William Taylor

William Taylor may refer to:

Military

• William Taylor (Royal Navy officer) (1760–1842), British naval officer
• William P. Taylor (Virginian) (1778–1834), American lawyer and militia Brigadier General
• William Rogers Taylor (1811–1889), U.S. Rear Admiral
• William G. Taylor (1829–1910), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Taylor (Alamo defender) (fl. 1836), fatality at the Battle of the Alamo
• William Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1836–1902), Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War
• William Taylor (GC) (William Horace Taylor, 1908–1999), British recipient of the George Cross

Political figures

Religious figures

• William Taylor (Lollard) (died 1423), English Priest and theologian, burnt as a Lollard
• William Taylor (minister) (1744–1823), Scottish Minister, Moderator and Principal
• William Taylor (bishop) (1821–1902), U.S. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• William Mackergo Taylor (1829–1895), U.S. Congregational minister
• William W. Taylor (1853–1884), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• William Taylor (Archdeacon of Liverpool) (died 1906), Archdeacon in the Diocese of Liverpool
• William Taylor (Dean of Portsmouth) (born 1956), Anglican priest

Scientists and engineers

• William B. Taylor (engineer) (1824–1895), American civil engineer and surveyor in New York
• William Taylor (inventor) (1865–1937), British inventor
• William C. Taylor (materials scientist), (1886–1958) of Howard N. Potts Medal
• William Taylor (ophthalmologist) (1912–1989), British ophthalmologist and expert on albinism
• William R. Taylor(psychiatrist) (fl. 2006), psychiatrist, author of Lethal American Confusion (see Fuzzy cognitive map)
• William Sentman Taylor (1894–1976), American psychologist

Sports people

• William S. Taylor (American football) (fl. 1928–1940), head football coach at University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1937–1940
• Bob Taylor (cricketer) (born 1941), William Robert Taylor, English cricketer
• William Taylor (Derbyshire cricketer) (1885–1976), English cricketer
• William Taylor (Worcestershire cricketer) (1885–1959), English cricketer
• William Taylor (Surrey cricketer) (1821–1878), English cricketer
• William "Lady" Taylor (1880–1942), professional hockey player
• Willie Taylor (footballer) (died 1949), Scottish footballer
• William Taylor (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1966), English footballer
• William Taylor (jockey) (fl. 1846), rode in 1846 Grand National
• William Taylor (cyclist) (born 1900), Canadian Olympic cyclist

Writers, publishers, illustrators

• William Taylor, publisher of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in 1719
• William Taylor (man of letters) (1765–1836), English scholar and linguist
• William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849), Irish writer
• William Ladd Taylor (1854–1926), American illustrator
• William Davis Taylor (died 2002), American newspaper publisher, Boston Globe
• William Taylor (historian) (1922–2014), U.S. historian, professor, and author
• William O. Taylor II (1932–2011), American newspaper publisher, Boston Globe
• William Taylor (writer) (1938–2015), New Zealand children's writer
• William B. Taylor (historian) (fl. 1965–2007), American historian

Others

• William Taylor (headmaster) (1840–1910), British teacher, headmaster of Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys
• William Taylor (lawyer) (fl. 1971–2005), British lawyer who was lead counsel for Abdelbaset al-Megrahi at the Lockerbie trial
• William Taylor (police officer) (born 1947), British police officer
• William Desmond Taylor (1872–1922), U.S. film director
• William H. Taylor (judge) (1863–1926), Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
• William Henry Taylor (1906–1965), alleged Soviet agent
• William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. (1909–1985), U.S. federal judge
• William S. Taylor (born 1976), video game designer and producer (see Blazing Angels 2)
• William Taylor (folk song), a British folk song
• William Taylor (song), an 18th-century ballad
• William Taylor (judge) (born 1944), English senior Circuit Judge
• William Taylor (cotton manufacturer) (died 1852), cotton manufacturer in Lancashire, England
• William Taylor (academic) (born 1930), English educationalist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hull

See also

• Billy Taylor (disambiguation)
• Taylor, William, House (disambiguation)
• Will Taylor (disambiguation)
• Willie Taylor (born 1981), American singer and songwriter
• Willy Taylor (1916–2000), Northumbrian fiddler
• William Taylor (Nights: Journey of Dreams), character from video game Nights: Journey of Dreams
• List of people with surname Taylor