The taxon authority Taylor may refer to:

• Albert Lee Taylor (1901–1988), U.S. nematologist
• A.R.A. Taylor (born 1921, A.R.A.Taylor), botanist
• Barry Taylor, ornithologist
• Brian Taylor, entomologist
• Chantal L. Taylor, entomologist
• Charlotte Morley Taylor (born 1955, C.M.Taylor), U.S. botanist
• Christopher A. Taylor, U.S. carcinologist
• Constance Elaine Southern Taylor (C.E.S.Taylor), botanist
• David Winship Taylor (fl. 1999, David W.Taylor), U.S. botanist
• Dean W. Taylor (D.W.Taylor), botanist
• Derek J. Taylor, carcinologist
• Dwight Willard Taylor (1932–2006), U.S. malacologist and paleontologist
• Edith L. Taylor (born 1951, Ed.L.Taylor), U.S. paleobotanist
• Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978), U.S. herpetologist
• Frank Henry Taylor (1886–1945), Australian-born entomologist
• Frank John Rupert Taylor (born 1939, F.J.R.Taylor), phycologist
• Gary S. Taylor, entomologist
• Harry L. Taylor (fl. 1997), herpetologist
• J. Mary Taylor, mammalogist
• Jane Taylor (born 1924, J.Taylor), botanist
• Jeffrey N. Taylor, ichthyologist
• Joan M. Taylor (born 1929, J.M.Taylor), botanist
• John D. Taylor, malacologist
• John William Taylor (1845–1931), British malacologist
• Jonathan Charles Taylor (born 1979, J.C.Taylor), phycologist
• Kenneth L. Taylor, entomologist
• Leigthon R. Taylor, ichthyologist
• Mark E. Taylor, zoologist
• Grace Marie Taylor (1930–1999, G.M.Taylor), New Zealander mycologist
• Mary Agnes Stump Taylor (1885-?, M.S.Taylor), U.S. botanist
• Michael S. Taylor, ichthyologist
• Michelle L. Taylor, cnidariologist
• Mike Taylor, entomologist
• P.W. Taylor, arachologist
• Paul D. Taylor, bryozoologist
• Peter Barry Taylor, ornithologist
• Peter John Taylor (1963–), South African mammalogist
• Peter N. Taylor, herpetologist
• Raymond Leech Taylor (1901–?, R.L.Taylor), botanist
• Richard Taylor (1781–1858, R.Taylor), English botanist, editor and publisher
• Richard Taylor FSG (1805–1873), New Zealander naturalist, entomologist, missionary and priest
• Robert W. Taylor, Australian myrmecologist
• Ronald J. Taylor, (born 1932, R.J.Taylor), botanist
• Steven J. Taylor, U.S. carcinologist
• Thomas Taylor (1775–1848, Taylor), lichenologist
• Thomas Taylor (1820–1910, T.Taylor), botanist
• Thomas Norwood Taylor (1938–2016, T.N.Taylor), U.S. botanist and palaeobotanist
• W.Carl Taylor (born 1946, W.C.Tylor), botanist
• William Ralph Taylor, ichthyologist
• William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990, W.R.Taylor), phycologist
• Witt Malcolm DeWitt Taylor (born 1976, Wi.Taylor), U.S. botanist and palaeobotanist