Peter Taylor may refer to:

Arts

Peter Taylor (writer) Matthew Hillsman Taylor, Jr. (January 8, 1917 – November 2, 1994), known professionally as Peter Taylor, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Born and raised in Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote frequently abou ...

(1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction *

Peter Taylor (film editor) Peter Taylor (18 February 1922 – 17 December 1997) was an English film editor with more than 30 film credits. Perhaps his best remembered contribution is the editing of the 1957 film ''The Bridge on the River Kwai''.Sloman, Tony (1998)"Obitua ...

(1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing

Politics and government

Peter Taylor (paymaster) Peter Taylor (1714–1777) was a British administrator and politician who made a fortune as paymaster during the Seven Years' War and sat in the House of Commons between 1765 and 1777. Taylor was the second son of Robert Taylor, a grocer of Wells ...

(1714–1777), British politician, MP for Wells and MP for Portsmouth *

Peter Alfred Taylor Peter Alfred Taylor (30 July 1819 – 20 December 1891) was a British politician, anti-vaccinationist and radical. Biography Taylor was born in London. He was the son of another Peter Alfred Taylor, a silk merchant, and the nephew of Samuel ...

(1819–1891), British politician and radical * Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930–1997), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 1992–1997 *

Peter Taylor alias Perce Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

, Member of Parliament (MP) for

Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

in 1554 * Peter Taylor (British politician), Mayor of Watford

Sport

Pete Taylor Pete Taylor (April 1, 1945 in Des Moines, Iowa – March 5, 2003 in Iowa City, Iowa) was a radio and television sportscaster who worked for radio station KRNT and television station KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa. Taylor also served as the play-by-play ...

(1945–2003), American sports broadcaster *

Pete Taylor (baseball) Vernon Charles "Pete" Taylor (November 26, 1927 – November 17, 2003) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as th ...

(1927–2003), American baseball pitcher * Peter Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer *

Peter Taylor (Australian cricketer) Peter Laurence Taylor (born 22 August 1956) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 13 Test matches and 83 One Day Internationals between 1987 and 1992. He became a Test match selector for Australia in the late 1990s. Domestic career H ...

(born 1956), Australian cricketer *

Peter Taylor (English cricketer) Peter Michael Taylor (born 11 December 1942) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Bedfordshire. He was born in Cranfield, Bedfordshire. Taylor made a single List A appearance for the team, during the 1967 Gill ...

(born 1942), former cricketer for Bedfordshire *

Peter Taylor (South African cricketer) Peter Taylor (born 2 November 1934) is a South African cricketer. He played in six first-class matches for Border from 1959/60 to 1964/65. See also * List of Border representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played f ...

(born 1934), South African cricketer * Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928) (1928–1990), English football goalkeeper and manager, associated with Brian Clough * Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953) (born 1953), English football manager and former player *

Peter Taylor (rower) Peter Taylor (born 3 January 1984) is a New Zealand rower. Taylor was born in 1984 in Lower Hutt; he lives in Days Bay. In 2006 along with Graham Oberlin-Brown he became the Under 23 World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls, and ...

(born 1984), New Zealand Olympic rower *

Pete Taylor (boxing coach) Pete Taylor is a boxing coach, former boxer and father and former trainer of Katie Taylor. Early life Taylor is originally from Leeds, England, but he moved with his parents to Bray, County Wicklow to work in the amusement arcades in the town. He ...

, former boxer turned boxing coach

Other fields

* Peter Taylor (botanist) (1926–2011), British botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew *

Peter Taylor (journalist) Peter Taylor, is a British journalist and documentary-maker. He is best known for his coverage of the political and armed conflict in Northern Ireland, widely known as the Troubles, and for his investigation of Al Qaeda and Islamist extremis ...

(born 1942), British journalist and author of non-fiction books, especially about Northern Ireland and Al-Qaeda *

Peter J. Taylor Peter James Taylor (born 21 November 1944) is an English geographer. Born in Calverton in Nottinghamshire, he was Professor of Political Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne between 1970 and 1996, before joining Loughborough Unive ...

(born 1944), British geographer *

Peter Taylor (environmentalist) Peter Taylor (born 24 January 1948) is a UK environmentalist, public activist on issues ranging from nuclear safety, ocean pollution, biodiversity strategies, renewable energy and climate change. He is the author of five books: ''Beyond Con ...

(born 1948), British environmentalist * Peter Taylor (priest) (born 1944), Archdeacon of Harlow

Characters

* Peter Taylor (''General Hospital''), a character from the soap opera ''General Hospital'' {{hndis, Taylor, Peter