List of state leaders in 1462

1461 state leaders - Events of 1462 - 1463 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
• Empire of Ethiopia - Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

Americas

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

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengtong Emperor (1457–1464)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sejo (1455–1468)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Toku (1461–1469)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - John II (1458–1479)
• Kingdom of Bohemia - George of Podebrady (1458–1471)
• Duchy of Burgundy - Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Crown of Castile - Henry IV of Castile (1454–1474)
• Denmark and Norway - Christopher I of Denmark, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
• Kingdom of England - (House of York) - Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
• Kingdom of France (Valois Dynasty) - Louis XI (1461–1483)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Lithuania and Poland - Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Moldavia - Stephen the Great (1457–1504)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Mehmet II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Afonso V of Portugal (1438–1481)
• Rus' - Ivan III, the Great (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James III of Scotland (1460–1488)
• Principality of Wallachia - Vlad III the Impaler (1448, 1456–1462, 1476)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) - Uzun Hassan (1435–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus - Charlotte (1458–1464)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt - Khushqadam (1461–1467)