Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor may refer to:
Entertainment
- Richard Taylor (cartoonist), Canadian cartoonist, The New Yorker magazine
- Richard Norton-Taylor, British editor, journalist, and playwright
- Richard Taylor (British writer), writer and broadcaster
- Richard Taylor (film director), British documentary film director
- Richard John Taylor, British film editor, writer, and director
- Richard Taylor (filmmaker), head of Wētā Workshop special effects studio
- Richard Taylor (Hollyoaks), a character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks
- Richard Taylor, former member of American rock band Gin Blossoms
Military
- Richard Taylor (colonel), father of U.S. president Zachary Taylor
- Richard Taylor (Confederate general), son of U.S. president Zachary Taylor, Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Richard Taylor (Medal of Honor), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Richard H. Taylor, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Richard Taylor (British Army officer), British general
- Richard R. Taylor, American lieutenant general and Surgeon General of the United States Army
Politics
- Richard Taylor (by 1517–73 or later), MP for Haverfordwest
- Richard Taylor (died 1641), English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1629
- Richard Taylor (Royalist), of Clapham, Bedfordshire
- Richard Taylor (died 1699), English MP for East Retford
- Richard Taylor (British politician), British politician, Independent Member of Parliament
- Richard Molesworth Taylor, New Zealand politician
- Richard Taylor (Canadian politician), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Religion
- Richard Taylor (missionary), missionary in New Zealand
- Richard Vickerman Taylor, English priest and historian
- Richard S. Taylor, Nazarene theologian
Science
- Richard Taylor (editor), 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 (mathematician), involved in completing the proof of Fermat's last theorem
Sports
- Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer), AFL player whose real name is Richard
- Richard Taylor (Australian footballer), former Hawthorn and West Coast Eagles player in the AFL
- Richard Taylor (footballer, born 1957), English footballer
- Richard Taylor (footballer, born 2000), English footballer
- Richard Taylor (American football), American football cornerback
- Richard Taylor (cross-country skier), American cross-country skier
- Richard Taylor (skater), Welsh skater
- Richard Mansfield Taylor, real name of Jeff Richards, American minor league baseball player and actor
Others
- Richard Taylor (pirate), pirate captain also known as John Taylor
- Richard Taylor (campaigner), Nigerian civil servant and anti youth violence campaigner, father of Damilola Taylor