Walter Taylor may refer to:

Australia

• Walter Taylor (contractor) (1872–1955), Australian builder of Brisbane landmarks

United Kingdom

• Walter Taylor (engineer) (1734–1803), pioneer of the saw mill in England
• Walter Taylor (footballer) (1902–1955), English footballer
• Walter Taylor (mathematician) (c. 1700–1743/4), tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge
• Walter Ross Taylor (1805–1896), Scottish minister
• Walter Ross Taylor (1838–1907), Scottish minister, son of the above

United States of America

• Walter Taylor (archaeologist) (1913–1997), American anthropologist and archaeologist
• Walter C. Taylor (1870–1929), North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor
• Walter Taylor (American football), head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydet, 1891
• Walter Taylor (baseball), American baseball player
• Walter H. Taylor (1838–1916), Virginia lawyer, businessman, and soldier, aide-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee
• Walter Nesbit Taylor, American educator and Mississippi state senator
• Dub Taylor (1907–1994), American actor, given name Walter Clarence Taylor Jr.
• Buck Taylor (born 1938), American actor, son of Dub Taylor, given name Walter Clarence Taylor III