Baylor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
George Baylor (1752–1784), American brevet brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793–1874), American politician, judge, and founder of Baylor University, nephew of George John Walker Baylor, Jr. (c. 1813–1836), Texian pioneer and survivor of the Battle of the Alamo Henry Weidner Baylor (1818–1853), American physician, soldier, and Texas Ranger John R. Baylor (1822–1894), US Indian agent, publisher, editor, and Confederate politician and colonel during the American Civil War William S. Baylor (1831–1862), American lawyer and Confederate colonel in the American Civil War George W. Baylor (1832–1916), Texas lawman and Confederate colonel in the American Civil War Frances Courtenay Baylor (1848–1920), American author Adelaide Steele Baylor (1860–1935), American educator and school administrator Hal Baylor, stage name of Hal Fieberling (1918–1998), American actor Gracia Baylor (born 1929), Australian politician Elgin Baylor (1934–2021), American basketball player Don Baylor (1949–2017), American baseball player, coach and manager Helen Baylor, stage name of Helen LaRue Lowe (born 1954), American singer-songwriter John Baylor (American football) (born 1954), American football player Tim Baylor (born 1954), American football player B. J. Baylor (born 1998), American football player