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 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 Newport, Rhode Island. He was appoint ...

(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) William Taylor (1836 – April 6, 1902) was a Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during two separate Virginia engagements. The Battle of Front Royal in 1862 and the Battle of ...

(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) William Taylor (1862 – 15 February 1922) was an Australian politician. He was born at Bay of Biscay in Victoria to merchant James Taylor and Elizabeth Park. Educated at Ballarat, he left school at fourteen and entered the product merchandi ...

(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 William Tydd Taylor (1814 – 1 December 1862) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was the son of gentleman John Taylor and Harriet Bunbury, and migrated to New South Wales around 1840. Around 1839 he had married Margaretta Lucy Li ...

(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 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 Scot ...

(1889–1986), Canadian politician * William Taylor (New Brunswick politician) (–1834), Canadian businessman and political figure in New Brunswick

New Zealand

William Waring Taylor William Waring Taylor (1819–1903) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. Biography Waring Taylor was born in Yorkshire in 1819. He was the brother of Mary Taylor. Waring Taylor was a schoolmate of English novel ...

(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– ...

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

Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places *Detroit–Windsor, Michigan-Ontario, USA-Canada, North America; a cross-border metropolitan region Australia New South Wales *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area Queen ...

* William Taylor (MP for Leominster) (fl. 1797), MP for

Leominster Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of almos ...

William Thomas Taylor Sir William Thomas Taylor, (10 November 1848 – 18 March 1931) was a British colonial administrator. Career Taylor began his career in colonial service as Collector of Customs and Excise in Larnaca (Cyprus) in 1879, subsequently being promot ...

(1848–1931), 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, serv ...

(William Benjamin Taylor, 1875–1932), British Member of Parliament *

Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet Sir William Johnson Taylor, 1st Baronet CBE (23 October 1902 – 26 July 1972) was a Conservative and National Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. At the 1945 general election he stood unsuccessfully in the Bradford East constitu ...

(1902–1972), British Conservative Member of Parliament *

William Taylor (preacher) William Campbell-Taylor (also known by the alias William Taylor) is an Anglican priest, writer and former Labour Party councillor, currently serving as the vicar of St Thomas' Church in Clapton Common. Biography Campbell-Taylor was born 7 Apr ...

(fl. 2014–2017), Anglican minister elected to the Common Council of the City of London Corporation *Sir

William Taylor (civil servant) Sir William Ling Taylor, CBE (29 May 1882 – 5 January 1969) was a British civil servant and forester. Born on 29 May 1882,

(1882–1969), British civil servant and forester

United States

William Taylor (New York politician) William Taylor (October 12, 1791 – September 16, 1865) was an American physician and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1839. Biography Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Taylor moved with his pa ...

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

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

(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 William Robert Taylor (July 10, 1820March 17, 1909) was an American politician and the 12th governor of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1876. Early life Taylor was born in Woodbury, Connecticut. He was orphaned at age 6 when his father's ship was lost a ...

(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) William Taylor (April 5, 1788 – January 17, 1846) was an American congressman and lawyer from Virginia. Biography Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing prac ...

(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) 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) (1744–1823), Scottish minister, moderator and principal * William Taylor (moderator) (1748–1825), minister of the Church of Scotland *

William Taylor (missionary) William Taylor (1821–1902) was an American Methodist missionary minister, who in 1884 was elected by the Methodist General Conference as bishop over the Methodist missions in Africa for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Taylor spent most of his ...

(1821–1902), U.S. missionary and 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 (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 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 early ...

(1912–1989), British ophthalmologist and expert on albinism * William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990), 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) (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) William Thomas Taylor (14 April 1885 – 17 August 1976) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910. He served as secretary of Derbyshire for 51 years from 1908 to 1959. Taylor was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire t ...

(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) William Kay Taylor (30 November 1869 – 24 December 1948), also known as Cocky Taylor, was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers, Leith Athletic and the Scotland national team. Tayl ...

(–1949), Scottish footballer * Willie Taylor (basketball) (fl. 1960s), American basketball player * William Taylor (tennis) (1860–?), English tennis player *

William Taylor (long jumper) 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– ...

, winner of the standing long jump and standing high jump at the

1919 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 1919 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. The men's championships were held at the 13th Regiment ...

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) William Taylor (7 November 1765 – 5 March 1836), often called William Taylor of Norwich, was a British essayist, scholar and polyglot. He is most notable as a supporter and translator of German romantic literature. Early life He was born in N ...

(1765–1836), English scholar and linguist * William Taylor (writer) (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 aspect ...

(fl. 1965–2007), American historian *

William Cooke Taylor William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849) was an Irish writer, known as a journalist, historian and Anti-Corn Law propagandist. Life and work He was born at Youghal on 16 April 1800.Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal, 1861, p. 263. Throu ...

(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 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''. Up ...

(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) William Taylor, KC has been a Scottish advocate since 1971 and now KC (then QC before 2022) 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 ...

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

William Taylor (police officer) William Taylor CBE QPM (born 25 March 1947) is a retired British police officer. Taylor was educated at Blairgowrie High School, Perthshire, Scotland. In 1966 he joined the Metropolitan Police in London as a Constable. He later joined the Crim ...

(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) William Taylor (27 July 1944 – 19 March 2025) was a British judge who was Circuit Judge for the City of Plymouth, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Hamoaze House in Plymouth, and served on the board of the University of Plymouth. Care ...

(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 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'' *

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 (or ...

, 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 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