David Taylor

David Taylor or Dave Taylor may refer to:

Sports

Football

• David Taylor (Welsh footballer), Welsh football player, European Golden Shoe winner
• David Taylor (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1949), Scottish football player and manager, FA Cup winner with Bradford City in 1911 and 1914 with Burnley
• Dave Taylor (footballer, born 1940) (born 1940), former English football player
• Dave Taylor (New Zealand footballer) (20th century), New Zealand soccer player
• Dave Taylor (Thames Ironworks F.C. founder) (19th century), English ironworker & footballer
• David Taylor (Canadian football) in 1986 CFL Draft
• David Taylor (Nicaragua footballer) in 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
• David Taylor (pre-war footballer) on List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

Rugby

• David Taylor (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
• David Taylor (rugby), played in 1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
• David Taylor (rugby league Rochdale) for Rochdale Hornets

Wrestling

• Dave Taylor (wrestler, born 1957), English pro wrestler
• David Taylor III, participated in Wrestling at the 2013 Summer Universiade
• David Taylor (wrestler, born 1990), American wrestler

Other

• David Taylor (English cricketer) (born 1974)
• David Taylor (snooker player) (born 1943), snooker player
• David Taylor (executive) (1954–2014), General Secretary of UEFA
• David Taylor (American football) (born 1949), American football player
• Dave Taylor (ice hockey) (born 1955), retired professional hockey player
• David Taylor (chess player), International Correspondence Chess Federation United States champion
• David Taylor (athlete) in 1995 European Cross Country Championships
• David Taylor (basketball), player in 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
• David Taylor (cricketer) for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2004
• David Taylor (ice hockey), played in 2007 Memorial Cup
• David Taylor (tennis), Australian tennis coach
• David Taylor (swimmer), participated in Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S9
• David S. Taylor, CEO of Procter and Gamble

Politics

• David Taylor (Labour politician) (1946–2009), UK Labour Party politician
• David Taylor (Green politician) (born 1957), UK Green Party politician
• Dave Taylor (Canadian politician) (born 1953), Alberta politician
• David James Taylor (1889–1969), Ontario politician
• David G. P. Taylor (1933–2007), former Chief Executive of the Falklands Islands and Governor of Montserrat
• David Taylor (Wisconsin judge) (1818–1891), American jurist and legislator
• David Taylor (Washington politician), Politician from the US state of Washington
• David Taylor (New Zealand diplomat) on List of ambassadors of New Zealand to South Korea
• David Taylor (mayor) of Amherst, Ohio

Video games

• David Taylor (programmer) on World Rugby
• Dave D. Taylor, game programmer formerly employed by id Software

Musicians

• Switch (house DJ), also known as Dave Taylor, London house producer
• David Taylor (musician) with James Taylor Quartet
• Dave Taylor (musician) (born 1953), Bryan Adams bass player

Other fields

• David Taylor (banker) (1929–2009), banker
• David Taylor (veterinarian) (1934–2013), author and television presenter on animal subjects
• David W. Taylor (1864–1940), U.S. Navy admiral and engineer
• Dave Taylor (comics) (born 1964), British comic book creator
• David G. Taylor, producer and director for the BBC
• D. J. Taylor (born 1960), British author
• David Dallas Taylor, a 1953 FBI Most Wanted Fugitives
• David Taylor (Home and Away), fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• David Taylor (actor) in The Adventures of the Black Stallion
• David Taylor (artist) for Batman: Knight Gallery
• David Taylor (writer), winner of the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry