Samuel, Sam or Sammy Taylor (male first name) may refer to:

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Sam Taylor (director) Sam Taylor (August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in the silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, and also lat ...

(1895–1958), American film director and screenwriter *

Samuel W. Taylor Samuel Woolley Taylor (February 5, 1907 – September 26, 1997) was an American novelist, scriptwriter, and historian. Biography Taylor was born in Provo, Utah to Janet "Nettie" Maria Woolley and John W. Taylor, the son of John Taylor, p ...

(1907–1997), American author *

Samuel A. Taylor Samuel A. Taylor (June 13, 1912 – May 26, 2000) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Biography Born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum, in a Jewish family, in Chicago, Illinois, Taylor made his Broadway debut as author of the play ''The Hap ...

(1912–2000), playwright and screenwriter * Sam Taylor (saxophonist) (1916–1990), jazz and blues player *

Sam Taylor (blues musician) Sam Taylor (October 25, 1934 – January 5, 2009) was an American jump blues musician and songwriter. Taylor's more popular recordings included "Funny", "Drinking Straight Tequila", and "Voice of the Blues". He variously worked with Joey D ...

(1934–2009), American musician * Samuel Jared Taylor (born 1951), American journalist *

Sam Taylor (producer) Sam Taylor is an American rock record producer. Taylor got his start working as a video producer with ZZ Top. He went on to produce and manage several Houston, Texas area rock bands, such as King's X, Galactic Cowboys, and Atomic Opera. After bre ...

(born c.1953), American rock music producer *

Sam Taylor (author) Sam Taylor (born 1970) is a British author, translator and former pop culture correspondent for ''The Observer'', a job he left in 2001. His first book, ''The Republic of Trees'', was published in 2005 and received critical acclaim. His second nove ...

(born 1970), British author

Politics

Samuel Taylor (Virginia politician) Samuel Taylor (September 1781 – February 23, 1853) was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer from Virginia. Early life Taylor was born in Cumberland County and attended the Needham Law School in Cumberland County operated by Chancello ...

(1781–1853), American politician and lawyer from Virginia *

Samuel M. Taylor Samuel Mitchell Taylor (May 25, 1852 – September 13, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of Chester W. Taylor. Born near Fulton, Mississippi, Taylor attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in ...

(1852–1921), American politician from the state of Arkansas * Samuel McIntire Taylor (1856–1916), Republican politician in Ohio

Sports

Samuel Taylor (American football) Samuel Taylor was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Hillsdale College Hillsdale College is a Private university, private Conservatism in the United States, conservative Christian liberal arts col ...

, American football coach *

Sam Taylor (English footballer) Samuel James T. Taylor (17 September 1893 – 1973) was an English professional footballer, who played at inside forward for various clubs in the 1920s, including Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton. Football career Taylor wa ...

(1893–1973), English footballer * Sam B. Taylor (1898–1966), American baseball player and football coach *

Samuel "Bay" Taylor Samuel "Bay" Taylor (January 27, 1929 – April 8, 2019) was an American catcher and left fielder who played in the Negro leagues. Listed at 5' 6" , 195 lb. , he batted and threw right handed.Sammy Taylor (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2013), Scottish footballer *

Sammy Taylor (baseball) Samuel Douglas Taylor (February 27, 1933 – October 8, 2019) was an American professional baseball player, a Major League catcher who appeared in 473 games over six seasons from 1958 to 1963 for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Cincinnati ...

(1933–2019), American baseball catcher * Sam Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1999), Australian rules footballer *

Samuel Taylor (footballer, born 2003) Samuel David Taylor (born 23 December 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Tranmere Rovers. Career Taylor signed his first professional contract with Tranmere Rovers in January 2022, having scored eleven ...

, English footballer

Other

Samuel Taylor (stenographer) Samuel Taylor (1748/49 – 1811) was the British inventor of a widely used system of stenography. He began working on his own method of stenography in 1773, based on earlier efforts. In 1786, he published ''An Essay Intended to Establish a Stan ...

(1748/9–1811), invented widely used shorthand system *

Samuel Penfield Taylor Samuel Penfield Taylor (October 9, 1827 in Saugerties, New York – January 22, 1886 in San Francisco, California) was an entrepreneur who made his fortune during the California Gold Rush. He is best known for building the Pioneer Paper Mill, the ...

(1827–1886), American entrepreneur *

Samuel Taylor (bishop) Samuel Mumford Taylor (25 August 1859- 30 November 1929) was the second Bishop of Kingston. Taylor was educated at University College London and ordained in 1885. After a curacy at St John the Evangelist's Leeds he became the first vicar of St Aid ...

(1859–1929), Bishop of Kingston in the Church of England * Samuel Harvey Taylor (1807–1871), American educator *

Sam Taylor (Family Affairs) ''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...

, a fictional character on the UK soap opera ''Family Affairs''

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