List of colonial governors in 1808

See also:

Ottoman Empire

Angola - António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor of Angola (1807-1810)
Macau -
1. Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria, Governor of Macau (1806-1808)
2. Lucas Jose de Alvarenga, Governor of Macau (1808-1810)

Viceroyalty of New Granada - Antonio José Amar y Borbón Arguedas, Viceroy of New Granada (1803–1810)
Viceroyalty of New Spain -
1. José Joaquín Vicente de Iturrigaray y Aróstegui, Viceroy of New Spain (1803–1808)
2. Pedro de Garibay, Viceroy of New Spain (1808–1809)
- Captaincy General of Cuba - Salvador de Muro y Salazar, marqués de Someruelos, Governor of Cuba (1799–1812)
- Spanish East Indies - Mariano Fernández de Folgueras, Governor-General of the Philippines (1806–1810)
- Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas - Nemesio Salcedo y Salcedo (1802–1813)
Viceroyalty of Peru - José Fernando Abascal y Sousa, marqués de la Concordia, Viceroy of Peru (1806–1816)
- Captaincy General of Chile -
  1. Luis Muñoz de Guzmán, Governor and Captain-General of Chile (1802–1808)
  2. Juan Rodríguez Ballesteros, Governor and Captain-General of Chile (1808)
  3. Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz, Governor and Captain-General of Chile (1808–1810)
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata - Santiago de Liniers, Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1807–1809)

Cayman Islands - William Bodden, Chief Magistrate of the Cayman Islands (1776-1823)
New South Wales -
1. William Bligh, de jure Governor of New South Wales (1806-1808), imprisoned after the Rum Rebellion
2. John Macarthur and officers of the New South Wales Corps de facto rulers of the colony