List of state leaders in 1480

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1480.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
  • Adal Sultanate – Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (1472–1488)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Axayacatl (1469–1481)
• Inca Empire – Tupac (1471–1493)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zaque Michuá (1470-1490)
  • zipa Saguamanchica (1470-1490)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Borommatrailokkanat (1448–1488)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
• Sultanate of Cirebon - Sunan Gunungjati (1479–1568)
• Delhi Sultanate – Bahlul Khan Lodi (1451–1489)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Burgundy – Mary, Duchess of Burgundy (1477–1482)
• Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Denmark and Norway – Christopher I, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
• Kingdom of England – Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Louis XI (1461–1483)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Duchy of Milan – Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1476–1494)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Khanate of Kazan – Ibrahim of Kazan (1479–1484)
• Kingdom of León – Isabella I of Castile (1474–1504)
• Principality of Moldavia – Stephen III the Great (1457–1504)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand I (1458–1494)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Francis Phoebus (1479–1483)
• Ottoman Empire – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Papal States – Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Afonso V (1438–1481)
  • Co-regent – Prince John (1477–1481)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James III (1460–1488)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent (1470–1497, 1501–1503)
• Principality of Tver – Mikhail III, Grand Prince of Tver (1461–1485)
• Republic of Venice – Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1478–1485)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – Catherine Cornaro (1474–1489)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)