The following people have a surname of Taylor;

• Bryan Taylor, cricketer
• Brook Taylor, mathematician
• Casper R. Taylor, Jr., former Maryland politician
• Chuck Taylor, basketball player and sneaker pioneer
• Charles Asampong Taylor, Ghanaian football player
• Elizabeth Taylor, actress
• Frederick Winslow Taylor, American engineer (Scientific Management)
• James Taylor (born 1948), Singer-songwriter known for white bread cover songs
• James "JT" Taylor, a lead singer of Kool & the Gang
• Jim Taylor (born 1935), football running back who starred for the Green Bay Packers
• Candy Jim Taylor (1884–1948), Negro baseball league player and manager
• Lindsay Taylor, American Basketball Player
• Maria Taylor, singer
• Tiffany Taylor, Playmate of the Month in November 1998
• Veronica Taylor, American voice actress
• Zachary Taylor, former United States President.