Charles Lewis Taylor (April 3, 1857 – February 3, 1922) was an American industrialist.

[1] Taylor first went to work as an assistant chemist for the Cambria Iron Company in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

It was when he became General Manager of The Hartman Steel Company that Taylor first began to work for Andrew Carnegie.

[2] Taylor died at his winter home in Santa Barbara, California on February 3, 1922, and was buried at Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh.

[3][4] Taylor College, a dormitory for upperclass students at Lehigh University, is named in his honor.