David Taylor

David or Dave Taylor may refer to:

Sports

Football

• David Taylor (Welsh footballer) (born 1965), Welsh football player, European Golden Shoe winner
• David Taylor (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1949), Scottish football player and manager, FA Cup winner with Bradford City in 1911 and 1914 with Burnley
• David Taylor (footballer, born 1889) (1889 – after 1920), English footballer for Darlington, Heart of Midlothian and Bristol Rovers
• Dave Taylor (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2017), English footballer for Gillingham, Portsmouth, Yeovil Town, Bath City and Cheltenham Town
• Dave Taylor (New Zealand footballer) (20th century), New Zealand soccer player
• Dave Taylor (Thames Ironworks F.C. founder) (19th century), English ironworker & footballer
• David Taylor (Canadian football) in 1986 CFL Draft
• David Taylor (Nicaragua footballer) in 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
• David Taylor (American football) (born 1949), American football player
• David Taylor (football administrator) (1954–2014), General Secretary of UEFA

Rugby

• David Taylor (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
• David Taylor (rugby league, born 1949), English rugby league footballer, played for Rochdale Hornets
• David Taylor (rugby), played in 1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France

Wrestling

• Dave Taylor (wrestler) (born 1957), English pro wrestler
• David Taylor (wrestler, born 1990), American amateur wrestler, participated in 2013 Summer Universiade

Cricket

• David Taylor (Australian cricketer) (born 1881)
• David Taylor (English cricketer) (born 1974)

Ice hockey

• Dave Taylor (ice hockey) (born 1955), retired professional hockey player
• David Taylor (ice hockey), played in 2007 Memorial Cup

Other sports

• David Taylor (athlete) in 1995 European Cross Country Championships
• David Taylor (basketball), player in 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
• David Taylor (tennis), Australian tennis coach
• David Taylor (swimmer), participated in Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S9
• David Taylor (chess player), International Correspondence Chess Federation United States champion
• David Taylor (snooker player) (born 1943), snooker player

Politics

• David Taylor (Labour politician) (1946–2009), UK Labour Party politician
• David Taylor (Green politician) (born 1957), UK Green Party politician
• Dave Taylor (Canadian politician) (born 1953), Alberta politician
• David James Taylor (1889–1969), Ontario politician
• David G. P. Taylor (1933–2007), former Chief Executive of the Falklands Islands and Governor of Montserrat
• David Taylor (Wisconsin judge) (1818–1891), American jurist and legislator
• David Taylor (Washington politician) (born 1972), politician from the US state of Washington
• David Taylor (New Zealand diplomat) on List of ambassadors of New Zealand to South Korea
• David Taylor (mayor) of Amherst, Ohio

Musicians

• Switch (house DJ), also known as Dave Taylor, London house producer
• David Taylor (musician) with James Taylor Quartet
• Dave Taylor (musician) (born 1953), Bryan Adams bass player
• Dave Taylor (trombonist) (born 1944), American trombonist

Video games

• David Taylor (programmer) on World Rugby
• Dave D. Taylor, game programmer formerly employed by id Software

Others

• David Taylor (banker) (1929–2009), banker
• David Taylor (veterinarian) (1934–2013), veterinarian, author, television presenter on animal subjects
• David W. Taylor (1864–1940), U.S. Navy admiral and engineer
• Dave Taylor (comics) (born 1964), British comic book creator
• David G. Taylor, producer and director for the BBC
• D. J. Taylor (born 1960), British novelist and biographer
• David J. Taylor, American visual artist
• David Dallas Taylor (1926–1983), 1953 FBI Most Wanted Fugitives
• David Taylor (Home and Away), fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• David Taylor (actor) in The Adventures of the Black Stallion
• David Taylor (writer), winner of the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry
• David S. Taylor, CEO of Procter and Gamble