William Taylor

William Taylor may refer to:

Military

 * William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1760) (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 (Royal Navy officer, born 1908) (1908–1999), British recipient of the George Cross
 * William D. Taylor (general), United States Army general

Australia

 * William Taylor (New South Wales politician) (1862–1922), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
 * William Taylor (Tasmanian politician) (1894–1964), member of the Tasmanian Parliament
 * William Taylor (Victorian politician) (1818–1903), pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
 * William Frederick Taylor (1840–1927), medical doctor and member of the Queensland Legislative Council
 * William Tydd Taylor (1814–1862), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Canada

 * William Benajah Taylor (1794–c. 1853), Canadian merchant and politician in Nova Scotia
 * William Henry Taylor (politician) (1848–1916), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
 * William Horace Taylor (1889–1986), Canadian politician
 * William Taylor (New Brunswick politician) (c. 1789–1834), Canadian businessman and political figure in New Brunswick

New Zealand

 * William Waring Taylor (1819–1903), New Zealand politician

United Kingdom

 * William Taylor (MP for Windsor) (fl. 1640), Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor
 * William Taylor (MP for Leominster) (fl. 1797), MP for Leominster
 * William Thomas Taylor (1848–1931), British colonial administrator
 * W. B. Taylor (William Benjamin Taylor, 1875–1932), British Member of Parliament
 * Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet (1902–1972), British Conservative Member of Parliament
 * William Taylor (preacher) (fl. 2014–2017), Anglican minister elected to the Common Council of the City of London Corporation
 * Sir William Taylor (civil servant) (1882–1969), British civil servant and forester

United States

 * William Taylor (New York politician) (1791–1865), U.S. Congressman from New York
 * William L. Taylor (1931–2010), attorney and civil rights activist who served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights
 * William P. Taylor (1791–1863), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
 * William Robert Taylor (1820–1909), governor of Wisconsin
 * William S. Taylor (American politician, born 1795) (1795–1858), member of the Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas state legislatures, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
 * William S. Taylor (Kentucky politician) (1853–1928), Kentucky attorney general and governor; indicted for conspiracy to assassinate the succeeding governor
 * William Taylor (Virginia politician, born 1788) (1788–1846), congressman and lawyer from Virginia
 * William J. Taylor (1932–2018), politician in the state of Florida
 * William B. Taylor Jr. (born 1947), ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009, and chargé d’affaires 2019-2020

Religious figures

 * William Taylor (Lollard) (died 1423), English priest and theologian, burnt as a Lollard
 * William Taylor (Scottish minister) (1744–1823), Scottish minister, moderator and principal
 * William Taylor (moderator) (1748–1825), minister of the Church of Scotland
 * William Taylor (missionary) (1821–1902), U.S. missionary and 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) (1820–1906), archdeacon in the Diocese of Liverpool
 * William Taylor (Dean of Portsmouth) (born 1956), Anglican priest
 * William Carey Taylor (1886–1971), English Baptist minister and missionary

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 Randolph Taylor (1895–1990), American botanist
 * William R. Taylor, psychiatrist, see Fuzzy cognitive map

American football

 * William S. Taylor (American football) (fl. 1928–1940), head football coach at University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1937–1940
 * Willie Taylor (Canadian football) (1936–2022), American player of Canadian football
 * Willie Taylor (American football) (born 1955), American NFL football wide receiver

Cricket

 * William Taylor (Surrey cricketer) (1821–1878), English cricketer
 * William Taylor (Derbyshire cricketer) (1885–1976), English cricketer
 * William Taylor (Worcestershire cricketer) (1885–1959), English cricketer

Other sports

 * William Taylor (jockey, born 1819), rode in 1846 Grand National
 * William Taylor (jockey, died 1950), rode in 1898 Grand National
 * W. F. Taylor (William Franklin Taylor; 1877–1945), Canadian ice hockey administrator, founding president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
 * William "Lady" Taylor (1880–1942), Canadian ice hockey player
 * William Taylor (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1966), English footballer
 * William Taylor (cyclist) (1899–1976), Canadian Olympic cyclist
 * Willie Taylor (footballer) (c. 1870–1949), Scottish footballer
 * Willie Taylor (basketball) (fl. 1960s), American basketball player
 * William Taylor (tennis) (1860–?), English tennis player

Writers, publishers, illustrators

 * William Taylor (bookseller) (fl. 1708–1724), bookseller trading at St. Paul's Churchyard, London, and publisher of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in 1719
 * William Taylor (historian) (1922–2014), U.S. historian, professor, and author
 * William Taylor (man of letters) (1765–1836), English scholar and linguist
 * William Taylor (writer) (1938–2015), New Zealand children's writer
 * William B. Taylor (historian) (fl. 1965–2007), American historian
 * William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849), Irish writer
 * William Davis Taylor (1908–2002), American newspaper publisher, The Boston Globe
 * William Ladd Taylor (1854–1926), American illustrator
 * William O. Taylor (1871–1955), American newspaper publisher, The Boston Globe
 * William O. Taylor II (1932–2011), American newspaper publisher, The Boston Globe
 * William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor (1781–1850), Irish artist and writer

Legal professionals

 * 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 A. Taylor (1928–2010), Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
 * William H. Taylor (judge) (1863–1926), Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
 * William M. Taylor (1876–1959), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
 * William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. (1909–1985), U.S. federal judge
 * William Taylor (judge) (born 1944), English senior Circuit Judge

Others

 * William Taylor (headmaster) (1840–1910), British teacher, headmaster of Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys
 * William Desmond Taylor (1872–1922), U.S. film director
 * William Henry Taylor (1906–1965), alleged Soviet agent
 * William Taylor, video game designer, see Blazing Angels 2
 * William Taylor (folk song), a British folk song
 * William Taylor (cotton manufacturer) (died 1852), cotton manufacturer in Lancashire, England
 * William Taylor (academic) (1930–2005), English educationalist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hull
 * William Taylor (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge) (16th century), academic
 * William Joseph Taylor (1802–1885), British medallist and engraver
 * Willie Taylor (born 1981), American singer and songwriter
 * William Taylor (Nights: Journey of Dreams), video game character
 * William Taylor & Son, an apartment building in Cleveland, United States