James Taylor (disambiguation)
James Taylor may refer to:
Musicians
James Taylor (born 1948), American singer/songwriter and guitarist.
- James Taylor Quartet, led by the British acid jazz musician James Taylor
- James "J.T." Taylor (born 1953), lead singer with the band Kool & the Gang
- James S. Taylor, of the UK house band Swayzak
- James Taylor (tenor) (born 1966), American tenor
Sportsmen
- Candy Jim Taylor (James Allen Taylor, 1884–1948), player/manager in Negro league baseball
- James Taylor (cricketer, born 1809), English professional cricketer
- James Taylor (cricketer, born 1974), English cricketer
- James Taylor (cricketer, born 1990), English Test cricketer
- James Taylor (cyclist), British track cyclist, see British National Circuit Race Championships
- James Taylor (driver) (born 1955), British race car driver, see 1998 International Formula 3000 season
- Jay Taylor (placekicker) (born 1976), James Taylor, American football kicker
- Zack Taylor (baseball) (James Wren Taylor, 1898–1974), player/manager in Major league baseball
Politicians
- James A. Taylor, Ontario legislator who represented the Prince Edward—Lennox district
- James Davis Taylor (1863–1941), Canadian Member of Parliament
- James Taylor (New Mexico politician) (born 1966), New Mexico State Senator
- James Willis Taylor, US congressman from Tennessee
- James Samuel Taylor (1872–1960), Canadian politician, printer and publisher
- James Taylor (d. 1856), businessman and political figure in New Brunswick
- James Taylor (1761–1834), farmer, merchant and political figure in New Brunswick
- James Taylor (Nova Scotia politician) (1771–1801), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia
- J. Alfred Taylor (1878–1956), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
- James Taylor (Australian politician) (1820-1895), Queensland politician
Others
- James Taylor (Alamo defender) (c. 1814–1836), soldier
- James Taylor (author), American writer
- James Taylor (British author and historian), author, lecturer and expert on maritime art
- James Taylor (Ceylon) (born 1835), tea planting pioneer in Sri Lanka
- James Taylor (minister) (1813–1892), Scottish Presbyterian minister and historical author
- James Taylor (neurologist) (1859–1946), British neurologist
- James Taylor, Jr. (Exclusive Brethren) (1899–1970), New York leader of the Raven-Taylor Exclusive Brethren assemblies
- James Taylor, Jr. (Kentucky) (c. 1769–1848), American Quartermaster General, War of 1812, founder of Newport, Kentucky
- James Alastair Taylor (born 1951), Sheriff Principal of the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin
- James Allen Taylor (born 1937), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- James Arnold Taylor (born 1969), US voice actor
- Sir James Braid Taylor (1891–1943), governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- James Henry Taylor (1893–1972), American professor of mathematics
- James Hudson Taylor, British Protestant Christian missionary to China, founder of the China Inland Mission (aka OMF Intl.)
- James Hutchings Taylor, former Canadian ambassador to Japan
- James Knox Taylor (1857–1929), Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury
- James Madison Taylor, known as Matt Taylor, early settler of southeastern Idaho
- James M. Taylor (1930–1970), astronaut
- James R. Taylor (born 1928), professor emeritus of organizational communication at the Université de Montréal
- James Wickes Taylor (1819–1893), American diplomat
Other
- James Taylor (album), James Taylor's self-titled 1968 debut album
See also
- Jamie Taylor (born 1982), footballer
- Jim Taylor (disambiguation)