Baylor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Don Baylor (born 1949), American Major League Baseball player, coach and manager
Elgin Baylor (born 1934), American NBA player
George Baylor (1752–1784), American soldier during the American Revolutionary War
Gracia Baylor, Australian politician
Henry Weidner Baylor (1818–1854), American surgeon in the Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War
John Baylor (1822–1894), officer of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793–1874), American politician, judge, and founder of Baylor University
