List of state leaders in 1537

See also
List of state leaders in 1536 Events of 1537 List of state leaders in 1538 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1537

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1537.

Africa

Kingdom of Baguirmi – Lubatko (1536–1548)
Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
Kaabu – Sama Koli, ruler of Kaabu (1537- ?)
Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
Sennar Sultanate – Nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1)
Songhai Empire –
1. Askia Mohammad Benkan, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1531–1537)
2. Askia Isma'il, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1537–1539)

Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung(1497–1539)
Bengal Sultanate – Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (1533–1538)
China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
Jaffna Kingdom – Cankili I (1519–1561)
Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
Sultanate of Maguindanao – Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Sei (1527–1555)
Sultanate of Sulu – Muizzul-Mutawadi-in (1527–1548)
Tibet (Phagmodrupa Dynasty) – Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1499–1564)
Vijayanagara Empire – Achyuta Deva Raya (1529–1542)

Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Christian III (1534–1559)
Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
Kingdom of Hungary –
- House of Habsburg - Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
- Zápolya - John Zápolya (1526–1540)
Polish–Lithuanian union – Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (1506–1548)
Duchy of Mantua – Federico II (1500–1540)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
Papal States – Pope Paul III (1534–1549)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III (1521–1557)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
Kingdom of Spain – Charles I (1516–1556)
Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
Republic of Venice – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)