List of state leaders in 1438

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1438.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

The Americas

• Inca Empire – Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438–1471)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengtong Emperor (1435–1449)
• Gajapati Kingdom – Kapilendra Deva (1434–1467)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshinori (1429–1441)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sejong the Great (1418–1450)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Hashi (1429–1439)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso V (1416–1458)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Byzantine Empire – John VIII Palaiologos (1425–1448)
• Crown of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Albert II of Habsburg (1437–1439)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Sigismund I Kestutian, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1432–1440)
• Kingdom of Naples – René I (1435–1442)
• Khanate of Kazan – Ulugh Muhammad (1438–1446)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Blanche I (1425–1441)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421–1451)
• Kingdom of Poland – Władysław III of Poland (1434–1444)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  1. Edward (1433–1438)
  2. Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James ll (1437–1460)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1435–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – John II (1432–1458)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. Yusuf (1437–1438)
  2. Jaqmaq (1438–1453)