List of state leaders in 1471

See also
List of state leaders in 1470 Events of 1471 List of state leaders in 1472 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1471.

Africa

Ethiopian Empire – Baeda Maryam I (1468–1478)
- Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

China (Ming dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
Japan (Muromachi period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō En (1470–1476)

Kingdom of Aragon – John II (1458–1479)
Duchy of Burgundy – Charles I (1467–1477)
Crown of Castile – Henry IV (1454–1474)
Denmark and Norway – Christopher I, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
Kingdom of England – Edward IV (1461–1483)
Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Louis XI (1461–1483)
Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
- Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462–1505)
Kingdom of Scotland – James III (1460–1488)
Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470–1497, 1501–1503)