The following people have the surname Taylor:

• A. J. P. Taylor, historian
• Allan Taylor, English football player
• 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
• Charles Ghankay Taylor, Former president of Liberia
• Clayton Taylor, fiction / action & adventure writer
• David/Dave Taylor (various)
• Dick Taylor (various)
• Elizabeth Taylor, actress
• E.P. Taylor, Canadian businessman & horsebreeder
• Fawcett G. Taylor, Canadian politician and judge
• Frederick Winslow Taylor, American engineer (Scientific Management)
• James Taylor (born 1948), Singer-songwriter
• 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
• John Taylor (Taylor Ham), American businessman
• John Taylor, third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Johnathan Taylor, American football player
• Lindsay Taylor, American Basketball Player
• Maria Taylor, singer
• Mark Taylor (various)
• Maxwell Davenport Taylor, an American General and diplomat of the mid-20th century.
• Noah Taylor, Australian actor
• Patrick Gordon Taylor (1896-1966), Australian author and aviator
• Rod Taylor, (actor)
• Roger Meddows-Taylor (drummer of Queen)
• Richard Taylor, mathematician
• Thomas Wardlaw Taylor, Canadian lawyer and judge
• Tiffany Taylor, Playmate of the Month in November 1998
• Veronica Taylor, American voice actress
• Zachary Taylor, former United States President
• Taylor Marschall, Student
• Megan Taylor, Olympic Speed Skater