Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Robert Taylor (American actor) (1911–1969), film and television actor
• Robert Taylor (American artist) (born 1951), painter of Native American subjects
• Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912), American politician from Tennessee
• Robert Taylor (animator) (1944–2014), American animator; directed The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, TaleSpin and Heidi's Song
• Robert Taylor (architect) (1714–1788), English architect and sculptor
• Robert Taylor (Australian actor) (born 1963), Australian actor; Agent Jones in The Matrix
• Robert Taylor (British artist) (1946–2024), painter of military and naval subjects
• Robert R. Taylor (photographer) (1940–2013), Canadian wildlife photographer
• Robert Robinson Taylor (1868–1942), first African-American architect in the United States
• Robert Lewis Taylor (1912–1998), American novelist, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
• Bob Taylor (DJ, producer), Romanian disc jockey
• Bob Taylor (luthier), American maker of acoustic guitars; principal of Taylor Guitars
• Bobby Taylor, leader of the Canadian soul band Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
• Detective Bob Taylor, the "chief" investigator and semi-host of the British TV series The Murder Game

Business and engineering

• Robert Taylor (mining engineer) (1855–1921), British mining engineer in India
• Robert Taylor (trade unionist) (1900–1986), Scottish trade union leader
• Robert Taylor (computer scientist) (1932–2017), American computer scientist
• Robert Richard Taylor (1932–2008), British public administrator, airport manager and Royal Air Force officer
• Robert Rochon Taylor (1897–1957), American housing activist and banker

Literary

• Robert H. Taylor (1908/9–1985), American bibliophile
• Robert E. L. Taylor (1913–2009), publisher of the Philadelphia Bulletin
• Robert Saxton Taylor (1918–2009), librarian and information scientist

Military

• Robert Taylor (British Army officer) (1760–1839), British general
• Robert B. Taylor (1774–1834), militia general and politician in Virginia
• Robert P. Taylor (1909–1997), American military officer and chaplain
• Bob Taylor (GC) (1920–1950), British recipient of the George Cross

Politics and law

• Robert Taylor (Askeaton MP, died 1696), Irish MP for Askeaton
• Robert Taylor (Askeaton MP, died 1723) (c. 1682–1723), Irish MP for Askeaton and Tralee, son of the above
• Robert Taylor (Virginia politician) (1763–1845), American politician
• Robert Taylor (Morpeth MP) (1881–1954), British member of parliament for Morpeth, 1935–1954
• Robert Taylor (Conservative politician) (1932–1981), Conservative MP for Croydon North West, South London, 1970–1981
• Robert Arthur Taylor (1886–1934), member of parliament for Lincoln, 1924–1931
• Robert Hobbs Taylor (1893–1947), Canadian physician and politician
• Robert Love Taylor (1850–1912), American politician
• Robert Love Taylor (judge) (1899–1987), U.S. federal judge from Tennessee
• Robert Paris Taylor (c. 1741–1792), member of parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1768–1774
• Rob Taylor (politician) (born 1971), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
• Bob Taylor (Ontario politician), mayor of Brantford, 1988–1991
• R. Cowles Taylor (1893–1955), mayor of Newport News, Virginia
• Robert Taylor (MP for Rye) (died c.1428), English MP
• R. Fenwick Taylor (1849–1926), Florida chief justice
• Robert Wright Taylor (1859–1929), British solicitor

Religion

• Robert Taylor (archdeacon of Lewes) (fl. 1558–1559)
• Robert Taylor (Radical) (1784–1844), English clergyman turned freethinker
• Robert Taylor (provost of Cumbrae) (1873–1944), Anglican priest and author
• Robert Selby Taylor (1909–1995), Anglican bishop
• Robert P. Taylor (1909–1997), American military officer and chaplain
• Robert V. Taylor (born 1958), first openly gay Episcopal dean in the United States

Sports

Association football

• Bob Taylor (footballer, born 1876) (1876–1919), English footballer
• Bob Taylor (footballer, born 1967), English footballer
• Robert Taylor (footballer, born 1971), English footballer
• Rob Taylor (footballer, born 1985), English footballer
• Robert Taylor (footballer, born 1994), Finnish footballer

Cricket

• Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1873) (1873–?), English cricketer
• Bob Taylor (cricketer) (born 1941), English cricketer
• Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989), Scottish cricketer
• Robert Taylor (New Zealand cricketer) (1835–1901)

Gridiron football

• Robert Taylor (gridiron football) (1940–2006), American football player and coach
• Rob Taylor (American football) (born 1960), American football player
• Bobby Taylor (American football) (born 1973), American football player
• Bobby Taylor (Canadian football) (1939–2023), Canadian football player

Rugby

• Bob Taylor (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s, and 1930s
• Robert Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1950s, and 1960s
• Bob Taylor (rugby union, born 1924) (1924–2015), Scottish rugby union international
• Bob Taylor (rugby union, born 1942), English rugby union international
• Robert Taylor (rugby union coach) (born 1980), Australian rugby union football coach

Other sports

• Bob Taylor (Australian footballer) (1931–2015), Australian rules footballer with Essendon
• Rob Taylor (Australian footballer) (1945–2015), Australian rules footballer for Footscray
• Bob Taylor (baseball) (born 1944), American baseball outfielder
• Bob Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), Scottish darts player
• Bob Taylor (ice hockey) (1901–1993), American professional ice hockey player
• Bobby Taylor (ice hockey) (born 1945), Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster
• Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1948) (1948–2007), American runner, 1972 Olympics gold medal winner in 4 × 100 m relay
• Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1953), American runner, 1975 Pan American Games gold medal winner in 4 × 400 m relay

Other

• Robert Taylor (1919–2007), forester involved in the Robert Taylor incident, an alleged 1979 UFO sighting and attempted alien abduction in West Lothian, Scotland
• Robert L. Taylor (aviator) (1924–2020), founder and president of the Antique Airplane Association
• Robert Taylor (physician) (1710–1762), English physician

See also

• Robert Walker Tayler Sr. (1812–1878), American politician
• Robert Walker Tayler (1852–1910), American congressman and federal judge, son of the above
• Robert Taylor Homes, a housing project in Chicago, Illinois