George Taylor may refer to:

Military

George Taylor (Alamo defender) The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born in Texas) in putting up armed resistance to the centralization ...

(c. 1816–1836), soldier in Texas army, died in the Battle of the Alamo * George Taylor (British Army officer) (1905–1994), served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Mau Mau campaign * George Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1830–1893), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

George A. Taylor Brigadier General George Arthur Taylor (February 14, 1899 – December 3, 1969) was an officer of the United States Army. He is most famous for the leadership of his men in World War II on Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings, June 6, 1944, ...

(1899–1969), American army officer at D-Day invasion, Battle of Normandy * George P. Taylor (born 1953), American Air Force Surgeon General *

George W. Taylor (general) George William Taylor (November 22, 1808 – August 31, 1862) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac before being mortally wounded at the Battle of Manassas Station in N ...

(1808–1862), American Civil War general, Army of the Potomac

Politics

* George Taylor (Canadian politician) (1840–1919), Canadian House of Commons member * George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician) (c. 1716–1781), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence * George Taylor (New York Representative) (1820–1894), American congressman from New York * George Taylor (Connecticut politician) (1802–1881), politician and physician * George E. Taylor (Michigan politician) (1838–1903), Michigan politician and judge *

George Edwin Taylor George Edwin Taylor (August 4, 1857 – December 23, 1925) was an American journalist, editor, political activist, and politician. In 1904, he was the candidate of the National Negro Liberty Party for President of the United States. He was the ...

(1857–1925), National Negro Liberty Party candidate for president of the United States, 1904 * George H. Taylor (New York assemblyman), member of the 85th New York State Legislature * George H. Taylor (New York state senator), member of the

144th New York State Legislature The 144th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5 to April 16, 1921, during the first year of Nathan L. Miller's governorship, in Albany. Background Under the pr ...

* George L. Taylor (1842–?), physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada *

George Sylvester Taylor George Sylvester Taylor (March 2, 1822 – January 3, 1910) became the first mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts, on January 5, 1891. Personal life He was born March 2, 1822, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, one of ten children of Sylvester Taylor, ...

(1822–1910), American Massachusetts state senator *

George W. Taylor (Alabama politician) George Washington Taylor (January 16, 1849December 21, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Born on "Roselawn" plantation near Montgomery, Alabama, Taylor attended private schools. While a schoolboy in Columbia, South Carol ...

(1849–1932), American congressman from Alabama * George W. Taylor (Wisconsin politician) (1855–1931), American politician in Wisconsin * George William Taylor (born 1937), Canadian Solicitor General *

George Taylor (Australian politician) George "Mulga" Taylor (16 May 1861 – 24 September 1935) was an Australian labour leader and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1901 to 1930. He was a minister in the government of Henry Daglish, ...

(1861–1935), Australian labour leader and member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia *

George Cuthbert Taylor George Cuthbert Taylor (14 February 1886 – 2 January 1957) was a shearer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Taylor was born in Victorian seaside town of Warrnambool, to parents William Walker Taylor and his wife Is ...

(1886–1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Sports

George Taylor (boxer) George Taylor (fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be us ...

, mid-eighteenth century English boxer * George Taylor (manager) (1853–1911), American baseball manager * George Taylor (first baseman) (1869–?), Negro leagues first baseman * George Taylor (Australian rules footballer) (1876–1953), Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne * George Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s * George Taylor (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1982), played in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall * George Taylor (footballer, born 1901), English footballer * George Taylor (footballer, born 1907) (1907–?), English football outside right, for Bolton Wanderers, Coventry City and Notts County * George Taylor (cricketer) (1909–1986), English cricket player * George Taylor (footballer, born 1909) (1909–?), English football left half * George Taylor (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1982), Scottish footballer, played for Aberdeen and Plymouth Argyle * George Taylor (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1983), English football goalkeeper, played for West Ham United *

George Taylor (footballer, born 1948) George Jack Taylor (23 October 1948 – 22 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger. References 1948 births 2017 deaths Footballers from Dundee Scottish men's footballers Men's association footbal ...

, Scottish footballer, played for Grimsby Town *

George Taylor (rugby union) George Taylor (born 24 November 1996) is a Scottish former rugby union player who spent his entire professional career playing for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. Taylor's primary position was centre. Career Club Taylor ma ...

(born 1996), Scottish former rugby union player

Academics

* George E. Taylor (historian) (1905–2000), China scholar, University of Washington professor *

George Francis Taylor George Francis Taylor (died 28 March 2011) was a British scholar, archaeologist, historian, and numismatist. Taylor was a professor of English at the American University in Beirut from 1960 until 1970. He was a member of the Royal Numismatic Soci ...

(died 2011), historian and archeologist at the American University of Beirut. * George H. Taylor (meteorologist) (born 1947), former director of the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University *

George Pritchard Taylor George Pritchard Taylor (born Cambay, 1854; date of death unknown) was an Indian-born grammarian and numismatist of Northern Irish family origin. He was son of J. V. S. Taylor, translator of the Bible into Gujarati, grandson of Joseph Taylor (missi ...

(1854–?), grammarian * George Rogers Taylor (1895–1983), American economic historian of the early republic * George Watson-Taylor (1771–1841), British collector *

George W. Taylor (professor) George W. Taylor (July 10, 1901 – December 15, 1972) was a professor of industrial relations at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is credited with founding the academic field of study known as industrial relations.Shils ...

(1901–1972), American academic and labor mediator

Others

George Taylor (artist) George Taylor (1914–1996) was an English artist. He has prominence for his functional pub signs in a distinct hybrid modern-meets-traditional style. Taylor trained as a signwriter in Birmingham. In the 1930s he worked for a signwriting ...

(1914–1996), English commercial artist *

George Taylor (photographer) George Thomas Taylor (September 6, 1838 – April 5, 1913) was a Canadian photographer and painter whose work depicts the landscapes and everyday life of nineteenth-century New Brunswick. He is regarded as a pioneering nature photographer in C ...

(1838 - 1913), Canadian photographer *Sir

George Taylor (botanist) Sir George Taylor, FRS FRSE FLS LLD (15 February 1904, in Edinburgh – 13 November 1993, in Dunbar) was a Scottish botanist. Life He was born at 5 West Preston Street the son of George William Taylor, a painter and decorator, and his wife, ...

(1904–1993), British botanist, from 1956 to 1971 director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew * George Taylor (gardener) (1803–1891), introduced celery to the United States * George A. Taylor (bishop), American prelate *

Tony Taylor (GC) George Anthony Morgan Taylor, GC (30 October 1917 – 19 August 1972) was an Australian Volcanologist awarded the George Cross in 1952 for "conspicuous courage in the face of great danger" during the eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua f ...

(George Anthony Morgan Taylor, 1917–1972), Australian recipient of the George Cross * George Augustine Taylor (1872–1928), Australian artist and journalist *

George Keith Taylor George Keith Taylor (March 16, 1769 – November 9, 1815) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit. Education and career Born on March 16, 1769, in Petersburg, Colony of Virginia, British A ...

(1769–1815), U.S. federal judge *

George Ledwell Taylor George Ledwell Taylor (31 March 1788 – 1 May 1873) was an architect and landowner who lived in London. Life Taylor was born on 31 March 1788 and educated at Rawes's academy, Bromley. He became a pupil of the architect James Burton, and on ...

(1788–1873), English architect *

George Caldwell Taylor George Caldwell Taylor (May 29, 1885 – December 19, 1952) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Education and career Born in Greeneville, Tennessee, Taylor received an A ...

(1885–1952), U.S. federal judge * George Taylor (priest) (died 1811), Anglican priest *

G. I. Taylor Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM FRS FRSE (7 March 1886 – 27 June 1975) was a British physicist and mathematician, and a major figure in fluid dynamics and wave theory. His biographer and one-time student, George Batchelor, described him as ...

(George Ingram Taylor, 1886–1975), British physicist *

George H. Taylor (physician) George Herbert Taylor (January 4, 1821 – December 9, 1896) was an American physician and inventor associated with the natural hygiene and physical culture movements. He was known for his practice of homeopathy and introducing Swedish massage ...

(1821–1896), American physician and inventor * George Taylor (DC Comics), fictional character in the DC Comics universe, chief editor of the ''Daily Star'' * Taylor (''Planet of the Apes''), Colonel George Taylor, fictional hero of the first two films of the original ''Planet of the Apes'' series played by Charlton Heston

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