Baylor

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Baylor is a surname and the name of several places and institutions. They include:

Institutions:

• Baylor University in Waco, Texas
• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
• Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas
• University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas
• Baylor School, secondary school, Tennessee

People:

• Don Baylor, Major League Baseball player, coach and manager
• Elgin Baylor, NBA player
• George Baylor, American soldier during the American Revolutionary War
• Gracia Baylor, Australian politician
• John Baylor, officer of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
• Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, founder of Baylor University

Places:

• Baylor County, Texas, named for Henry Weidner Baylor

Events:

• Baylor Massacre, during the American Revolutionary War