• Ron Taylor (baseball) (1937–2025), Canadian physician and earlier a professional baseball player
• Ron Taylor (diver) (1934–2012), Australian underwater diver, shark expert and film maker
• Ron Taylor (footballer) (1932–2015), VFL footballer and Olympic boxer
• Ron Taylor (American football) (?–2014), American football coach and player
• Ron Taylor (rugby league) (1932–2023), Australian rugby player
• Tiny Ron Taylor (1947–2019), American film actor and basketball player
• Ron Taylor (bowls), Australian bowls international
• 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
• Stafanie Taylor (born 1991), Jamaica and West Indies cricketer
• Steven Taylor (born 1986), British footballer, played for Newcastle United
• Taywan Taylor (born 1995), American football player
• Tory Taylor (born 1997), Australian American football player
• Trent Taylor (born 1994), American football player
• Trey Taylor (born 2001), American football player
• Tyrod Taylor (born 1989), American football player
• Tyrone Taylor (born 1994), American baseball player
• Vaughn Taylor (golfer) (born 1976), American golfer
• Vincent Taylor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Wade Taylor IV (born 2003), American basketball player
• W. F. Taylor (1877–1945), founding president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
• Zac Taylor (born 1983), American football head coach of Cincinnati Bengals

See also

Fictional characters

• Alex Taylor, the main character in the video game The Crew
• Allison Taylor, recurring character in the TV series 24
• Sheriff Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show), main character in the TV series The Andy Griffith Show
• Bob Taylor / Codename: Australia, a superhero in the comic book series The Ambassadors and Big Game
• Dan Taylor, a character in the film Forrest Gump
• Danny Taylor, main character in the TV series Without a Trace
• Derek Taylor, a character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
• E.Z. Taylor, a character in Three's a Crowd
• George Taylor, main character in the film Planet of the Apes
• Griffin Pierce-Taylor, character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Jamie Taylor, a main character in the drama-gothic romance series The Haunting of Bly Manor played by Amelia Eve
• Jennifer Taylor (Queer As Folk), minor character in the TV series Queer as Folk
• Justin Taylor, major character in the TV series Queer as Folk
• John Taylor, a character in the 1988 TV series Paradise
• Karen Taylor, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Kelly Taylor (90210), major character in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise
• Mac Taylor, major character in the TV series CSI: NY
• Mary Taylor (Coronation Street), portrayed since 2008 by Patti Clare on British soap opera
• Mary Taylor, a character from E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
• Mia Taylor, a character from a Japanese multi-media idol project Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
• Michael Taylor, a character in the American television sitcom My Two Dads
• Miss Taylor, a character in the 1977 film Pete's Dragon
• Nancy Taylor, a character in the 1993 American fantasy comedy Groundhog Day
• Opie Taylor, son of the aforementioned Sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show
• Paul Taylor, a character in the 1988 movie The Blob
• Petra Taylor, character in TV series Brookside
• Rose Taylor, a character from the TV show 7th Heaven
• Steve Taylor, a character in the 2008 British slasher movie Eden Lake
• Steven Taylor (Doctor Who), one of the first companions of the Doctor in the British TV series Doctor Who
• Tammy Taylor, a character in the 1981 American satirical black comedy movie S.O.B.
• Tim Taylor (character), main character in the TV series Home Improvement
• Tristan Taylor, minor character in the TV series Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Vanessa Taylor, long-lost daughter of Maggie Lockwood-Campbell of Chicago Med who debuted in its sixth season
• Zach Taylor, a fictional character television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
• Taylor is the family name in the television show Home Improvement

Similar names

• Tailor (disambiguation)
• Tayler
• Tylor

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