Here is a list of RBI governors till date. These questions are often asked in banking awareness.
| S.No | RBI governors till date |
| 1 | Sir Osborne Smith was governors of RBI till 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937 |
| 2 | Sir James Braid Taylor was governors of RBI till 1 July 1937 to 17 February 1943 |
| 3 | Sir C. D. Deshmukh was governors of RBI till 11 August 1943 to 30 June 1949 |
| 4 | Sir Benegal Rama Rau was governors of RBI till 1 July 1949 to 14 January 1957 |
| 5 | K. G. Ambegaonkar was governors of RBI till 14 January 1957 to 28 February 1957 |
| 6 | H. V. R. Iyengar was governors of RBI till 1 March 1957 to 28 February 1962 |
| 7 | P. C. Bhattacharya was governors of RBI till 1 March 1962 to 30 June 1967 |
| 8 | L. K. Jha was governors of RBI till 1 July 1967 to 3 May 1970 |
| 9 | B. N. Adarkar was governors of RBI till 4 May 1970 to 15 June 1970 |
| 10 | S. Jagannathan was governors of RBI till 16 June 1970 to 19 May 1975 |
| 11 | N. C. Sen Gupta was governors of RBI till 19 May 1975 to 19 August 1975 |
| 12 | K. R. Puri was governors of RBI till 20 August 1975 to 2 May 1977 |
| 13 | M. Narasimham was governors of RBI till 2 May 1977 to 30 November 1977 |
| 14 | Dr. I. G. Patel was governors of RBI till 1 December 1977 to 15 September 1982 |
| 15 | Dr. Manmohan Singh was governors of RBI till 16 September 1982 to 14 January 1985 |
| 16 | A. Ghosh was governors of RBI till 15 January 1985 to 4 February 1985 |
| 17 | R. N. Malhotra was governors of RBI till 4 February 1985 to 22 December 1990 |
| 18 | S. Venkitaramanan was governors of RBI till 22 December 1990 to 21 December 1992 |
| 19 | Dr. C. Rangarajan was governors of RBI till 22 December 1992 to 21 November 1997 |
| 20 | Dr. Bimal Jalan was governors of RBI till 22 November 1997 to 6 September 2003 |
| 21 | Dr. Y. Venugopal Reddy was governors of RBI till 6 September 2003 to 5 September 2008 |
| 22 | Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao was governors of RBI till 5 September 2008 to 4 September 2013 |
| 23 | Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan was governors of RBI till 4 September to 3rd September |
| 24 | Currently Governor of RBI Urjit Patel from 4th September to |