Baylor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adelaide Steele Baylor
Adelaide Steele Baylor (October 14, 1860 – December 18, 1935) was an American educator and school administrator. She was chief of the Home Economics Education Service in the United States Office of Education from 1923 to 1935.
Early life and ...
(1860–1935), American educator and school administrator
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B. J. Baylor
B. J. Baylor (born September 8, 1998) is an American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State Beavers football, Oregon State.
Professional career Green Bay Pa ...
(born 1998), American football player
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Don Baylor
Don Edward Baylor (June 28, 1949 – August 7, 2017) was an American professional baseball player and manager. During his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), Baylor was a power hitter known for standing very close to home plate (" crowding ...
(1949–2017), American baseball player, coach and manager
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Elgin Baylor
Elgin Gay Baylor ( ; September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lake ...
(1934–2021), American basketball player
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Frances Courtenay Baylor
Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum (January 20, 1848, – October 15, 1920) was an American writer of fiction.
Biography
Frances Courtenay Baylor was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on January 20, 1848. Her father, James Dawson, was an army officer, ...
(1848–1920), American author
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George Baylor (1752–1784), American brevet brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War
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Gracia Baylor
Hilda Gracia Baylor AM (born 8 October 1929 in Brisbane) is an Australian retired politician. Baylor was one of the first two women elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979, the other being Joan Coxsedge.
Gracia was born in Brisban ...
(born 1929), Australian politician
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Hal Baylor
Hal Harvey Fieberling (born Hal David Britton); December 10, 1918 – January 15, 1998 known professionally as Hal Baylor, was an American actor, probably best known for his role as Pvt. 'Sky' Choynski in the film '' Sands of Iwo Jima''.
In ...
, stage name of Hal Fieberling (1918–1998), American actor
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Helen Baylor
Helen LaRue Lowe (born January 8, 1954), known professionally as Helen Baylor, is an American singer–songwriter.
Early life
Born Helen LaRue Lowe in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Baylor is the oldest of seven, she has five brothers and one sister. Baylor ...
, stage name of Helen LaRue Lowe (born 1954), American singer-songwriter
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John R. Baylor (1822–1894), US Indian agent, publisher, editor, and Confederate politician and colonel during the American Civil War
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John Baylor (American football)
John Martin Baylor is a former professional American football player who played cornerback for five seasons for the Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete i ...
(born 1954), American football player
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (May 10, 1793 – January 6, 1874) was an ordained Baptist minister, slave owner, district judge, politician and co-founder of Baylor University.[Tim Baylor
Tim O. Baylor (born May 23, 1954 in Washington, D.C.) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played college football at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, and was drafted by the Baltimore Col ...]
(born 1954), American football player
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William S. Baylor (1831–1862), American lawyer and Confederate colonel in the American Civil War
See also
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Bob Bailor
Robert Michael Bailor (born July 10, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball player best known for being the first player selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
Early years
Bailor was born in Connell ...
(born 1951), American former Major League Baseball player
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