Samuel, Sam or Sammy Taylor (male first name) may refer to: Arts Sam Taylor (director) (1895–1958), American film director and screenwriter Samuel W. Taylor (1907–1997), American author Samuel A. Taylor (1912–2000), playwright and screenwriter Sam Taylor (saxophonist) (1916–1990), jazz and blues player Sam Taylor (blues musician) (1934–2009), American musician Samuel Jared Taylor (born 1951), American journalist Sam Taylor (producer) (born c.1953), American rock music producer Sam Taylor (author) (born 1970), British author Politics Samuel Taylor (Virginia politician) (1781–1853), American politician and lawyer from Virginia Samuel M. Taylor (1852–1921), American politician from the state of Arkansas Samuel McIntire Taylor (1856–1916), Republican politician in Ohio Sports Samuel Taylor (American football), American football coach Sam Taylor (English footballer) (1893–1973), English footballer Sam B. Taylor (1898–1966), American baseball player and football coach Samuel "Bay" Taylor (1929–2019), Negro league baseball player Sammy Taylor (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2013), Scottish footballer Sammy Taylor (baseball) (1933–2019), American baseball catcher Sam Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1999), Australian rules footballer Samuel Taylor (footballer, born 2003), English footballer Other Samuel Taylor (stenographer) (1748/9–1811), invented widely used shorthand system Samuel Penfield Taylor (1827–1886), American entrepreneur Samuel Taylor (bishop) (1859–1929), Bishop of Kingston in the Church of England Samuel Harvey Taylor (1807–1871), American educator Sam Taylor (Family Affairs), a fictional character on the UK soap opera Family Affairs See also Samantha Taylor (disambiguation) Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967), British filmmaker Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), British poet Samuel Taylor Suit (1830–1888), Maryland politician and landowner Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912), British composer