William Taylor

William Taylor may refer to:

Military

• William Taylor (Royal Navy officer) (1760–1842), British naval officer
• William Rogers Taylor (1811–1889), U.S. Rear Admiral
• 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

Australasia

• 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 Taylor (New South Wales politician) (1862–1922), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for St George from 1908 to 1913
• William Tydd Taylor (1814–1862), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for New England and Macleay from 1858 to 1859
• William Frederick Taylor (1840–1927), medical doctor and member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1886 to 1922
• William Waring Taylor (1819–1903), New Zealand politician

Britain

• William Taylor (MP for Windsor) in 1640, MP for Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)
• William Taylor (MP for Leominster) from 1797, MP for Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)
• William Benjamin Taylor (1875-1932), British Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1929–1931
• Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet (1902–1972), British Conservative Member of Parliament, 1950–1964

Canada

• William Benajah Taylor (1794–c. 1853), 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 (d. 1834) (c. 1789–1834), businessman and political figure in New Brunswick

U.S.A.

• William Taylor (Virginia) (1788–1846), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• William Taylor (New York) (1791–1865), U.S. Congressman from New York
• William B. Taylor, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
• 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 the U.S. state of Wisconsin
• William S. Taylor (politician) (1795–1858), member of the Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas state legislatures, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
• William S. Taylor (1853–1928), Kentucky attorney general and governor; indicted for conspiracy to assassinate the succeeding governor

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.A. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• William Mackergo Taylor (1829–1895), U.S.A. Congregational minister
• William W. Taylor (1853–1884), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• 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, author of Lethal American Confusion (see Fuzzy cognitive map)

Sports people

• William S. Taylor (American football), 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 "Lady" Taylor (born 1883), professional hockey player
• Willie Taylor (footballer) (circa 1870 – 1949), Scottish footballer
• William Taylor (jockey), 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), U.S. illustrator
• William Davis Taylor (died 2002), U.S. newspaper publisher, Boston Globe
• William O. Taylor II (1932–2011), U.S. newspaper publisher, Boston Globe
• William Taylor (writer) (1938–2015), New Zealand children's writer

Others

• William Taylor (headmaster) (1840–1910), British teacher, headmaster of Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys for 34 years
• William Taylor (lawyer) (active since 1971), 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 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 (song), an 18th century ballad

See also

• Will Taylor (1853–1941), land speculator and the founder of North Bend, Washington
• Will Taylor (musician) (born 1960), American violist and founder of Will Taylor and Strings Attached
• Will Taylor (rugby union) (born 1991), Welsh rugby union player
• Willie Taylor (born 1981), American singer and song-writer
• Willy Taylor (1916–2000), Northumbrian fiddler
• J. Will Taylor (1880–1939), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• Billy Taylor (disambiguation)