
This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of French Indochina, an area equivalent to modern-day Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Paul Bert was a French zoologist, physiologist and politician. He is sometimes given the sobriquet "Father of Aviation Medicine".

Joseph-Jules Brévié was a French colonial administrator who became governor-general of French West Africa from 1930 to 1936, and then governor-general of French Indochina from 1937 to 1939. He promoted liberal and humanistic policies, and thought it important to have deep understanding of the local people and respect for their civilization. He saw the role of the administration as being the economic and human development of the people. During World War II (1939–45) he was Minister of Overseas France and the Colonies from April 1942 to March 1943. As a result of his participation in the Vichy government he was deprived of his rank and pension after the war.

Georges Albert Julien Catroux was a French Army general and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II, and served as Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur from 1954 to 1969.

Jean Antoine Ernest Constans was a French politician and colonial administrator.

Philippe Marie Henri Roussel, count of Courcy was a French divisional general.

Jean Decoux was a French navy Admiral, who was the Governor-General of French Indochina from July 1940 to 9 March 1945, representing the Vichy French government.

Joseph Athanase Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer, was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination on 7 May 1932.

Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan was a French statesman and naturalist.

Martial Henri Merlin was a French colonial administrator of the 19th and 20th centuries. He served as the governor-general of Guadeloupe (1901–1903), French West Africa (1907–1908), French Equatorial Africa (1908–1917), French Madagascar (1917–1918), and French Indochina (1923–1925).

Maurice Antoine François Monguillot was a French colonial administrator in French Indochina and soldier. He served as the acting governor-general of French Indochina three times; from May 1919 to February 1920, April 1925 to November 1925 and November 1927 to August 1928.

François Pierre Rodier was Governor General for various colonies in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic. He was born in Vieille-Brioude of Haute Loire département, France.

Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.

Yuitsu Tsuchihashi was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

Joost van Vollenhoven was a Dutch-born French soldier and colonial administrator. Van Vollenhoven died in the Second Battle of the Marne.