Jack Taylor may refer to:

Entertainment

* Jack Taylor (American actor) (born 1936), American actor *

Jack Taylor (musician) Richard Violet (1965–1997), known professionally as Jack Taylor, was an American musician and member of several popular bands. He was born in Urbana, Ohio. In his early twenties he played guitar with The Gibson Bros and went on to form the Columb ...

(1965–1997), American musician * ''Jack Taylor'' (TV series), an Irish television drama based on novels

Sports

Association football (soccer)

Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1872) John Daniel Taylor (27 January 1872 – 21 February 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer. Career Born in Dumbarton in 1872, Taylor started off his career at local club Dumbarton He signed for St Mirren in 1894. In 1896 Taylor was sign ...

(1872–1949), Scottish footballer for Everton FC and Scotland *

Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1914) John Taylor (15 February 1914 – 22 February 1978) was an English footballer who became a manager. Career Taylor was a full-back who started his playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1931. He made his senior debut on 1 February 1936 ...

(1914–1978), English footballer and football manager *

Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1924) John Ephraim Taylor (11 September 1924 – 9 August 1970) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Career Born in Chilton, Taylor played for Stockton, Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Notts County Nott ...

(1924–1970), English footballer *

Jack Taylor (referee) John Keith Taylor (21 May 1930 – 27 July 2012) was an English football referee. Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", Taylor was famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final d ...

(1930–2012), English football referee for the 1974 World Cup Final *

Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1998) Jack Henry Philip Taylor (born 23 June 1998) is a professional footballer who plays for Ipswich Town. Born in England, he has represented Ireland at youth level. Club career Taylor was in the youth team at Chelsea for seven years, before joinin ...

, English/Irish footballer

Water sports

* Jack Taylor (British swimmer) (1884–1913), British swimmer * Jack Taylor (rower) (1928–2016), Canadian rower *

Jack Taylor (American swimmer) Jack George Neil Taylor (January 31, 1931 – May 30, 1955) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, as a 21-year-old, he received a bronze medal for his third-place finish in ...

(1931–1955), American swimmer

Other sports

Jack Taylor (1890s pitcher) John Besson "Brewery Jack" Taylor (May 23, 1873 – February 7, 1900) was a baseball player in the National League from 1891 to 1899. Career Taylor is often confused with John W. "Jack" Taylor, who also played in the NL during an overlapping ...

(1873–1900), American baseball player * Jack Taylor (1900s pitcher) (1874–1938), American baseball player with the Chicago Cubs * Jack Taylor (rugby union, born 1877) (1877–1951), English rugby union footballer for West Hartlepool and England * Jack Taylor (Canadian wrestler) (1887–1956), Canadian wrestler *

Jack Taylor (golfer) John James Taylor (10 December 1897 – 1971), often known as J. J. Taylor, was an English professional golfer. He won the Dutch Open in 1929. Early life Taylor was born in Northam, Devon, the son of Richard and Emma Jane Taylor who had been ma ...

(1897–1971), English professional golfer * Jack Taylor (rugby union, born 1913) (1913–1979), New Zealand rugby union footballer, coach and administrator * Jack Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1924), Australian rules footballer *

Jack Taylor (British wrestler) Jack Taylor (7 March 1932 – 7 October 2015) was a British wrestler and cousin of Professional Wrestler Dave Taylor. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known a ...

(born 1932), British Olympic wrestler *

Jack Taylor (skier) Jack Taylor (1948–2008) was a pioneer freestyle skier and 3x consecutive world mogul champion, having won in 1975, 1976, and 1977. Education Jack was a 1966 graduate of Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and a 1970 graduate ...

(1948–2008), American freestyle skier *

Jack Taylor (basketball) Jack Taylor (born October 12, 1990) is an American former college basketball player at Grinnell College. He holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) record for most points in a single game after scoring 138 in 2012. He also score ...

(born 1990), American basketball player, record holder for highest single-game point total in NCAA men's basketball history *

Jack Taylor (cricketer) Jack Martin Robert Taylor (born 12 November 1991) is an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler who currently plays for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire agai ...

(born 1991), English cricketer

Other

Jack Taylor (Arizona politician) Jerald Jackson Taylor (May 23, 1907 – March 31, 1995), was an Arizona politician and schoolteacher. A Republican, he served as mayor of Mesa, Arizona, and in both houses of the Arizona State Legislature The Arizona State Legislature is t ...

(1907–1995), American politician, mayor of Mesa, Arizona, and state legislator *

Jack Hendrick Taylor Jack Hendrick Taylor was a United States Navy officer, OSS operative and Nazi concentration camp survivor. Early life Taylor was born in California. He lived in Hollywood, California where he operated a dental practice. An avid yachtsman and swi ...

(1909–1959), United States Navy and OSS officer and Nazi concentration camp survivor *

Jack C. Taylor Jack Crawford Taylor (April 14, 1922 – July 2, 2016) was an American businessman and billionaire who founded the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. Taylor also was a fighter pilot for the United States Navy during World War II. Early life and ed ...

(1922–2016), American businessman, founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car *

Jack Taylor (journalist) John Alfred Taylor (December 1928 – February 3, 2023) was an American broadcaster who was the host of '' The Jack Taylor Show '' on 1220 WKRS Radio in the Chicago area. His career in broadcasting began in the Armed Forces Radio, then took him ...

(born 1928), American television and radio presenter *

Jack Taylor (Colorado politician) John W. Taylor (November 22, 1935 – April 21, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and served in the United States Navy. He received his bachelor's degree from Iowa State University. He lived in St ...

(1935–2020), American politician in Colorado *

Jack Taylor (heavyweight man) Jack Taylor (1945 or 1946 – 4 February 2006) was reputedly Britain's fattest man. Taylor claimed to weigh (or 317 kg) being 48st when he worked at Morley's using their weighbridge. He wore specially made trousers measuring at the wais ...