Look up governor, governer, governour, or gubernatorial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A governor is an official, usually acting as the executive of a non-sovereign level of government.

Governor may also refer to:

Leadership

• Governor (China), the head of government of a province
• Governor (Japan), the highest ranking executive of a prefecture
• Governor (Russia), the chief executive of a federal subject of Russia
• Governor (Turkey), the official responsible for government decisions in a province
• Governor (United States), the head of state and head of government of a US state
• Governor (Les Invalides, France), a French military office

Arts and entertainment

• The Governor (1939 film), a German film directed by Viktor Tourjansky
• The Governor (2009 film), a 2009 Turkish film
• The Governor (Nigerian TV series), a 2016 Nigerian "Nollywood" TV series
• The Governor (New Zealand TV series), a New Zealand television miniseries about Sir George Grey
• The Governor (British TV series), a British television series
• The Governor (The Walking Dead), a fictional character in The Walking Dead comic book series and television series
• "Governor", a song from the 1996 album 4am Friday by Avail

People

• Governor (singer), American recording artist Governor Washington Jr (born 1983)
• The Governor (wrestler), a ring name of American retired professional wrestler Shannon Spruill (born 1975)

Other uses

• Governor (device), a device that regulates the speed of a machine
• Governor (linguistics), a type of syntactic object that has the potential to govern another
• Smith & Wesson Governor, a snubnosed revolver that fires .45 Colt, 2.5" .410 bore ammo, and moon-clipped .45 ACP

See also

• Centrifugal governor, a type of governor that regulates fuel intake to an engine
• Governors State University, a public university in University Park, Illinois
• Jiedushi, military governors in 8th- to 11th-century imperial China
• School governor, a voluntary role in state schools of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Governor Island (disambiguation)
• The Guv'nor (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Governor.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.