• Robert Taylor (actor) (1911–1969), American actor
• Robert Lewis Taylor (1912–1998), American novelist, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
• Robert R. Taylor (photographer) (1940–2013), Canadian wildlife photographer
• Robert Taylor (animator) (1944–2014), directed The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, TaleSpin and Heidi's Song
• Robert Taylor (artist) (born 1951), Oklahoma Native artist
• Robert Taylor (Australian actor) (born 1963), Australian actor, Agent Jones in The Matrix
• Bob Taylor (DJ, producer), Romanian disc jockey
• Bob Taylor (luthier), American maker of acoustic guitars, principal of Taylor Guitars
• Bobby Taylor, leader of the Canadian soul band Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
• Detective Bob Taylor, the "Chief" investigator and semi-host of British TV series The Murder Game

• Robert Taylor (British Army officer) (1760–1839), British general
• Robert B. Taylor (1774–1834), militia general and politician in Virginia
• Robert P. Taylor (1909–1997), American military officer and chaplain
• Bob Taylor (GC) (1920–1950), British recipient of the George Cross

• Robert Taylor (congressman) (1763–1845), U.S. Representative from Virginia
• Robert Taylor (Labour politician) (1881–1954), British Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1935–1954
• Robert Taylor (Conservative politician) (1932–1981), Conservative MP for Croydon North West, South London, 1970–1981
• Robert Arthur Taylor (1886–1934), Member of Parliament for Lincoln, 1924–1931
• Robert Hobbs Taylor (1893–1947), physician and politician in Ontario, Canada
• Robert Love Taylor (1850–1912), U.S. politician from Tennessee
• Robert Paris Taylor, Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1768–1774
• Rob Taylor (politician) (born 1971), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
• Robert Taylor (Wisconsin), Wisconsin politician
• Bob Taylor (Ontario politician), mayor of Brantford, 1988–1991

• Robert Taylor (Archdeacon of Lewes) (fl. 1558–1559)
• Robert Taylor (Radical) (1784–1844), English clergyman turned freethinker
• Robert Taylor (Provost of Cumbrae) (1873–1944), Anglican priest and author
• Robert Selby Taylor (1909–1995), Anglican bishop
• Robert P. Taylor (1909–1997), American military officer and chaplain
• Robert V. Taylor (born 1958), first openly gay Episcopal dean in the United States

Football and rugby

• Bob Taylor (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s, and 1930s
• Robert Taylor (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1950s, and 1960s
• Bob Taylor (rugby union, born 1924) (1924–2015), Scottish rugby union international
• Bob Taylor (rugby union, born 1942), English rugby union international
• Bob Taylor (Australian footballer) (1931–2015), Australian rules footballer with Essendon
• Rob Taylor (Australian footballer) (1945–2015), Australian rules footballer for Footscray
• Rob Taylor (American football) (born 1960), American football player
• Bobby Taylor (American football) (born 1973), American football player
• Bobby Taylor (Canadian football) (born 1941), Canadian football player
• Bob Taylor (footballer) (born 1967), English footballer
• Robert Taylor (footballer) (born 1971), English footballer
• Rob Taylor (footballer, born 1985), English footballer
• Robert Taylor (footballer, born 1994), Finnish footballer
• Robert Taylor, Jr. (born 1999), Liberian footballer

Cricket

• Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1873) (1873–?), English cricketer
• Bob Taylor (cricketer) (born 1941), English cricketer
• Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989), Scottish cricketer

Other sports

• Bob Taylor (baseball) (born 1944), American baseball outfielder
• Bob Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), Scottish darts player
• Bob Taylor (ice hockey) (1901–1993), American professional ice hockey player
• Bobby Taylor (ice hockey) (born 1945), Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster
• Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1948)