Charles Taylor most often refers to:

  • Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) (born 1948), warlord and president of Liberia
  • Charles Taylor (philosopher) (born 1931), Canadian philosopher and social theorist

Charles, Charlie, or Chuck Taylor may also refer to:

Journalists

  • Charles H. Taylor (publisher) (1846–1921), American newspaper publisher and politician
  • Charles P. B. Taylor (1935–1997), Canadian journalist, author, and horsebreeder
  • Chuck Taylor (journalist, born 1957), American journalist
  • Chuck Taylor (music journalist) (born 1962), American music journalist

Military personnel

  • Charles Taylor (cavalryman) (1840–1899), American cavalryman during the American Indian Wars
  • Charles Carroll Taylor (1917–1945), American naval pilot, leader of ill-fated Flight 19
  • Charles Chatworthy Wood Taylor (1792–1856), painter, engineer, mariner, and military officer
  • Charles Frederick Taylor (1840–1863), American soldier and Union Army colonel
  • Charles Stanfield Taylor (1808–1865), English-born soldier and politician

Musicians and performing artists

  • Charles Taylor (actor), American actor
  • Charles H. Taylor (lyricist) (1859–1907), British lyricist
  • Charles "Rip" Taylor (1935–2019), American actor and comedian
  • Charles W. Taylor (1800–1874), American actor and dramatist
  • Chuck Taylor (rapper) or the Game (born 1979), American rapper

Politicians

  • Charles Taylor (Australian politician) (1861–1944), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
  • Charles Taylor (Conservative politician) (1910–1989), English politician and MP for Eastbourne
  • Charles Taylor (MP for Totnes) (1693–1766), English politician
  • Charles Taylor (North Carolina politician) (born 1941), former US congressman from North Carolina
  • Charles E. Taylor (politician) (1884–1967), member of the Montana State Senate
  • Charles H. Taylor (Michigan politician) (1813–1889), American politician who served as the Michigan Secretary of State
  • Charles H. Taylor (publisher) (1846–1921), American newspaper publisher and politician
  • Charles John Taylor (1826–1897), New Zealand politician
  • Charles Keith Taylor (born 1931), Canadian politician
  • Charles McArther Emmanuel or Chuckie Taylor (born 1978), Liberian paramilitary leader, son of Liberian president Charles Taylor
  • Charles Simeon Taylor (1851–1913), Wisconsin politician
  • Charles Wiley Taylor (1786–1865), Connecticut politician
  • Charles A. Taylor (Oklahoma politician)

Scholars

  • Charles Taylor (Hebraist) (1840–1908), English Hebraist
  • Charles Taylor (physicist) (1922–2002), British physicist
  • Charles E. Taylor (engineer) (1924–2017), American engineer
  • Charles Richard Taylor (1939–1995), American biologist
  • Charles V. Taylor (1918–2009), Australian linguist
  • Charles Vincent Taylor (1885–1946), American biologist

Sportspeople

American football players and coaches

  • Charles F. Taylor or Rick Taylor (born 1941), American college football coach and athletic director
  • Charley Taylor (1941–2022), American professional football wide receiver
  • Charlie Taylor (American football) (1920–1977), American professional football lineman
  • Chuck Taylor (American football) (1920–1994), American college football player, coach, and administrator

Association football players

  • Charles Asampong Taylor (born 1981), Ghanaian football player
  • Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1985), English footballer
  • Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1993), English footballer

Cricketers

  • Charles Taylor (cricketer, born 1816) (1816–1869), English cricketer
  • Charles Taylor (cricketer, born 1881) (1881–1960), English cricketer
  • Charles Taylor (cricketer, born 1966), English former cricketer
  • Charlie Taylor (cricketer) (1918–2000), Barbadian cricketer

Other sportspeople

  • Charles Taylor (rugby union) (1863–1915), Welsh rugby union international player
  • Charles "Bud" Taylor (1903–1962), American boxer
  • Charles Isham Taylor (1875–1922), American baseball player and manager and co-founder of the Negro National League
  • Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1960), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne, Carlton, and St Kilda
  • Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1953), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
  • Charlie Taylor (rugby league) (1921–2013), English rugby league footballer
  • Chuck Taylor (baseball) (1942–2018), American baseball player
  • Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), American basketball player and shoe salesman
  • Chuck Taylor (wrestler) (born 1986), American professional wrestler

Others

  • Charles Taylor (calico printer and dyer) (died 1816), English businessman, pioneer of textiles bleaching with chlorine
  • Charles Taylor (engraver) (1756–1823), English engraver
  • Charles Taylor (inventor), inventor of an ice cream freezer and founder of Taylor Company
  • Charlie Taylor (mechanic) (1868–1956), American mechanic for the Wright brothers, built the first aircraft engine
  • Charles Taylor (priest) (1953–2024), English Anglican priest
  • Charles Taylor Jr. (born 1943), American author
  • Charles L. Taylor (1857–1922), American industrialist and friend of Andrew Carnegie
  • Charles William Gray Taylor (1879–1950), Scottish Presbyterian minister

See also

  • Charles Benjamin Tayler (1797–1875), English Anglican priest and writer
  • Myron Charles Taylor (1874–1959), American industrialist and diplomat