List of state leaders in 1408

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1408.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit I (1382–1413)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Yongle Emperor (1402–1424)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Shō Shishō (1407–1421)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Hananchi (1401–1416)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Komatsu (1392–1412)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423)
• Joseon (Korea) – Taejong (1400–1418)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ououso (1403–1413)
• Siam
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom –
  1. Ramrachathirat (Uthong Dynasty) (1395–1408)
  2. Intharacha (Suphannaphum Dynasty) (1408–1424)
  • Sukhothai Kingdom – Maha Thammaracha III (1400–1419)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – Centurione II Zaccaria (1404–1430)
• Byzantine Empire – Manuel II Palaiologos (1391–1425)
• Kingdom of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of England – Henry IV (1399–1413)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VI (1380–1422)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasili I Dmitriyevich (1389–1425)
• Germany - (House of Wittelsbach) - Ruprecht, King of the Romans (1400–1410)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) - William II and Count of Holland and County of Hainaut (1404–1417)
  • Margraviate of Meissen (Wettin) - Wilhelm der Reiche (1381–1425) and Friedrich der Streitbare (1381–1428)
  • Landgraviate of Thuringia (Wettin) - Friedrich IV der Friedfertige (1406–1440)
• Kingdom of Poland – Władysław II Jagiełło (1386–1434)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John I (1385–1433)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James I (1406–1437)
• Principality of Theodoro – Alexios I (1402–1434)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Qara Osman (1403–1435)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Janus (1398–1432)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Nasir-ad-Din Faraj (1405–1412)
• Empire of Trebizond – Manuel III (1390–1416)