List of colonial governors in 1940
List of colonial governors in 1939 · Events of 1940 · List of colonial governors in 1941 · Colonial governors by year
France
- French Somaliland -
- Hubert Jules Deschamps, Governor of French Somaliland (1938-1940)
- Gaëtan Louis Elie Germain, Governor of French Somaliland (1940)
- Pierre Marie Elie Louis Nouailhetas, Governor of French Somaliland (1940-1942)
- Guinea -
- Louis-Placide Blacher, Governor of Guinea (1939-1940)
- Antoine Félix Giacobbi, Governor of Guinea (1940-1942)
Japan
Portugal
- Angola - Manoel da Cunha e Costa Marquês Mano, High Commissioner of Angola (1939-1941)
United Kingdom
- Aden
- Governor -
- Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly, Governor of Aden (1937-1940)
- John Hathorn Hall, Governor of Aden (1940-1945)
- Northern Rhodesia - Sir John Alexander Maybin, Governor of Northern Rhodesia (1938-1941)