Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
1 character
(character) Taylor 2003 Taylor 
Fictional Characters from Television:
6 characters
Taylor Walker 1965 Days of Our Lives
Taylor Hayes 1987 The Bold and the Beautiful
Taylor Walsh 1989 Baywatch
Taylor Doose 2000 Gilmore Girls
Taylor Townsend 2003 The O.C.
Taylor Wethersby 2008 Eli Stone
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year
(album of the year) Taylor Swift 2010; 2016; 2021 Fearless; 1989; Folklore
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Taylor Hall 2018 ice hockey
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
9 actors
Pruitt Taylor Vince 1960-
Taylor Sheridan 1970-
Austin O'Brien (a.k.a. Taylor) 1981-
Jonathan Taylor Thomas 1981-
Taylor Cole 1984-
Taylor Schilling 1984-
Taylor Lautner 1992-
Miranda Cosgrove (a.k.a. Taylor) 1993-
Taylor Russell 1994-
Notable Artists:
1 animator
Pendleton Ward (a.k.a. Taylor) 1982-
Notable Athletes:
1 gymnastics, 1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Taylor Hall 1991-
(gymnastics) Madison Kocian (a.k.a. Taylor) 1997-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
P. T. Barnum (a.k.a. Taylor) 1810-1891
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director, 1 screenwriter/director
Taylor Hackford 1944-
Taylor Sheridan 1970-
Notable Musicians:
1 musician, 1 musician/singer, 1 singer
Taylor Hanson 1983-
Taylor Swift 1989-
Miranda Cosgrove (a.k.a. Taylor) 1993-
Notable Writers:
1 author, 1 poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834
Sue Grafton (a.k.a. Taylor) 1940-2017
Olympic Medalists:
4 bronze, 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 silver/gold
(bronze) Simeon Price (a.k.a. Taylor) 1904 golf
(silver) Leroy Brown (a.k.a. Taylor) 1924 high jump
(gold) Tate Armstrong (a.k.a. Taylor) 1976 basketball
(silver) Christopher Dorst (a.k.a. Taylor) 1984 water polo
(bronze) Taylor Teagarden 2008 baseball
(gold) Taylor Ritzel 2012 rowing
(bronze) Taylor Worth 2016 archery - team
(gold) Taylor Ellis-Watson 2016 4x400 m relay
(silver/gold) Madison Kocian (a.k.a. Taylor) 2016 artistic gymnastics
(bronze) Taylor Manson 2020 4x400 m mixed
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Taylor Hawkins 2021 Foo Fighters