William Taylor is the name of: Political figures · William Robert Taylor (1820–1909), governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin · William Sylvester Taylor (1853–1928), Kentucky attorney general, indicted for conspiracy to assassinate governor · Sir William Taylor (1902–1972), British Conservative Member of Parliament 1950–1964 · William S. Taylor (1795?1858), member of the Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas state legislatures, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives · William P. Taylor, U.S. Congressman from Virginia · William Taylor (1791–1865), U.S. Congressman from New York · William Taylor (1788–1846), U.S. Congressman from Virginia · William B. Taylor, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine · William Horace Taylor (1889-1986), Canadian politician Religious figures · William Taylor (died 1423), English P