Michael Taylor may refer to:

Art

Michael Taylor (designer) (1927–1986), American interior designer
Michael Taylor (glass artist) (born 1944), American studio glass artist, teacher and lecturer
Michael Taylor (English artist) (born 1952), English painter
Michael R. Taylor (art historian), British/American art historian and museum curator

Entertainment

Mick Taylor (born 1949), former member of the Rolling Stones
- Mick Taylor (album)
Michael Taylor (film producer), American film producer and academic
Michael Taylor (screenwriter) (born 1969), American science fiction TV writer

Michael Angelo Taylor (1757–1834), English politician
Michael Taylor (political scientist) (born 1942), American political theorist and political economist
Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA

Michael Henry Taylor (1918–2005), English swimmer
Michael Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1953), for Collingwood and Norwood
Michael Taylor (Australian cricketer) (born 1955)
Michael Taylor (American football), (born c. 1968) quarterback for the University of Michigan football team, 1987–1989
Michael Taylor (English footballer) (born 1982)
Michael Taylor (baseball, born 1985), American baseball outfielder
Michael Taylor (swimmer) (born 1989), swimmer from the Marshall Islands
Michael A. Taylor (born 1991), American baseball outfielder

Michael Waistell Taylor (1824–1892), Scottish physician and antiquary
Michael Taylor (British killer) (born 1944), British killer notable for alleged demonic possession
Michael E. Taylor (born 1946), American mathematician
Michael Taylor (forester) (born 1966), discoverer of champion and tallest trees
Michael Taylor (American murderer) (1967–2014), convicted murderer from Missouri
Michael P. Taylor (born 1968), British computer programmer and paleontologist
Michael Taylor (historian) (born 1988), Northern Irish historian and former cricketer
Michael L. Taylor, U.S. Special Forces veteran convicted for aiding Carlos Ghosn