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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 (1811–1889), 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
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
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. (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
Sports people
Cricket
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) (
c. 1870 –1949), Scottish footballer
Willie Taylor (basketball) (fl. 1960s), American basketball player
William Taylor (tennis) (1860–?), English tennis player
Writers, publishers, illustrators
William Taylor (bookseller) (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
Others
William Taylor (headmaster) (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 (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 (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
See also
Topics referred to by the same term