List of colonial governors in 1720

Great Britain

 * Bahamas - Woodes Rogers

Oman

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

Portugal

 * Angola – Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor of Angola (1717–1722)
 * Macau – Antonio da Silva Telo e Meneses, Governor of Macau (1719–1722)