Francis Taylor

Francis Taylor or Frank Taylor may refer to:

  • Francis Taylor, Baron Taylor of Hadfield (1905–1995), founder of the housebuilder Taylor Woodrow
  • Francis Taylor (cricketer) (1890–1963), Derbyshire cricketer
  • Francis Taylor (martyr) (died 1621), former Lord Mayor of Dublin, martyred 1621
  • Francis Taylor (MP) (1845–1915), English Liberal Unionist MP for South Norfolk, 1885–1898
  • Francis Henry Taylor (1903–1957), American museum director and curator.
  • Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968), American art dealer, father of actress Elizabeth Taylor
  • Francis X. Taylor, former ambassador-at-large for the U.S. Department of State; appointed by George W. Bush to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
  • Frank Taylor (Irish politician) (1914–1989), Irish Fine Gael Party politician and TD, 1969–1981
  • Frank Taylor (UK politician) (1907–2003), English Conservative MP for Manchester Moss Side, 1961–1974
  • Frank Taylor (boxer), bare-knuckle boxer
  • Frank Taylor (footballer born 1916) (1916–1944), English football player who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Frank Taylor (footballer born 1901) (1901–1973), English football player who played for Bournemouth and Gillingham
  • Frank Bursley Taylor (1860–1938), an American geologist
  • Frank Harold Taylor (1896–1985), World War I flying ace
  • Frank M. Taylor, horse trainer, trained the winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1912
  • Frank Sherwood Taylor (1897–1956), an English historian of science and curator

Famous quotes containing the word taylor:

    An orphan’s curse would drag to hell
    A spirit from on high;
    But oh! more horrible than that
    Is a curse in a dead man’s eye!
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)