List of state leaders in 1494

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1494.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Kingdom of Bamum – Monjou, Mfon of Bamum (1461–1498)
• Benin Empire – Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480–1504)
• Bornu Empire (Sayfawa dynasty) – Ali Gazi (1465–1497)
• Kingdom of the Buganda – Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474–1501)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  1. Eskender (1478–1494)
  2. Amda Seyon II (1494)
  3. Na'od (1494–1508)
• Empire of Great Fulo – Tenguella (1490–1512)
• Sultanate of Kano – Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499)
• Kilwa Sultanate – Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (1490–1495)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Nzinga a Nkuwu, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Mali Empire – Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481–1496)
• Kingdom of Mutapa –
  1. Changamire, Mwenemutapa (1490–1494)
  2. Chikuyo Chisamarengu (1494–c.1530)
• Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Anyamata (1465–1611)
• Kingdom of Nungu – Gima, Nunbado (1470–1520)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (1482–1506)
• Shilluk Kingdom – Nyikaangø (1490–1517)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I (1493–1528)
• Warsangali Sultanate – Garaad Omar (1487–1495)
• Wolof Empire – Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
• Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zipa - Nemequene (1490–1514)
  • zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Ahmad Shah I, Nizam of Ahmadnagar (1490–1509)
• Ava Kingdom (Burma) - Minkhaung II (1481–1502)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) - Ramathibodi II (1491–1529)
• Bahmani Sultanate – Muhammad Shah IV (1482–1518)
• Bengal Sultanate – Alauddin Husain Shah (1494–1518)
• Berar Sultanate – Fath-Allah 'Imad ul-Mulk (1490–1504)
• Bidar Sultanate – Qasim Shah I (1492–1504)
• Bijapur Sultanate – Yusuf Adil Shah (1490–1510)
• Cambodia - Sri Sukonthor, King of Cambodia (1486–1512)
• Kingdom of Kotte – Parakramabahu VIII (1484–1508)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
  • Delhi Sultanate – Sikandar Lodi (1489–1517)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1494–1508)
• Joseon (Korea) –
  1. Seongjong (1469–1494)
  2. Yeonsangun (1494–1506)
• Kingdom of Mrauk U –
  1. Ba Saw Nyo (1492–1494)
  2. Min Ran Aung (1494)
  3. Salingathu (1494–1501)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• England, Wales and Ireland - Henry VII, King of England (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
• Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
  • Duchy of Burgundy – Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ulászló II (1490–1516)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Alexander Jagiellon (1492–1506)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Poland – John I Olbracht (1492–1501)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1477–1495)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James IV (1488–1513)
• 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

• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)