List of colonial governors in 1701

Oman

 * Mombasa – Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali of Mombasa (1698–1728)

Ottoman Empire

 * Principality of Abkhazia – Jigetshi (1700–1730)

Portugal

 * Angola –
 * Luís César de Meneses, Governor of Angola (1697–1701)
 * Bernardino de Tavora de Sousa Távares, Governor of Angola (1701–1702)
 * Macau – Diogo de Melo Sampaio, Governor of Macau (1700–1702)

New England colonies

 * Province of New Hampshire—Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont (1697-1701/2)
 * Connecticut Colony—Fitz-John Winthrop (1698-1707)
 * Colony of Rhode Island Chartered—Samuel Cranston (1698-1727)

Middle Colonies

 * Province of New York—John Nanfan (1701-1702)
 * Province of New Jersey—Andrew Hamilton (1699-1702)
 * East Jersey—Andrew Hamilton (1699-1702)
 * West Jersey—Andrew Hamilton (1699-1702)
 * Province of Pennsylvania—Andrew Hamilton (1701-1703)

Southern Colonies

 * Colony of Virginia—George Hamilton,1st Earl of Orkney (1698-1737)
 * Province of Maryland—Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston (1699-1702)
 * Province of Carolina— James Moore Sr (1700-1703)

British West Indies

 * Leeward Islands—Christopher Codrington,the Younger (1699-1704)
 * Jamaica—Sir William Beeston (1693-1702)

South Asia

 * Bengal Presidency
 * Sir Charles Eyre (1699-1701)
 * John Beard (1701-1705)
 * Bombay Presidency— John Gayer (1694-1704)

Canada

 * New France—Louis-Hector de Calliére (1698-1703)