David Taylor or Dave Taylor can be one of several persons:

• David Taylor (English cricketer), English cricketer
• David Taylor (footballer), former Welsh footballer
• David Taylor (snooker player), snooker player
• David Taylor (Scottish football), General Secretary of UEFA, and former chief executive of the Scottish Football Association
• David Taylor (wrestler), wrestler
• Dave Taylor (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
• Dave Taylor (soccer), New Zealand soccer player
• Dave Taylor (ice hockey), prominent retired professional hockey player
• Dave Taylor (Thames Ironworks F.C. founder), founder of the team that became West Ham United F.C.

• David Taylor (British politician), UK politician
• Dave Taylor (Canadian politician), Alberta politician
• David James Taylor, Ontario politician

• David Taylor. theatre designer with Theatre Projects Consultants, who provided the theatre design for the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood
• David Taylor (vet), author and television presenter on animal subjects
• David Taylor, Executive Director of Australian Professional Selling Association
• David W. Taylor (1864â€"1940), U.S. Navy admiral and engineer
• Dave Taylor, host of The Dead Report Podcast
• Dave D. Taylor, computer game programmer
• D. J. Taylor, author