List of state leaders in 1487

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1487.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
  • Adal Sultanate – Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (1472–1488)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
• Inca Empire – Tupac (1471–1493)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) -
  1. Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
  2. Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
• Kingdom of Mrauk U – Min Dawlya (1482–1492)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

(1482–1594)

• Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Denmark and Norway – John I (1481–1513)
• Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France
  • Monarch – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
  • Regents - Anne de Beaujeu and Peter II, Duke of Bourbon
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Lordship of Ireland – Henry VII of England (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of León - Isabella I, Queen of León (1474–1504)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1481–1495)
• 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)
• Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – Catherine Cornaro (1474–1489)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)