# George Taylor

George Taylor may refer to:

## Military

* George Taylor (Alamo defender) (c. 1816–1836), soldier in Texas army, died in the Battle of the Alamo
* George Taylor (British Army officer) (1905–1994), served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Mau Mau campaign
* George Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1830–1893), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
* George A. Taylor (1899–1969), American army officer at D-Day invasion, Battle of Normandy
* George P. Taylor (born 1953), American Air Force Surgeon General
* George W. Taylor (general) (1808–1862), American Civil War general, Army of the Potomac

## Politics

* George Taylor (Canadian politician) (1840–1919), Canadian House of Commons member
* George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician) (c. 1716–1781), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
* George Taylor (New York Representative) (1820–1894), American congressman from New York
* George Taylor (Connecticut politician) (1802–1881), politician and physician
* George E. Taylor (Michigan politician) (1838–1903), Michigan politician and judge
* George Edwin Taylor (1857–1925), National Negro Liberty Party candidate for president of the United States, 1904
* George H. Taylor (New York assemblyman), member of the 85th New York State Legislature
* George H. Taylor (New York state senator), member of the 144th New York State Legislature
* George L. Taylor (1842–?), physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
* George Sylvester Taylor (1822–1910), American Massachusetts state senator
* George W. Taylor (Alabama politician) (1849–1932), American congressman from Alabama
* George W. Taylor (Wisconsin politician) (1855–1931), American politician in Wisconsin
* George William Taylor (born 1937), Canadian Solicitor General
* George Taylor (Australian politician) (1861–1935), Australian labour leader and member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
* George Cuthbert Taylor (1886–1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

## Sports

* George Taylor (boxer), mid-eighteenth century English boxer
* George Taylor (manager) (1853–1911), American baseball manager
* George Taylor (first baseman) (1869–?), Negro leagues first baseman
* George Taylor (Australian rules footballer) (1876–1953), Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne
* George Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s
* George Taylor (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1982), played in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall
* George Taylor (footballer, born 1901), English footballer
* George Taylor (footballer, born 1907) (1907–?), English football outside right, for Bolton Wanderers, Coventry City and Notts County
* George Taylor (cricketer) (1909–1986), English cricket player
* George Taylor (footballer, born 1909) (1909–?), English football left half
* George Taylor (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1982), Scottish footballer, played for Aberdeen and Plymouth Argyle
* George Taylor (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1983), English football goalkeeper, played for West Ham United
* George Taylor (footballer, born 1948), Scottish footballer, played for Grimsby Town
* George Taylor (rugby union) (born 1996), Scottish former rugby union player

## Academics

* George E. Taylor (historian) (1905–2000), China scholar, University of Washington professor
* George Francis Taylor (died 2011), historian and archeologist at the American University of Beirut.
* George H. Taylor (meteorologist) (born 1947), former director of the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University
* George Pritchard Taylor (1854–?), grammarian
* George Rogers Taylor (1895–1983), American economic historian of the early republic
* George Watson-Taylor (1771–1841), British collector
* George W. Taylor (professor) (1901–1972), American academic and labor mediator

## Others

* George Taylor (artist) (1914–1996), English commercial artist
* George Taylor (photographer) (1838 - 1913), Canadian photographer and painter
* Sir George Taylor (botanist) (1904–1993), British botanist, from 1956 to 1971 director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
* George Taylor (gardener) (1803–1891), introduced celery to the United States
* George A. Taylor (bishop), American prelate
* Tony Taylor (GC) (George Anthony Morgan Taylor, 1917–1972), Australian recipient of the George Cross
* George Augustine Taylor (1872–1928), Australian artist and journalist
* George Keith Taylor (1769–1815), U.S. federal judge
* George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873), English architect
* George Caldwell Taylor (1885–1952), U.S. federal judge
* George Taylor (priest) (died 1811), Anglican priest
* G. I. Taylor (George Ingram Taylor, 1886–1975), British physicist
* George H. Taylor (physician) (1821–1896), American physician and inventor
* George Taylor (DC Comics), fictional character in the DC Comics universe, chief editor of the Daily Star
* Taylor (Planet of the Apes), Colonel George Taylor, fictional hero of the first two films of the original Planet of the Apes series played by Charlton Heston