William Taylor may refer to:

Military

William Taylor (Royal Navy officer, born 1760) William Taylor (1760 – 19 July 1842) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Entering the navy early in his life, T ...

(1760–1842), British naval officer * William P. Taylor (Virginian) (1778–1834), American lawyer and militia Brigadier General * William Rogers Taylor (1811–1889), U.S. Rear Admiral * William G. Taylor (1829–1910), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * William Taylor (Alamo defender) (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) (1908–1999), British recipient of the George Cross * William D. Taylor (general), 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) (1894–1964), member of the Tasmanian Parliament *

William Taylor (Victorian politician) William Taylor (20 November 1818 – 21 June 1903) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Taylor was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of William Taylor, a ...

(1818–1903), pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council * William Frederick Taylor (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 (1794–), Canadian merchant and politician in Nova Scotia * William Henry Taylor (politician) (1848–1916), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * William Horace Taylor (1889–1986), Canadian politician * William Taylor (New Brunswick politician) (–1834), Canadian businessman and political figure in New Brunswick

New Zealand

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

United Kingdom

* William Taylor (MP for Windsor) (fl. 1640), Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor * William Taylor (MP for Leominster) (fl. 1797), MP for

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* William Thomas Taylor (1848–1931), British colonial administrator * W. B. Taylor (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 *Sir William Taylor (civil servant) (1882–1969), British civil servant and forester

United States

* William Taylor (New York politician) (1791–1865), U.S. Congressman from New York * William L. Taylor (1931–2010), attorney and civil rights activist who served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights * William P. Taylor (1791–1863), U.S. Congressman from Virginia * William Robert Taylor (1820–1909), governor of Wisconsin * William S. Taylor (American politician, born 1795) (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 (1932–2018), politician in the state of Florida *

William B. Taylor Jr. William Brockenbrough Taylor Jr. (born September 14, 1947) is an American diplomat, government official, and former military officer. He served as the 6th United States ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009 under Presidents George W. Bush and ...

(born 1947), ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009, and chargé d’affaires 2019-2020

Religious figures

* William Taylor (Lollard) (died 1423), English priest and theologian, burnt as a Lollard * William Taylor (Scottish minister) (1744–1823), Scottish minister, moderator and principal * William Taylor (moderator) (1748–1825), minister of the Church of Scotland * William Taylor (missionary) (1821–1902), U.S. missionary and bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church * William Mackergo Taylor (1829–1895), U.S. Congregational minister * William W. Taylor (1853–1884), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * William Taylor (Archdeacon of Liverpool) (1820–1906), archdeacon in the Diocese of Liverpool * William Taylor (Dean of Portsmouth) (born 1956), Anglican priest * William Carey Taylor (1886–1971), English Baptist minister and missionary

Scientists and engineers

* William B. Taylor (engineer) (1824–1895), American civil engineer and surveyor in New York * William Taylor (inventor) (1865–1937), British inventor * William C. Taylor (materials scientist), (1886–1958) of Howard N. Potts Medal *

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 early ...

(1912–1989), British ophthalmologist and expert on albinism * William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990), American botanist *William R. Taylor, psychiatrist, see Fuzzy cognitive map

Sports people

American football

* William S. Taylor (American football) (fl. 1928–1940), head football coach at University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1937–1940 * Willie Taylor (Canadian football) (1936–2022), American player of Canadian football * Willie Taylor (American football) (born 1955), American NFL football wide receiver

Cricket

* William Taylor (Surrey cricketer) (1821–1878), English cricketer * William Taylor (Derbyshire cricketer) (1885–1976), English cricketer * William Taylor (Worcestershire cricketer) (1885–1959), English cricketer

Other sports

* William Taylor (jockey, born 1819), rode in 1846 Grand National * William Taylor (jockey, died 1950), rode in 1898 Grand National * W. F. Taylor (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) (1886–1966), English footballer * William Taylor (cyclist) (1899–1976), Canadian Olympic cyclist * Willie Taylor (footballer) (–1949), Scottish footballer * Willie Taylor (basketball) (fl. 1960s), American basketball player * William Taylor (tennis) (1860–?), English tennis player * William Taylor (long jumper), winner of the standing long jump and standing high jump at the 1919 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

Writers, publishers, illustrators

William Taylor (bookseller) Paternoster Row is 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) (1922–2014), U.S. historian, professor, and author * William Taylor (man of letters) (1765–1836), English scholar and linguist * William Taylor (writer) (1938–2015), New Zealand children's writer * William B. Taylor (historian) (fl. 1965–2007), American historian * William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849), Irish writer * William Davis Taylor (1908–2002), American newspaper publisher, ''The Boston Globe'' * William Ladd Taylor (1854–1926), American illustrator * William O. Taylor (1871–1955), American newspaper publisher, ''The Boston Globe'' * William O. Taylor II (1932–2011), American newspaper publisher, ''The Boston Globe'' * William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor (1781–1850), Irish artist and writer

Legal professionals

* William Taylor (lawyer) (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 (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 i ...

(1863–1926), Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court * William M. Taylor (1876–1959), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas * William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. (1909–1985), U.S. federal judge * William Taylor (judge) (born 1944), English senior Circuit Judge

Others

* William Taylor (headmaster) (1840–1910), British teacher, headmaster of Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys *

William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner; 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American film director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Cinema of the United States, Hollywood motion picture colony o ...

(1872–1922), U.S. film director * William Henry Taylor (1906–1965), alleged Soviet agent *William Taylor, video game designer, see '' Blazing Angels 2'' * William Taylor (folk song), a British folk song * William Taylor (cotton manufacturer) (died 1852), cotton manufacturer in Lancashire, England * William Taylor (academic) (1930–2005), English educationalist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hull * William Taylor (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge) (16th century), academic * William Joseph Taylor (1802–1885), 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 Sean Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs to be a member and ...

(born 1981), American singer and songwriter * William Taylor (''Nights: Journey of Dreams''), video game character * William Taylor & Son, an apartment building in Cleveland, United States