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

  • Joe Taylor (politician), Indiana politician
  • Joseph Taylor (colonel) (1752-1815), North Carolina politician and military officer
  • 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 (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

  • Ojo Taylor (Joey Taylor), American bassist, vocalist and keyboardist
  • 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 Henry Taylor (1844–1908), American author and frontiersman
  • Joseph Pannell Taylor (1796–1864), brother of Zachary Taylor, American Civil War general
  • Joseph W. Taylor (1810–1880), physician and Quaker

See also

  • Joseph Tayler, several people