Joseph Taylor

Joseph or Joe Taylor may refer to:

Missionaries

• Joseph Taylor (missionary) (died 1859), London Missionary Society missionary in Gujarat, India
• J. V. S. Taylor (1820–1881), his son, British missionary in India

Politicians

• J. H. Tayler (1859–1959), Wisconsin politician
• Joe Taylor (politician), Indiana politician
• Joseph D. Taylor (1830–1899), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Joseph Edward Taylor (1830–1913), Utah politician and undertaker
• Joseph Walters Taylor (1820–1872), Alabama politician and newspaper editor
• Joseph Taylor (died 1746) (c. 1693–1746), British politician
• Joseph Taylor (died 1759) (c. 1679–1759), British lawyer and politician

Sportsmen

• Joseph Taylor (footballer, born 1850) (1850–1888), 1870s Scottish footballer
• Joe Taylor (footballer, 1874-1938), English football centre-half
• Joseph Taylor (cricketer) (1886–1954), Australian cricketer
• Joseph Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
• Joseph Taylor (wrestler) (1907–1992), British wrestler
• Joe Taylor (infielder) (born 1913), baseball second baseman in the Negro leagues
• Joe Taylor (outfielder) (1926–1993), American professional baseball outfielder
• Joe Taylor (cornerback) (1939–2001), professional American football cornerback
• Joe Taylor (American football coach) (born 1950), retired American football coach
• Joe Taylor (rugby league, born 1975), rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s
• Joe Taylor (rugby league, born 1991), rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s
• Joseph Taylor (footballer, born 1996), Australian footballer
• Joe Taylor (footballer, born 2002), English football forward
• Joey Taylor (footballer) (born 1997), Montserratian footballer

Academics

• Joseph T. Taylor (1913–2000), dean of Indiana University
• Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (born 1941), American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
• Joseph L. Taylor (1941–2016), American mathematician

Others

• Joey Taylor of the band Undercover
• Joseph Taylor (actor) (died 1652), Richard Burbage's successor with the King's Men
• Joseph Taylor (folk singer) (1833–1910), of North Lincolnshire, England
• Joseph Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1837–1912), English soldier who helped the Union army during the American Civil War
• Joseph Taylor (mining engineer) (1858–1942), English–New Zealand miner and clergyman
• Joseph Charles Taylor (died 1837), wine merchant, founder of Taylor, Fladgate, & Yeatman
• Joseph Deems Taylor (1885–1966), American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music
• Joseph Pannell Taylor (1796–1864), brother of Zachary Taylor, American Civil War general
• Joseph W. Taylor (1810–1880), physician and Quaker