List of state leaders in 1444

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1444.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din, Sultan (died 1445)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

The Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)
• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengtong Emperor (1435–1449)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga shogunate) - vacant
• Joseon (Korea) – Sejong the Great (1418–1450)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shitatsu (1443–1449)

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 Denmark – Christopher of Bavaria (1440–1448)
• 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 Poland – Władysław III of Varna (1434–1444)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421–1451)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Christopher of Bavaria (1441–1448)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James II (1437–1460)

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 – Jaqmaq (1438–1453)