James Taylor may refer to: Arts and entertainment James Taylor (born 1948), American singer/songwriter and guitarist. James Taylor (album), American folk singer's debut album James Taylor (author), American fiction writer James Taylor (British author and historian) (born 1963), British writer on maritime art James Taylor (tenor) (born 1966), American opera singer James Arnold Taylor (born 1969), American voice actor James J. Taylor (1931–2005), videographer James "J.T." Taylor (born 1953), lead singer with the band Kool & the Gang James Taylor Move, Australian psychedelic rock band James Taylor Quartet, led by the British acid jazz musician James Taylor James S. Taylor, of the UK house band Swayzak Government and politics Australia James Taylor (New South Wales politician) James Taylor (Queensland politician) (1820–1895), Queensland politician James Taylor (Victorian politician) (born 1934), Victorian politician Canada James Taylor (1761–1834), farmer, merchant and political figure in New Brunswick James Taylor (d. 1856), businessman and political figure in New Brunswick James Taylor (Nova Scotia politician) (1771–1801), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia James A. Taylor (1928–2020), Ontario legislator who represented the Prince Edward—Lennox district James Davis Taylor (1863–1941), Canadian Member of Parliament James H. Taylor (born 1930), Canadian ambassador to Japan James Samuel Taylor (1872–1960), Canadian politician, printer and publisher Ireland James Taylor (Irish politician) (1700–1747), Anglo-Irish politician United Kingdom James Alastair Taylor (born 1951), Sheriff Principal of the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin James Banks Taylor (died 1884), British businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong United States J. Alfred Taylor (1878–1956), U.S. Representative from West Virginia J. Will Taylor (James Willis Taylor, 1880–1939), US congressman from Tennessee James Taylor (New Mexico politician) (born 1966), New Mexico State Senator James Andrew Taylor (1835–1906), Wisconsin politician James C. Taylor (1930–1999), Illinois state legislator James Craig Taylor (1826–1887), Virginia lawyer, newspaper publisher and politician James Knox Taylor (1857–1929), Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury James Wickes Taylor (1819–1893), American diplomat Military James Taylor (Alamo defender) (c. 1814–1836), soldier James Taylor Jr. (banker) (1769–1848), American Quartermaster General and banker, War of 1812, founder of Newport, Kentucky James Allen Taylor (born 1937), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient James E. Taylor, U.S. Navy admiral Religion James Taylor (minister) (1813–1892), Scottish Presbyterian minister and historical author James Taylor Jr. (Exclusive Brethren) (1899–1970), New York leader of Raven-Taylor Exclusive Brethren assemblies James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905), British Protestant Christian missionary to China, founder