Richard Ray Taylor (November 21, 1922 – November 8, 1978) was a lieutenant general in the United States military and served as the 33rd Surgeon General of the United States Army.

His father, Charles Fletcher Taylor, MD was the Superintendent of the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, where his brother, David Taylor, MD also served on staff for a time.

His youngest brother, Danny, died in an automobile accident while he was an architecture student at the University of Kansas.

He is survived by his wife, Frances Colby Taylor, his daughter, Carolyn Jean, and his four sons, Richard Ray Jr., Colby Fletcher, Bryan Dudley, and David Webster.

Lieutenant General Richard R. Taylor's ribbon bar: [1]