- Alabama: Robert Burns Lindsay (1824-1902), Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- Arizona: Raul H. Castro (1916- ), Cananea, Mexico
- California: John Downey (1827-1894), Ireland; Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947- ), Thal bei Graz, Austria
- Georgia: John (Hans) Adam Treutlen (1734-1782), Kürnbach, Baden-Württemberg; also governors from England and Scotland in the late 1700s and early 1800s
- Illinois: John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902), Niederselters, Westerwald, Duchy of Nassau
- Nevada: Frank Bell (1840-1927), Toronto, Canada; John E. Jones (1840-1896), Montgomeryshire, Wales; Reinhold Sadler (1896-1902) - Prussia (Germany)
- Michigan: Jennifer Granholm (1959- ), British Columbia, Canada
- Minnesota: Knute Nelson (1843-1923), Norway
- Montana: Frank H. Cooney (1872-1935), Ontario, Canada; John Hugo Aronson (1891- , "The Galloping Swede"), Gallstad, Sweden; Stan Stephens (1929- ), Alberta, Canada
- North Dakota: Roger Allin (1848-1936), Devonshire, England
- Pennsylvania: John Kinley Tener (1875-1915), County Tyrone, Ireland
- Utah: John Christopher Cutler (1846-1928), Sheffield, England; William Spry (1864-1929), Windsor, Berkshire, England; Simon Bamberger (1846-1926), Eberstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
- Washington (Territory): Edward Selig Salomon (1836-1913), Schleswig-Holstein (now part of Germany)
- Wisconsin: Edward P. Salomon (1828-1909), Halberstadt, Prussia
Foreign-Born U.S. State Governors
U.S. governors not born in the U.S.
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