List of state leaders in 1460

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1460.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
• Benin Empire – Ewuare the Great, King of the Benin Empire, (1440–1473)
• Bornu Empire –
  1. Omar II, King of the Bornu Empire (1459–1460)
  2. Muhammad IV, King of the Bornu Empire (1460–1465)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)
• Jolof Empire - N'Dyelen Mbey Leeyti, Buur-ba Jolof ("Emperor") of Jolof Empire (1450–1465)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Nkuwu a Ntinu (1450–1470)
• Mali Empire – Uli II (1460–1481)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Matope Nyanhehwe Nebedza (1450–1480)
• Kingdom of Rwanda - Yuhi wa II Gahima II (1444–1477)
• Songhai Empire – Sunni Silman Dandi (1440–1464)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)
• Chimor – Minchancaman, King of Chimor, (c.1440–1470)
• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zaque Hunzahúa (~1450-1470)
  • zipa Meicuchuca (~1450-1470)

Asia

• Ahom kingdom- Susenphaa (1439-1488)
• Ayutthaya – Borommatrailokkanat (1448–88)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengtong Emperor (1457–64)
• Delhi Sultanate – Bahlul Khan Lodi (1451–89)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–64)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–73)
• Korea (Joseon dynasty) – Sejo (1455–68)
• Malacca – Mansur Shah of Malacca (1459–77)
• Northern Yuan dynasty Mongolia - Markörgis Khan (1455–65)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Taikyū (1454–1460)
• Transoxiana - Abu Sa'id Mirza, Timurid dynasty ruler of Transoxiana (1451–1469)
• Đại Việt -
  1. Nghi Dân, usurper Emperor (1459–60)
  2. Lê Thánh Tông, Emperor (1460–97)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Mallikarjuna Raya (1446–65)

Europe

• Andorra
  • Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Co-Prince of Andorra (with the Bishops of Urgell), (1436–1472)
  • Arnau Roger de Pallars, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (with Gaston IV, Count of Foix), (1437–1461)
• Kingdom of Aragon – John II (1458–1479)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – George of Poděbrady (1458–1471)
• Kingdom of Bosnia – Stephen Thomas, r. 1443–1461
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Crown of Castile – Henry IV of Castile (1454–1474)
• Crimean Khanate - Hacı I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1449–1466)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christian I, King of Denmark (1448–1481) and King of Norway (1450–1481)
• Kingdom of England - Henry VI of England (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Kingdom of France - Charles VII of France (1422–1461)
• Kingdom of Georgia – George VIII of Georgia (1446–1465)
• Granada - Said, Sultan of Granada, (1454–1462 and 1462–1464)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1452–1493)
  • Republic of Florence – Cosimo de' Medici, Gonfaloniere of Justice and de facto ruler of the Republic of Florence (1434–1464)
  • Duchy of Milan – Francesco I Sforza (1450–1466)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Khanate of Kazan – Mäxmüd of Kazan (1445–1466)
• Principality of Moldavia – Stephen the Great (1457–1504)
• Monaco – Lamberto, Lord of Monaco (1458–1494)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasily II (1425–1462)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand I (1458–1494)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Charles IV (De Jure) (1441–1461)
• Ottoman Empire – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Papal States – Pope Pius II (1458–1464)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Kingdom of Scotland –
  1. James II (1437–1460)
  2. James III (1460–1488)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Christian I of Denmark, King of Sweden (1457–1464)
• Republic of Venice – Pasquale Malipiero Doge of Venice (1457–1462)
• Wallachia – Vlad III, the Impaler Prince of Wallachia (1456–1462)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1453–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Charlotte (1458–1464)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Inal (1453–1461)
• Ifriqiya - Uthman, Hafsid dynasty Caliph of Ifriqiya (1436–1488)
• Morocco – Abd al-Haqq II (1420–1465)

Oceania

• Hawaii – Kihanuilulumoku, Alii Nui of Hawaii (1435–1465)