The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as a colony administered by the Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster, was appointed on 13 March 1640.
Acting governor
| No. | Governor | Term start | Term end | Notes | |
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Willem Jacobszoon Coster | 13 March 1640 | 1 August 1640 | |
| 2 | Jan Thyszoon Payart | 1 August 1640 | 24 March 1646 | ||
| 3 | 
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Joan Maetsuyker | 24 March 1646 | 26 February 1650 | |
| 4 | Jacob van Kittensteyn | 26 February 1650 | 11 October 1653 | ||
| 5 | Adriaan van der Meyden | 11 October 1653 | 12 May 1660 | ||
| 6 | 
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Rijckloff van Goens | 12 May 1660 | 1661 | |
| 7 | Adriaan van der Meyden | 1661 | 1663 | ||
| 8 |
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Rijckloff van Goens | 1663 | 1663 | |
| 9 | Jacob Hustaert | 27 December 1663 | 19 November 1664 | ||
| 10 | Adriaen Roothaes | 19 November 1664 | April 1665 | ||
| 11 |
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Rijckloff van Goens | April 1665 | 1675 | |
| 12 | Ryklof van Goens de jonge | 1675 | 2 December 1679 | ||
| 13 | Laurens van Pyl | 3 December 1679 | 19 June 1693 | ||
| 14 | Thomas van Rhee | 19 June 1693 | 29 January 1695 | ||
| 15 | Paulus de Roo | 29 January 1695 | 30 July 1695 | ||
| 16 | Thomas van Rhee | 9 August 1695 | 22 February 1697 | ||
| 17 | Gerrit de Heere | 22 February 1697 | 26 November 1702 | ||
| 18 | Cornelis Jan Simonsz | 11 May 1703 | 22 November 1707 | ||
| 19 | Hendrik Becker | 22 November 1707 | 6 December 1716 | ||
| 20 | Isaak Augustijn Rumpf | 5 December 1716 | 11 June 1723 | ||
| 21 | Arnold Moll | 21 June 1723 | 12 January 1724 | ||
| 22 | Johannes Hertenberg | 12 January 1724 | 19 October 1725 | ||
| 23 | Joan Paul Schaghen | 19 October 1725 | 16 November 1726 | ||
| 24 | Petrus Vuyst | 16 September 1726 | 27 August 1729 | ||
| 25 | 
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Stephanus Versluys | 27 August 1729 | 25 August 1732 | |
| 26 | Gualterus Woutersz | 25 August 1732 | 2 December 1732 | ||
| 27 | Jacob Christiaan Pielat | 2 December 1732 | 27 January 1732 | ||
| 28 | Diederik van Domburg | 27 January 1734 | 7 June 1736 | ||
| 29 | Jan Macaré | 7 June 1736 | 23 July 1736 | ||
| 30 | 
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Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff | 23 July 1736 | 12 March 1740 | |
| 31 | Willem Maurits Bruyninck | 12 March 1740 | 8 January 1742 | ||
| 32 | Daniel Overbeek | 8 January 1742 | 11 May 1743 | ||
| 33 | Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse | 11 May 1743 | 6 May 1751 | ||
| 34 | Gerard Joan Vreeland | 6 May 1751 | 26 February 1752 | ||
| 35 | Jacob de Jong | 26 February 1752 | 10 September 1752 | ||
| 36 | 
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Joan Gideon Loten | 10 September 1752 | 17 March 1757 | |
| 37 | Jan Schreuder | 17 March 1757 | 17 September 1762 | ||
| 38 | Lubbert Jan baron van Eck | 17 September 1762 | 1 April 1765 | ||
| 39 | Anthony Mooyart | 13 May 1765 | 7 August 1765 | ||
| 40 | 
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Iman Willem Falck | 7 August 1765 | 5 February 1785 | |
| 41 | Willem Jacob van de Graaf | 7 February 1785 | 15 July 1794 | ||
| 42 | 
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Johan van Angelbeek | 15 July 1794 | 16 February 1796 | |
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