William Taylor may refer to:

Military

* William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1760) (1760–1842), British naval officer *

William P. Taylor (Virginian) Robert B. Taylor (March 24, 1774 – April 13, 1834) was a nineteenth-century American lawyer and militia Brigadier General from Virginia. Early life Taylor was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, and graduated from the College of William and Ma ...

(1778–1834), American lawyer and militia Brigadier General *

William Rogers Taylor William Rogers Taylor (7 November 1811 – 14 April 1889) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Biography Taylor was born in Rhode Island. He was appointed as a U ...

(1811–1889), U.S. Rear Admiral *

William G. Taylor Captain William G. Taylor (9 August 1829 – 28 March 1910) was an American sailor who fought in the American Civil War. Taylor received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his actions on the during the ...

(1829–1910), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

William 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 ...

(fl. 1836), fatality at the Battle of the Alamo * William Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1836–1902), Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War *

William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1908) William Horace Taylor, (28 October 1908 – 16 January 1999) was an officer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed in bomb disposal work in September and October 1940 during the Seco ...

(William Horace Taylor, 1908–1999), British recipient of the George Cross *

William D. Taylor (general) William D. "Hank" Taylor is a United States Army major general who has served as the director of operations of United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea since July 2024. He most recently served as comm ...

, United States Army general

Political figures

Australia

* William Taylor (New South Wales politician) (1862–1922), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *

William Taylor (Tasmanian politician) Lieutenant-Colonel William Percy Taylor (15 March 1894 – 2 September 1964) was an Australian politician. He was born in Cobar. In 1940 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot Wilmot may refer to: P ...

(1894–1964), member of the Tasmanian Parliament * William Taylor (Victorian politician) (1818–1903), pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council *

William Frederick Taylor William Frederick Taylor (27 April 1840 – 29 June 1927) was an Australian surgeon and member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Taylor was born in 1840 in London, England to Joseph Taylor, a Canadian engineer, and his wife ...

(1840–1927), medical doctor and member of the Queensland Legislative Council * William Tydd Taylor (1814–1862), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Canada

William Benajah Taylor William Benajah Taylor (June 10, 1794 – ca 1853) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Liverpool township from 1836 to 1851 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Conservative. Background He was born in Live ...

(1794–?), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia *

William Henry Taylor (politician) William Henry Taylor (1848 – 1916) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Middlesex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1904 as a Liberal-Patrons of Industry The Patrons of Industry in Canada wer ...

(1848–1916), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

William Horace Taylor William Horace Taylor (7 December 1889 – 20 June 1986) was a Canadian politician. Born in Townsend Township, Ontario, he grew up on a farm near Scotland, Ontario, south of Brantford, Ontario. From 1921 to 1925, he was a farmer in Sco ...

(1889–1986), Canadian politician *

William Taylor (New Brunswick politician) William Taylor (ca. 1789March 27, 1834) was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented York in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1822 to 1834. He was born in Fredericton, the son of James Taylor who was a ...

(died 1834), businessman and political figure in New Brunswick

New Zealand

* William Waring Taylor (1819–1903), New Zealand politician

United Kingdom

William Taylor (MP for Windsor) William Taylor may refer to: Military *William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1760) (1760–1842), British naval officer *William P. Taylor (Virginian) (1778–1834), American lawyer and militia Brigadier General *William Rogers Taylor (1811–1 ...

(fl. 1640), Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor *

William Taylor (MP for Leominster) William Taylor may refer to: Military * William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1760) (1760–1842), British naval officer * William P. Taylor (Virginian) (1778–1834), American lawyer and militia Brigadier General *William Rogers Taylor (1811� ...

(fl. 1797), MP for Leominster * William Thomas Taylor (1848–?), British colonial administrator *

W. B. Taylor William Benjamin Taylor CBE (22 May 1875 – 29 July 1932) was a British farmer and politician. Born in Norfolk, Taylor was educated in Watton before becoming a farmer based in Thetford. He was also active in the Congregationalist Church, se ...

(William Benjamin Taylor, 1875–1932), British Member of Parliament * Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet (1902–1972), British Conservative Member of Parliament * William Taylor (preacher) (fl. 2014–2017), Anglican minister elected to the Common Council of the City of London Corporation

United States

* William Taylor (New York politician) (1791–1865), U.S. Congressman from New York *

William L. Taylor William Lewis Taylor (October 4, 1931 – June 28, 2010) was an American attorney and lobbyist who advocated on behalf of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement and played a major role in drafting civil rights legislation. Earl ...

(1931–2010), attorney and civil rights activist who served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights *

William P. Taylor William Penn Taylor (October 25, 1790 – June 18, 1863) was a nineteenth-century congressman from Virginia. Early life Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, October 25, 1790 the son of Congressman John Taylor. William Taylor received a limited sch ...

(1791–1863), U.S. Congressman from Virginia * William Robert Taylor (1820–1909), governor of Wisconsin *

William S. Taylor (American politician, born 1795) William S. Taylor (1795–1858) was an American politician that served in the Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas State Legislatures, and was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives briefly in the Seventh Texas Legislature. Taylor, at 62, is ...

(1795–1858), member of the Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas state legislatures, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives * William S. Taylor (Kentucky politician) (1853–1928), Kentucky attorney general and governor; indicted for conspiracy to assassinate the succeeding governor * William Taylor (Virginia politician, born 1788) (1788–1846), congressman and lawyer from Virginia *

William J. Taylor William J. Taylor (July 3, 1932 - May 4, 2018) was an American politician in the state of Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the ...

(born 1932), politician in the state of Florida * William B. Taylor Jr. (born 1947), acting ambassador to Ukraine (from the United States)

Religious figures

William Taylor (Lollard) William Taylor (died 1423) was a medieval English theologian and priest, executed as a Lollard. Nothing is known of Taylor's career before he named as Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford in a rent roll for 1405–1406. One sermon from 1406 surv ...

(died 1423), English Priest and theologian, burnt as a Lollard *

William Taylor (Scottish minister) William Taylor (1744 – 29 March 1823) was a Scottish minister, Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in both 1798. He married Ann Stewart on 22 June 1773, a year after he had been or ...

(1744–1823), Scottish Minister, Moderator and Principal *

William Taylor (moderator) William Taylor (1748–1825) was a minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1806. He was Chaplain in Ordinary to both King George III and King George IV in Scotland. Life He was born on 28 Februa ...

(1748–1825), minister of the Church of Scotland *

William Taylor (bishop) William Taylor (1821–1902) was an American Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1884. Taylor University, a Christian college in Indiana, carries his name. Ancestry and birth Taylor was born May 2, 1821 in Rockbridge ...

(1821–1902), U.S. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church *

William Mackergo Taylor William Mackergo Taylor (1829–1895) was an American Congregational minister Biography Career William Mackergo Taylor was born at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland on October 23, 1829. He graduated at the University of Glasgow (1849), and at the ...

(1829–1895), U.S. Congregational minister *

William W. Taylor William Whitaker Taylor (September 11, 1853 – August 1, 1884) was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, member of the Presidency of the Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and a son of LDS Church ...

(1853–1884), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

William Taylor (Archdeacon of Liverpool) William Francis Taylor, DD (1820 – 19 March 1906) was an Archdeacon in the Diocese of Liverpool. Taylor was educated at Trinity College, Dublin; and ordained in 1848. After curacies in Tranmere and Claughton he served incumbencies; St John, ...

(died 1906), Archdeacon in the Diocese of Liverpool *

William Taylor (Dean of Portsmouth) William Henry Taylor (born 23 December 1956) was the last provost (and first dean) of Portsmouth Cathedral. He was educated at the University of Kent, Tübingen, Lancaster and London, from where he was awarded a PhD (SOAS) in Ottoman Syriac Stud ...

(born 1956), Anglican priest *

William Carey Taylor William Carey Taylor (September 30, 1886 in Mayfield, Kentucky – March 18, 1971) was an English Baptist minister and missionary for a longtime in Brazil, and a Professor of Greek New Testament and related subjects in the Baptist Theological ...

, English Baptist minister and missionary

Scientists and engineers

William B. Taylor (engineer) William Burdick Taylor (February 27, 1824 – February 1, 1895) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. Life He was born on February 27, 1824, in Manchester, Ontario County, New York. He was educated at Utica, New York, and ...

(1824–1895), American civil engineer and surveyor in New York *

William Taylor (inventor) William Taylor (11 June 1865 – February 28, 1937) was a British inventor who invented items for improvement of photographic lenses. Taylor was president of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a Fellow of the Royal Society The Royal ...

(1865–1937), British inventor *

William C. Taylor (materials scientist) William Taylor may refer to: Military * William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1760) (1760–1842), British naval officer * William P. Taylor (Virginian) (1778–1834), American lawyer and militia Brigadier General *William Rogers Taylor (1811� ...

, (1886–1958) of

Howard N. Potts Medal The Howard N. Potts Medal was one of The Franklin Institute Awards for science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named for Howard N. Potts. The first Howard N. Potts Medal was awarded in ...

William Taylor (ophthalmologist) William Oswald Gibson Taylor FRCPGLAS (16 March 1912 – 4 September 1989) was a Scottish consultant ophthalmologist who became a leading expert on albinism. In 1979 he founded the Albinism Fellowship in the United Kingdom. Education and ear ...

(1912–1989), British ophthalmologist and expert on albinism *

William Randolph Taylor William Randolph Taylor (December 21, 1895 – November 11, 1990) was an American botanist known as an expert in phycology. Early life Taylor was born on December 21, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylv ...

, American botanist *William R. Taylor, psychiatrist, see

Fuzzy cognitive map A fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) is a cognitive map within which the relations between the elements (e.g. concepts, events, project resources) of a "mental landscape" can be used to compute the "strength of impact" of these elements. Fuzzy cognitive m ...

Sports people

American football

William S. Taylor (American football) William S. Taylor was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas from 1926 to 1927, Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—in 1 ...

(fl. 1928–1940), head football coach at University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1937–1940 *

Willie Taylor (Canadian football) Willie Taylor (December 17, 1936 – February 25, 2022) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with the Lions in 1964. He played college football at Florida A&M University and ...

(born c.1936), American player of Canadian football *

Willie Taylor (American football) Willis T. Taylor (born December 9, 1955) is a former wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1978 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was a member of the Green Bay Packers The Green B ...

(born 1955), American NFL football wide receiver

Cricket

William Taylor (Surrey cricketer) William Taylor (7 May 1821 – 29 March 1878) was an English cricketer. Taylor's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Dorking, Surrey. Taylor made his first-class debut for Surrey against Kent at The Oval in 1852. He mad ...

(1821–1878), English cricketer * William Taylor (Derbyshire cricketer) (1885–1976), English cricketer *

William Taylor (Worcestershire cricketer) William Herbert Taylor (23 June 1885 – 27 May 1959) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played 107 times for Worcestershire between 1909 and 1925, captaining the county in ...

(1885–1959), English cricketer

Other sports

* William Taylor (jockey, born 1819), rode in

1846 Grand National The 1846 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase, was the eighth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase. It took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on 4 March 1846 and attracte ...

William Taylor (jockey, died 1950) William Taylor may refer to: Military *William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1760) (1760–1842), British naval officer * William P. Taylor (Virginian) (1778–1834), American lawyer and militia Brigadier General *William Rogers Taylor (1811– ...

, rode in

1898 Grand National The 1898 Grand National was the 60th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 1 ...

W. F. Taylor William Franklin Taylor (May 16, 1877April 12, 1945) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He was the founding president of both the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) and the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association in 1914, and also s ...

(William Franklin Taylor; 1877–1945), Canadian ice hockey administrator, founding president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association * William "Lady" Taylor (1880–1942), Canadian ice hockey player *

William Taylor (footballer, born 1886) William Taylor (1886 – 7 May 1966) was an English footballer who played as a half-back for Southwell, Mansfield Mechanics, Notts County, Shirebrook, Burnley, Oldham Athletic, and Newark Town. Career Taylor played for Southwell, Mansfi ...

(1886–1966), English footballer *

William Taylor (cyclist) William W. Taylor (October 1899 – 6 December 1976) was a Canadian cycle sport, cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. References External links

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(1900–?), Canadian Olympic cyclist *

Willie Taylor (footballer) William Taylor ( – 23 July 1949) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers, Leith Athletic and the Scotland national team. Taylor finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football Lea ...

(died 1949), Scottish footballer *

Willie Taylor (basketball) Willie J. Taylor is an American former basketball player. He played basketball at a high school in Byhalia, Mississippi. Taylor played college basketball for the LeMoyne–Owen Magicians where he starred as a center from 1965 to 1969. He average ...

(fl. 1960s), American basketball player

Writers, publishers, illustrators

William Taylor (bookseller) Paternoster Row was a street in the City of London that was a centre of the London publishing trade, with booksellers operating from the street. Paternoster Row was described as "almost synonymous" with the book trade. It was part of an area cal ...

(fl. 1708–1724), bookseller trading at St. Paul's Churchyard, London, and publisher of Daniel Defoe's ''Robinson Crusoe'' in 1719 *

William Taylor (historian) William "Bill" R. Taylor (1922 – June 17, 2014) was a historian, professor, and author in the United States. He is known for his interdisciplinary social history approach and for his book ''Cavalier & Yankee''. He was pivotal in developing Stony ...

(1922–2014), U.S. historian, professor, and author * William Taylor (man of letters) (1765–1836), English scholar and linguist *

William Taylor (writer) William Robin Taylor (11 October 1938 – 3 October 2015) was a New Zealand writer. Biography Taylor was born in Lower Hutt. Before he began writing in the 1980s, Taylor worked as a primary school principal and served as mayor of Ohakune from ...

(1938–2015), New Zealand children's writer *

William B. Taylor (historian) William B. Taylor is a historian of colonial Mexico, who held the Sonne Chair of History at University of California, Berkeley until his retirement. He made major contributions to the study of colonial land tenure, peasant rebellions, and many aspec ...

(fl. 1965–2007), American historian * William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849), Irish writer *

William Davis Taylor William Davis Taylor (April 2, 1908 – February 19, 2002) was an American newspaper executive who was publisher of ''The Boston Globe'' from 1955 to 1977. Biography Taylor followed his paternal grandfather, Charles H. Taylor, and father, Willia ...

(1908–2002), American newspaper publisher, ''The Boston Globe'' *

William Ladd Taylor William Ladd Taylor (1854-1926) was an American illustrator. Biography William Ladd Taylor was born at Grafton, Massachusetts on December 10, 1854. He studied art in Boston and New York, and in Paris under Boulanger and Lefebvre in 1884–85 ...

(1854–1926), American illustrator *

William O. Taylor William Osgood Taylor (January 8, 1871 – July 15, 1955) was an American newspaper executive who served as publisher of ''The Boston Globe'' from 1921 to 1955. Biography Taylor's father was Charles H. Taylor, founder of ''The Boston Globe''. Upo ...

(1871–1955), American newspaper publisher, ''The Boston Globe'' *

William O. Taylor II William Osgood Taylor II (July 19, 1932 – May 1, 2011) was an American journalist and newspaper executive who served as publisher of ''The Boston Globe'' from 1978 to 1997, during which time the ''Globe'' was sold to The New York Times Company f ...

(1932–2011), American newspaper publisher, ''The Boston Globe'' *

William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor (1781–1850) was an Irish artist, a painter of landscapes and military subjects, known also as a writer. Life He was the son of John Taylor, a map-engraver in Dublin; through his mother he was descended from Pat ...

, Irish artist and writer

Legal professionals

William Taylor (lawyer) William Taylor, QC has been a Scottish advocate since 1971 and a QC since 1986. He has also been a barrister in England and Wales since 1990 and a Queen's Counsel there since 1998. He has specialised in criminal defence work since the 1980s. P ...

(fl. 1971–2005), British lawyer who was lead counsel for Abdelbaset al-Megrahi at the Lockerbie trial * William Taylor (police officer) (born 1947), British police officer *

William A. Taylor William "Al" Taylor (November 2, 1928 – June 18, 2010) was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from January 22, 1993, until his retirement in 1998. On November 2, 1928, Taylor was born in Lusk, Wyoming to Don ...

(1928–2010), Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court *

William H. Taylor (judge) William H. Taylor (July 18, 1863 – March 27, 1926) was a Vermont attorney, politician, and judge. He was notable for his service as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1913 to 1926. Early life William Henry Taylor was born ...

(1863–1926), Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court *

William M. Taylor William McLaughlin Taylor Sr. (April 2, 1876 – May 1, 1959) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from September 21, 1945 to December 31, 1950. His son, William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. (February 7, 1909 – ...

(1876–1959), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas *

William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. (February 7, 1909 – June 17, 1985) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Education and career Born in Denton, Texas, Taylor's father, Willia ...

(1909–1985), U.S. federal judge *

William Taylor (judge) William Taylor (born 27 July 1944), is an English retired senior Circuit Judge for the City of Plymouth. Career Taylor was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1968. He became a Circuit Judge in 1989 at the age of 44, the second youngest of hi ...

(born 1944), English senior Circuit Judge

Others

William Taylor (headmaster) William Taylor (1840 - 4 January 1910) was a British educator, headmaster of Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys for 34 years from 1873-1907. He was the son of the Rev Edward Taylor, vicar of Temple Sowerby, Westmoreland. Taylor had al ...

(1840–1910), British teacher, headmaster of Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys * William Desmond Taylor (1872–1922), U.S. film director *

William Henry Taylor William Henry Taylor (30 March 1906 – January 1965) was a Canadian-born U.S. Treasury economist accused by Elizabeth Bentley of having been a Soviet spy. Life Taylor, born in British Columbia, studied at the University of British Columbia and ...

(1906–1965), alleged Soviet agent *William Taylor, video game designer, see ''

Blazing Angels 2 ''Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII'' (also known as ''Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions'') is a 2007 flight combat video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and published by Ubisoft. A se ...

'' *

William Taylor (folk song) "William Taylor" ( Roud 158, Laws N11) is a British folk song, often collected from traditional singers in England, less so in Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the USA. It tells the story of a young woman who adopts male dress and becomes a sailor (o ...

, a British folk song *

William Taylor (cotton manufacturer) William Taylor (died 1852) was a Preston cotton manufacturer who was an important figure in the life of the city in the mid-nineteenth century. Taylor was a former apprentice to the cotton manufacturer John Horrocks (cotton manufacturer), John Ho ...

(died 1852), cotton manufacturer in Lancashire, England *

William Taylor (academic) Sir William Taylor CBE (31 May 1930 – January 2023) was a British educator who served as the fifth vice-chancellor of the University of Hull. Early life and education Taylor was born in Crayford, Kent and was educated at the London Sch ...

(1930–2005), English educationalist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hull *

William Taylor (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge) William Taylor, D.D. was an academic in the sixteenth century. Taylor was educated at Chelmsford School and Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1545; MA in 1548; and B.D. in 1554. He was Fellow of Christ's from 1547 to 1556; and then ...

(16th century), academic * William Joseph Taylor, British medallist and engraver *

Willie Taylor William Madison Taylor III (born March 29, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a contestant from MTV's ''Making the Band 4'', where he was chosen by Diddy to be a member and one of the main vocalis ...

(born 1981), American singer and songwriter * William Taylor (''Nights: Journey of Dreams''), video game character *

William Taylor & Son The William Taylor & Son Company building is a 146-foot 9 story 1915-opened high rise apartment building in downtown Cleveland's Gateway District that had a long and fruitful former life as a major Cleveland department store. The building was or ...

, an apartment building in Cleveland, United States