Richard Taylor

Entertainment

• Richard Taylor , Canadian cartoonist, The New Yorker magazine
• Richard Norton-Taylor, British editor, journalist, and playwright
• Richard Taylor , writer and broadcaster
• Richard Taylor , British documentary film director
• Richard John Taylor, British film editor, writer, and director
• Richard Taylor , head of Wētā Workshop special effects studio
• Richard Taylor , a character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks
• Richard Taylor, former member of American rock band Gin Blossoms

  Military

• Richard Taylor , father of U.S. president Zachary Taylor
• Richard Taylor , son of U.S. president Zachary Taylor, Confederate general in the American Civil War
• Richard Taylor , American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Richard H. Taylor, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Richard Taylor , British general
• Richard R. Taylor, American lieutenant general and Surgeon General of the United States Army

  Politics

• Richard Taylor , MP for Haverfordwest
• Richard Taylor , English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1629
• Richard Taylor , of Clapham, Bedfordshire
• Richard Taylor , English MP for East Retford
• Richard Taylor , British politician, Independent Member of Parliament
• Richard Molesworth Taylor, New Zealand politician
• Richard Taylor , Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

  Religion

• Richard Taylor , missionary in New Zealand
• Richard Vickerman Taylor, English priest and historian
• Richard S. Taylor, Nazarene theologian

  Science

• Richard Taylor , English naturalist and publisher of scientific journals
• Richard Cowling Taylor, English surveyor and geologist
• Richard Charles Taylor, American philosopher
• Richard Clyde Taylor, American metaphysical philosopher and commercial beekeeper
• Richard E. Taylor, Canadian laureate of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Richard Taylor , involved in completing the proof of Fermat's last theorem

  Sports

• Dick Taylor , AFL player whose real name is Richard
• Richard Taylor , former Hawthorn and West Coast Eagles player in the AFL
• Richard Taylor , English footballer
• Richard Taylor , English footballer
• Richard Taylor , American football cornerback
• Richard Taylor , American cross-country skier
• Richard Taylor , Welsh skater
• Richard Mansfield Taylor, real name of Jeff Richards, American minor league baseball player and actor

  Others

• Richard Taylor , pirate captain also known as John Taylor
• Richard Taylor , Nigerian civil servant and anti youth violence campaigner, father of Damilola Taylor