James Taylor (born 1948) is an American singer-songwriter.

James Taylor may also refer to:

• James Taylor (album), American singer-songwriter's debut album
• James Taylor (American author), American fiction writer
• James Taylor (British author) (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, British acid jazz musician, leader of the James Taylor Quartet
• James S. Taylor, of the UK house band Swayzak

• James Taylor (New South Wales politician)
• James Taylor (Queensland politician) (1820–1895), Queensland politician
• James Taylor (Victorian politician) (born 1934), Victorian politician

• 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

• James Alastair Taylor (1951–2021), sheriff principal of the sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin
• James Arthur Taylor (1817–1889), British politician, member of parliament for East Worcestershire
• James Banks Taylor (died 1884), British businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• James Taylor (Irish politician) (1700–1747), Anglo-Irish politician

• 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

• 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

• James Taylor (Presbyterian minister) (1813–1892), Scottish Presbyterian minister and historical author
• James Taylor (nonconformist minister) (fl. 1847), English nonconformist minister
• 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 of the China Inland Mission (aka OMF Intl.)
• James Ignatius Taylor (1805–1875), Irish priest and educator

• James Taylor (cricketer, born 1809) (1809–?), English professional cricketer
• James Taylor (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1915), English cricketer
• James Taylor (cricketer, born 1974), English cricketer
• James Taylor (cricketer, born 1990), English Test cricketer
• James Taylor (cricketer, born 2001), English cricketer
• James Taylor (Scottish cricketer) (1929–2019), Scottish cricketer
• James Taylor (sportsman) (1917–1993), English-born Scottish cricketer, umpire

• James Taylor (cyclist), British track cyclist
• James Taylor (sports administrator) (1871–1944), Australian sports administrator
• Jay Taylor (placekicker) (James Taylor, born 1976), American football kicker
• Candy Jim Taylor (James Allen Taylor, 1884–1948), player and manager in Negro baseball league
• Zack Taylor (baseball) (James Wren Taylor, 1898–1974), player and manager in Major League baseball
• James Taylor, British race car driver, see 1998 International Formula 3000 season
• James Taylor (footballer), English footballer

• James Taylor (lawyer), American lawyer who works for the Heartland Institute
• James Taylor (ceramicist) (1839-1898), English-American maker of architectural terracotta
• James Taylor (neurologist) (1859–1946), British neurologist
• James Taylor (tea planter) (1835–1892), in Sri Lanka
• James B. Taylor (educator) (1927–2016), vice-principal of the Los Angeles Unified School District
• James Blackstone Taylor, American marketing executive
• James Braid Taylor (1891–1943), governor of the Reserve Bank of India
• James Haward Taylor (1909–1968), British geologist
• James Henry Taylor (1893–1972), American mathematics professor
• James M. Taylor (1930–1970), astronaut
• James Madison Taylor, known as Matt Taylor, early settler of southeastern Idaho
• James R. Taylor (1928–2022), communications professor at University of Montreal
• James Monroe Taylor (1848–1916), Baptist minister and president of Vassar College
• James Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), American poet, literary critic, author, and diplomat

• Jamie Taylor (born 1982), footballer
• Jim Taylor (disambiguation)
• James Taylor Jr. (disambiguation)
• James Chapman-Taylor (1878–1958), New Zealand architect