John Taylor

Academics

• John Taylor, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487
• John Taylor (classical scholar), English classical scholar
• John Taylor (English publisher), British publisher and Egypt scholar
• John B. Taylor, American economist, known as the creator of the Taylor rule
• John Taylor, former Director General of the United Kingdom's Office of Science and Technology, architect of the UK e-Science programme
• John Taylor, president of Pittsburgh Academy in 1801: see History of the University of Pittsburgh

Arts and entertainment

TV and film

• John Taylor (documentary filmmaker), British documentary filmmaker
• John Taylor (presenter), Australian television presenter
• John Taylor, voice of Sal the space octopus in ''Astroblast!''

Art

• John Taylor (painter), artist and friend of Shakespeare
• John Taylor (1739–1838), English portrait artist
• John Bigelow Taylor, New York photographer

Writing

• John Taylor (poet), English pamphleteer, poet and waterman
• John Taylor (journalist), English oculist, drama critic, editor and newspaper publisher
• John Edward Taylor, British journalist, or his son, owners of the Manchester Guardian
• John Ellor Taylor, English popular science writer
• John Russell Taylor, English critic and author
• John Martin Taylor, American food writer, known as Hoppin' John
• John W. R. Taylor, British aviation expert and editor

Music

• John C. J. Taylor, Australian bass player, composer, former member of Little Heroes
• John Lloyd Taylor, guitarist with Jonas Brothers
• John Taylor (bass guitarist), British bassist for Duran Duran
• John Taylor, composer of the music for the British musical Charlie Girl
• John Taylor (Geordie songwriter), songwriter and poet
• John Taylor, lead guitarist for British alternative rock band Young Guns
• John Taylor (jazz), English pianist
• John Taylor (Scottish fiddler), Scottish fiddler from Buckie, appeared in So I Married an Axe Murderer
• John Taylor (Unitarian hymn writer), poet and composer from Norwich, England
• John T. Taylor, saxophonist and co-writer of "The Boy from New York City"
• Johnnie Taylor, American singer
• Jonny Taylor, contestant on Australian Idol
• Little Johnny Taylor, American singer
• John Taylor, Jamaican dancehall musician better known as Chaka Demus.
• John R. Taylor, recording engineer and producer, co-founder of Grosvenor Road Studios

Comedy

• Johnny Taylor (comedian), stand-up comedian

Fictional characters

• John Taylor, protagonist of the Nightside books by Simon Green
• John Taylor, one of the protagonists in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, a 2015 video game
• Johnny Taylor, in the TV series ''Tracy Beaker Returns''

Business and trade

• John Taylor (bookseller), English bookseller and publisher in St. Paul's Churchyard, London
• John Taylor (manufacturer), English manufacturer and banker of Birmingham
• John Taylor of Ashbourne, English lawyer and cleric
• John Taylor (mining engineer), English mining engineer and engineer of the Tavistock Canal
• John Taylor (paper manufacturer), Canadian pioneer in the pulp and paper industry
• John Taylor (settler), settler to York, Western Australia
• John Taylor (architect), British architect
• John Taylor (Taylor Ham), American food inventor and entrepreneur
• John Taylor (trader), Creole trader killed during Sierra Leone's Hut Tax War
• John Taylor (Velocette), founder of Veloce Ltd. motorcycle firm
• John Taylor (inventor), horologist and inventor of controls for electric kettles
• Johnny C. Taylor Jr., American lawyer, author and public speaker
• John Donnithorne Taylor, English landowner
• John R. Taylor III, American computer game designer
• John William Taylor, English philanthropist and bellfounder
• Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet, dilettante

Crime

• John Taylor (pirate), pirate active in the East Indies and Indian Ocean
• John Albert Taylor, American rapist and murderer, executed by firing squad
• John B. Taylor, American multiple murderer, convicted for the Wendy's massacre
• John Taylor (criminal), British convicted murderer and rapist

Military

• John Taylor (Medal of Honor), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Taylor (Royal Navy), Scottish sailor who served with Nelson then emigrated to Canada
• John Taylor (VC), English sailor
• John R. M. Taylor, U.S. infantry captain who compiled what became known as the Philippine Insurgent Records
• John Taylor (archivist), American military archivist at the National Archives
• John Thomas Taylor, American soldier, lawyer, and chief lobbyist for the American Legion from 1919 to 1950
• John Lowther du Plat Taylor, British founder of the Army Post Office Corps and the Post Office Rifles
• John Debenham Taylor, British intelligence officer
• John Taylor, alias of British woman Mary Anne Talbot, who was a sailor and soldier during the French Revolutionary Wars

Politics and the law

Australia

• John Howard Taylor, Western Australian politician
• John Taylor (Australian politician), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• John Taylor (public servant), senior Australian public servant

Canada

• John Richard Parish Taylor, politician in Saskatchewan
• John Robeson Taylor, politician in Saskatchewan
• John Russell Taylor (politician), Canadian MP representing Vancouver-Burrard
• John Taylor (Manitoba politician), MLA in Manitoba
• John Taylor (Nova Scotia politician), Liberal MHA for Halifax County
• John Ross Taylor, Canadian neo-Nazi leader

New Zealand

• John Parkin Taylor, MP for Dunedin Country, Superintendent of Southland Province

Nigeria

• John Taylor (Nigerian judge)

United Kingdom

• John Taylor (fl. 1385–1401), MP for Reigate
• John Taylor (by 1493–1547 or later), MP for Hastings
• John Taylor (by 1533–1568), MP for Lichfield
• John Bladen Taylor, MP for Hythe
• John Taylor (1655–1729), MP for Sandwich
• John Taylor, Baron Ingrow, life peer, brewer and politician, former Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
• John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Northern Ireland politician
• John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach, Conservative life peer and director of Taylor's Bulbs of Spalding
• John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick, Conservative
• John Taylor (Dumbarton Burghs MP), Liberal MP for Dumbarton Burghs, 1918–1922
• John Taylor (West Lothian MP), Labour MP 1951–1962
• John Taylor (Solihull MP)
• John Taylor (diplomat), diplomat
• John Taylor (trade unionist), councillor in Dudley
• John George Taylor, official of the Foreign Office, archaeologist
• John Wilkinson Taylor (politician), Labour MP for Chester-le-Street, 1906–1919
• John Thomas Taylor (British Museum), English museum official and local politician

United States

• John Taylor (South Carolina governor), American politician from South Carolina
• John Taylor (14th Congress), American politician from South Carolina
• John Taylor of Caroline, American politician and scholar from Virginia
• John Taylor (Mississippi judge), justice of the first Mississippi Supreme Court
• John Taylor (19th-century Iowa politician), member of the Iowa Territorial Legislature and Iowa House of Representatives
• John Taylor (20th-century Iowa politician), member of the Iowa House of Representatives and Iowa Senate
• John C. Taylor, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• John J. Taylor (New York politician), American politician
• John J. Taylor (Pennsylvania politician), American politician
• John L. Taylor, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1847–55
• John Louis Taylor, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
• John M. Taylor, on List of justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama
• John May Taylor, U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1883–87
• John P. Taylor, American District Attorney in New York, 1914–1920
• John Stansel Taylor, American citrus grower and politician from Florida
• John W. Taylor (politician), New York politician and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1820 to 1821 and 1825-1827
• John Wilkinson Taylor (educator), American educator and international administrator
• John Edwards Taylor, mayor of Morristown, New Jersey
• John Peroutt Taylor, American politician from Mississippi

Religion

• John Taylor (Master of the Rolls), British religious leader and jurist
• John Taylor (bishop of Lincoln), British religious leader, Bishop of Lincoln
• John Taylor (dissenting preacher), English Presbyterian theologian
• John Taylor (archdeacon of Leicester), English priest
• John Taylor (Baptist preacher), Baptist preacher in Kentucky
• John Taylor (doctor), missionary in India
• John Taylor (Mormon), third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880–1887
• John W. Taylor (Mormon), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• John H. Taylor (Mormon), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• John Taylor (bishop of Sodor and Man), Church of England bishop, and father of the below Bishop of Winchester
• John Taylor (bishop of Sheffield), Bishop of Sheffield in the Church of England
• John Taylor (bishop of Winchester), Anglican missionary scholar, and son of the above Bishop of Sodor and Man
• John Edward Taylor (bishop), Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm, 1962–76
• John Taylor (bishop of St Albans), British priest, Bishop of St Albans, 1980–1995
• John Taylor (bishop of Glasgow and Galloway), British priest, Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, 1991–1998
• John H. Taylor (bishop), Episcopal bishop and chief of staff to former U.S. President Richard Nixon

Sports

Australia

• John Taylor (Australian footballer), Australian football player
• Johnny Taylor (sportsman), dual international cricketer and rugby union footballer for Australia
• John Taylor (rugby union, born 1949), rugby union footballer for Australia
• John Taylor (cricketer, born 1979), former Western Australia cricketer

United States

• Jack Taylor (1890s pitcher), aka "Brewery Jack", baseball player
• Jack Taylor (1900s pitcher), baseball player
• John Taylor (relay runner), runner; first African American Olympic gold medalist
• John Taylor (American football), football player
• John Taylor (baseball), Negro leagues baseball player
• John Taylor (volleyball), American former volleyball player
• John Taylor (basketball), American professional basketball player
• John Taylor (sprinter), 3rd in the 400 m at the 1945 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
• John Coard Taylor, American sprinter
• John I. Taylor, owner of the Boston Red Sox, 1904–11
• Johnathan Taylor, American football player
• Johnny Taylor (basketball), basketball player
• Schoolboy Johnny Taylor, American Negro leagues baseball player
• Steel Arm Johnny Taylor, American Negro leagues baseball player
• Tarzan Taylor, American football player and coach

United Kingdom

• Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1872), Scottish footballer
• Jack Taylor (referee), real name John, English football referee
• Jock Taylor, British motorcycle sidecar racer
• John Henry Taylor, British golfer
• John Paskin Taylor, British Olympic field hockey player
• John Taylor (cricketer, born 1819), English cricketer and clergyman
• John Taylor (cricketer, born 1849), Nottinghamshire cricketer
• John Taylor (cricketer, born 1850), Yorkshire cricketer
• John Taylor (cricketer, born 1923), Hampshire cricketer
• John Taylor (cricketer, born 1937), English cricketer
• John Taylor (Welsh footballer), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer
• Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1914), English footballer
• John Taylor (footballer, born 1924), English footballer
• Jack Taylor (footballer, born 1924), English footballer
• John Taylor (footballer, born 1926), English footballer
• John Taylor (footballer, born 1928), English footballer
• Brian Taylor (footballer, born 1931), English footballer
• John Taylor (footballer, born 1935), English footballer
• John Taylor (footballer, born 1939), English footballer
• John Taylor (English footballer, born 1949), English footballer with Chester City, Rochdale and Stockport County
• John Taylor (Scottish footballer, born 1949), Scottish football goalkeeper
• John Taylor (footballer, born 1964), English footballer with Cambridge United and Bradford City
• John Taylor (racing driver), British racing driver
• John Taylor, Scottish rallycross driver and 1973 European rallycross champion
• John Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s
• John Taylor (rugby union, born 1945), rugby union footballer for British Lions, Wales, Loughborough Colleges, London Welsh, London Counties, and Surrey
• John Taylor (swimmer), British freestyle swimmer

Other countries

• John Taylor (cross-country skier), Canadian Olympic skier
• John Taylor (hurler), Laois and Portlaoise hurler
• John Taylor, rugby player, see List of All Blacks
• John Taylor (Canadian football), Canadian Football League player
• John "Pondoro" Taylor, Irishman, game hunter, developer of the "Taylor KO Factor"

Other

• John Taylor, fitness coach on the reality television series Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back
• John Taylor (oculist), British surgeon and medical charlatan