List of state leaders in 1487

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1487.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
  • Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Kingdom of Bamum - Monjou, Sultan of Bamum (1461–1498)
• Benin Empire – Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480–1504)
• Bornu Empire – Ali Gazi, Mai of Bornu (1465–1497)
• Buganda – Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474–1501)
• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
• Jolof Empire – Tase Daagulen (1481–1488)
• Sultanate of Kano – Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499)
• Kilwa Sultanate – al-Hassan ibn Suleiman (1486–1490)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Mali Empire – Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481–1496)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Nyahuma Mukombero, Mwenemutapa (1480–1490)
• Kingdom of Nungu - Gima, Nunbado (1470–1520)
• Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Anyamata (1465–1511)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (1482–1506)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)
• Warsangali Sultanate -
  1. Garaad Ciise (1479–1487)
  2. Garaad Omar (1487–1495)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
• 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) -
  1. Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
  2. Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
• Sultanate of Cirebon - Sunan Gunungjati (1479–1568)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
• Kingdom of Mrauk U – Min Dawlya (1482–1492)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Aragon - Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1479–1516)
• Burgundy -
  • Duke - Philip IV the Fair, Duke of Burgundy (1482–1506)
  • Regent - Maximilian I (1482–1594)(1482–1594)
• Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Denmark and Norway – John I (1481–1513)
• Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France
  • Monarch – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
  • Regents - Anne de Beaujeu and Peter II, Duke of Bourbon
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Lordship of Ireland – Henry VII of England (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of León - Isabella I, Queen of León (1474–1504)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1481–1495)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow - Ivan III the Great, Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James III (1460–1488)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470–1497), (1501–1503)
• Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

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