Baylor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adelaide Steele Baylor (1860–1935), American educator and school administrator B. J. Baylor (born 1998), American football player Don Baylor (1949–2017), American baseball player, coach and manager Elgin Baylor (1934–2021), American basketball player Frances Courtenay Baylor (1848–1920), American author George Baylor (1752–1784), American brevet brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War George W. Baylor (1832–1916), Texas lawman and Confederate colonel in the American Civil War Gracia Baylor (1929–2025), Australian politician Hal Baylor, stage name of Hal Fieberling (1918–1998), American actor Helen Baylor, stage name of Helen LaRue Lowe (born 1954), American singer-songwriter Henry Weidner Baylor (1818–1853), American physician, soldier, and Texas Ranger, namesake of Baylor County, Texas John Baylor (American football) (born 1954), American football player John R. Baylor (1822–1894), US Indian agent, publisher, editor, and Confederate politician and colonel during the American Civil War John Walker Baylor Jr. (–1836), Texian pioneer, Army surgeon, and survivor of the Battle of the Alamo, nephew of Robert and Walker Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793–1874), American politician, judge, namesake and founder of Baylor University, nephew of George Tim Baylor (born 1954), American football player Walker Keith Baylor (–1845), American politician and judge, nephew of George and younger brother of Robert William S. Baylor (1831–1862), American lawyer and Confederate colonel in the American Civil War
See also Bob Bailor (born 1951), American former Major League Baseball player