List of colonial governors in 1738

Oman

 * Mombasa – Sa‘id al-Hadermi, Wali of Mombasa (1735–1739)

Portugal

 * Angola –
 * Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor of Angola (1733–1738)
 * Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738–1748)
 * Macau –
 * Cosme Damiao Pinto Pereira, Governor of Macau (1735–1738)
 * D. Diogo Pereira, Governor of Macau (1738–1743)