| Name | Birth | Death | Field | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Taylor | 1429 | 1493 | Law | Master of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery, England |
| William Taylor | 1788 | 1846 | Politics | U.S. Congressman from Virginia |
| William Taylor | 1791 | 1865 | Politics | U.S. Congressman from New York |
| Sir William Taylor | 1902 | 1972 | Politics | British Conservative Member of Parliament 1950-1964 |
| William B. Taylor | 1824 | 1895 | Engineering | American civil engineer and surveyor in New York |
| William B. Taylor, Jr. | 1947 | - | Politics | U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine |
| William Benjamin Taylor | - | - | Politics | Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1929–1931 |
| William Henry Taylor | 1848 | 1916 | Politics | Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| William Horace Taylor | 1889 | 1986 | Politics | Canadian politician |
| William P. Taylor | - | - | Politics | U.S. Congressman from Virginia |
| William Robert Taylor | 1820 | 1909 | Politics | Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin |
| William S. Taylor | 1795 | 1858 | Politics | Member of the Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas state legislatures, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives |
| William S. Taylor | 1853 | 1928 | Politics | Kentucky attorney general and governor; indicted for conspiracy to assassinate the succeeding governor |
| William Taylor | - | 1423 | Religion | English Priest and theologian, burnt as a Lollard |
| William Mackergo Taylor | 1829 | 1895 | Religion | U.S. Congregational minister |
| William Taylor | 1821 | 1902 | Religion | U.S. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church |
| William W. Taylor | 1853 | 1884 | Religion | American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| William Taylor | 1885 | 1976 | Sports | English cricketer |
| William Taylor | 1885 | 1959 | Sports | English cricketer |
| William "Lady" Taylor | - | - | Sports | Canadian hockey player |
| Willie Taylor | 1870 | 1949 | Sports | Scottish footballer |
| William Taylor | - | - | Sports | Jockey, rode in Britain in the 1840s |
| William Taylor | - | - | Sports | Canadian Olympic cyclist |
| William Taylor | - | - | Publishing | Publisher of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in 1719 |
| William Taylor | 1765 | 1836 | Science | English scholar and linguist |
| William Cooke Taylor | 1800 | 1849 | Literature | Irish writer |
| William Davis Taylor | - | 2002 | Publishing | U.S. newspaper publisher |
| William Desmond Taylor | 1872 | 1922 | Film | U.S. film director |
| William Henry Taylor | 1906 | - | Politics | Alleged Soviet agent |
| William Horace Taylor | 1908 | 1999 | Military | British recipient of the George Cross |
| William Ladd Taylor | 1854 | 1926 | Literature | U.S. illustrator |
| William McLaughlin Taylor, Jr. | 1909 | 1985 | Law | U.S. federal judge |
| William Rogers Taylor | 1811 | 1889 | Military | U.S. Rear Admiral |
