List of state leaders in 1520

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1520.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Lebna Dengel (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Sennar Sultanate – Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
• Wolof Empire – Bukaar Biye-Sungule, Emperor (1492–1527)

Americas

• Aztec Empire –
  1. Moctezuma II (1502–1520)
  2. Cuitláhuac (1520)
  3. Cuauhtémoc (1520–1521)
• Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Burhan Shah I, Sultan of Ahmadnagar (1510–1553)
• Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung(1497–1539)
• Bengal Sultanate – Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
• Bijapur Sultanate – Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521)
• Kingdom of Cochin – Unniraman Koyikal II (1503–1537)
• Delhi Sultanate - Ibrahim Lodi (1517–1526)
• Golconda Sultanate – Quli Qutb Mulk (1518–1543)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshitane (1508–1521)
• Khanate of Khiva – Ilbars I (1515–1525)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Persia (Safavid Empire) - Ismail I (1501–1525)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)
• Sunda Kingdom – Sri Baduga Maharaja (1482–1521)
• Tibet - Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1499-1554)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Krishnadevaraya (1509–1529)
• Yemen – Amar ben Da'ud (1517–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Charles I (1516–1556)
• Astrakhan Khanate – Qasim II (1504–1534)
• Kingdom of Castile – Joanna (1504–1555), and Charles I, co-regents (1516–1556)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Christian II (1513–1523)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
  • Duchy of Bourbon – Charles III and Suzanne (1505–1521)
  • Duchy of Brittany – Francis I of France and Claude (1514–1524)
  • County of Flanders – Charles III (1506–1555)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
  • Duchy of Bavaria – William IV and Louis X (1508–1545)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Louis (1516–1526)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim I (1499–1535)
  • Duchy of Cleves – John II (1481–1521)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Hermann of Wied (1515–1546)
  • Republic of Florence – Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, de facto ruler (1519–1523)
  • Duchy of Guelders – Charles II (1492–1538)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse – Philip I (1509–1567)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
  • Duchy of Jülich-Berg – John (1511–1539)
  • Duchy of Lorraine – Antoine (1508–1544)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Albert of Brandenburg (1514–1545)
  • Margravate of Mantua – Federico II Gonzaga (1519–1540)
  • Duchy of Milan, Francis I of France (1515–1521)
  • Duchy of Modena – Alfonso I d'Este (1505–1534)
  • March of Montferrat – Boniface IV (1518–1530)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate – Louis V (1508–1544)
  • Marquisate of Saluzzo – Michele Antonio del Vasto (1504–1528)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
  • Duchy of Saxony – George (1500–1539)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Frederick III (1486–1525)
  • Electorate of Trier – Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads (1511–1531)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Louis II (1516–1526)
• Khanate of Kazan – Shahghali (1518–1521)
• Moldavia – Stefan IV, Voivode of Moldavia (1517–1527)
• Knights of Rhodes – Fabrizio del Carretto, Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1513–1521)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasili III (1505–1533)
• Kingdom of Naples – Charles IV (1516–1554)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Henri II d'Albret (1517–1555)
• Kingdom of Norway – Christian II (1513–1523)
• Ottoman Empire
  1. Selim I (1512–1520)
  2. Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
  • Crimean Khanate – Mehmed I Giray (1515–1523)
  • Principality of Moldavia – Stephen IV (1517–1527)
  • Principality of Wallachia – Neagoe Basarab (1512–1521)
• Papal States – Pope Leo X (1513–1521)
  • Duchy of Ferrara – Alfonso I d'Este (1505–1534)
  • Duchy of Urbino – Francesco Maria I della Rovere (1508–1534)
• Poland – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Manuel I (1495–1521)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Charles II (1516–1554)
• Kingdom of Sweden –
  1. Sten Sture the Younger, Regent of Sweden (1512–1520)
  2. Christian II, King of Sweden (1520–1521)
• Teutonic Order – Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1510–1525)
  • Livonian Order – Wolter von Plettenberg, Master of the Livonian Order (1494–1535)
• Republic of Venice – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501–1521)