List of state leaders in 501

See also
List of state leaders in 500 Events of 501 List of state leaders in 502 State leaders by year List of sovereign states in 501

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 501.

America

Palenque
- B'utz Aj Sak Chiik, Ajaw of Palenque (487–501)
- Ahkal Mo' Naab' I, Ajaw of Palenque (501–524)

China (Southern and Northern Dynasties) -
- Southern Qi Dynasty -
  1. Xiao Baojuan, Emperor of Qi (499–501)
  2. Emperor He, Emperor of Qi (501–502)
- Northern Wei Dynasty - Emperor Xuanwu, Emperor of Northern Wei (499–515)
Japan (Kofun Era) - Emperor Buretsu, Emperor of Japan (c. 498-c. 507)
Korea (Three Kingdoms) -
- Baekje -
  1. Dongseong, King of Baekje (479–501)
  2. Muryeong, King of Baekje (501–523)
- Goguryeo - Munjamyeong, King of Goguryeo (491–519)
- Silla - Jijeung, King of Silla (500–514)

Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy - Aelle, Bretwalda (c. 477-c. 514)
- South Saxons - Aelle, King of the South Saxons (c. 477-c. 514)
- Kingdom of Kent - Oisc (488-c. 512)
Dál Riata – Fergus Mór, King of Dál Riata (500–501)
Gaul (Merovingian Dynasty) - Clovis I, King of the Franks (481–511)
Ireland - Lughaid mac Loeguire, High King of Ireland (479–503)
Italy (Ostrogothic kings) - Theodoric the Great (488–526)
Visigoths (Balti dynasty) - Alaric II, King of the Visigoths (484–507)