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.
| Governor | Term start | Term end | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data-sort-value="Coster, Willem Jacobszoon" | Willem Jacobszoon Coster | |||||
| 2 | data-sort-value="Payart, Jan Thyszoon" | Jan Thyszoon Payart | |||||
| 3 | data-sort-value="Maetsuyker, Joan" | Joan Maetsuyker | |||||
| 4 | data-sort-value="Kittensteyn, Jacob van" | Jacob van Kittensteyn | |||||
| 5 | data-sort-value="Meyden, Adriaan van der" | Adriaan van der Meyden | |||||
| 6 | data-sort-value="Goens, Rijckloff van" | Rijckloff van Goens | |||||
| 7 | data-sort-value="Meyden, Adriaan van der" | Adriaan van der Meyden | |||||
| 8 | data-sort-value="Goes, Rijckloff van" | Rijckloff van Goens | |||||
| 9 | data-sort-value="Hustaert, Jacob" | Jacob Hustaert | |||||
| 10 | data-sort-value="Roothaes, Adriaen" | Adriaen Roothaes | |||||
| 11 | data-sort-value="Goens, Rijckloff van" | Rijckloff van Goens | |||||
| 12 | data-sort-value="Goens Jr., Ryklof van" | Ryklof van Goens de jonge | |||||
| 13 | data-sort-value="Pyl, Laurens van" | Laurens van Pyl | |||||
| 14 | data-sort-value="Rhee, Thomas van" | Thomas van Rhee | |||||
| 15 | data-sort-value="Roo, Paulus de" | Paulus de Roo | |||||
| 16 | data-sort-value="Rhee, Thomas van" | Thomas van Rhee | |||||
| 17 | data-sort-value="Heere, Gerrit de" | Gerrit de Heere | |||||
| 18 | data-sort-value="Simonsz, Cornelis Jan" | Cornelis Jan Simonsz | |||||
| 19 | data-sort-value="Becker, Hendrik" | Hendrik Becker | |||||
| 20 | data-sort-value="Rumpf, Isaak Augustijn" | Isaak Augustijn Rumpf | |||||
| 21 | data-sort-value="Moll, Arnold" | Arnold Moll | |||||
| 22 | data-sort-value="Hertenberg, Johannes" | Johannes Hertenberg | |||||
| 23 | data-sort-value="Schaghen, Joan Paul" | Joan Paul Schaghen | |||||
| 24 | data-sort-value="Vuyst, Petrus" | Petrus Vuyst | |||||
| 25 | data-sort-value="Versluys, Stephanus" | Stephanus Versluys | |||||
| 26 | data-sort-value="Woutersz, Gualterus" | Gualterus Woutersz | |||||
| 27 | data-sort-value="Pielat, Jacob Christiaan" | Jacob Christiaan Pielat | |||||
| 28 | data-sort-value="Domburg, Dierderik van" | Diederik van Domburg | |||||
| 29 | data-sort-value="Macaré, Jan" | Jan Macaré | |||||
| 30 | data-sort-value="Imhoff, Gustaaf Willem van" | Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff | |||||
| 31 | data-sort-value="Bruyninck, Willem Maurits" | Willem Maurits Bruyninck | |||||
| 32 | data-sort-value="Overbeek, Daniel" | Daniel Overbeek | |||||
| 33 | data-sort-value="Gollenesse, Julius Valentyn Stein van" | Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse | |||||
| 34 | data-sort-value="Vreeland, Gerard Joan" | Gerard Joan Vreeland | |||||
| 35 | data-sort-value="Jong, Jacob de" | Jacob de Jong | |||||
| 36 | data-sort-value="Loten, Joan Gideon" | Joan Gideon Loten | |||||
| 37 | data-sort-value="Schreuder, Jan" | Jan Schreuder | |||||
| 38 | data-sort-value="Eck, Lubbert Jan baron van" | Lubbert Jan baron van Eck | |||||
| 39 | data-sort-value="Mooyart, Anthony" | Anthony Mooyart | |||||
| 40 | data-sort-value="Falck, Iman Willem" | Iman Willem Falck | |||||
| 41 | data-sort-value="Graaf, Willem Jacob van de" | Willem Jacob van de Graaf | |||||
| 42 | data-sort-value="Angelbeek, Johan van" | Johan van Angelbeek | |||||