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, Sultan (1445 - 1471)
*Ethiopia - Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (1434-1468)

Americas

*Aztec Empire - Moctezuma I, Aztec Emperor (1440-1469)
*Inca Empire - Pachacuti, Inca Emperor (1438-1471)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (1457 - 1464)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (1428-1464)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Shogun of Japan (1449-1473)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sejo, King of Joseon (1455-1468)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Toku, King of Ryūkyū (1461-1469)

Europe

*Aragon - John II, King of Aragon (1458-1479)
*Bohemia - George of Podebrady King of Bohemia (1458-1471)
*Burgundy - Philip III, the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
*Castile - Henry IV of Castile, King of Castile (1454-1474)
*Denmark and Norway - Christopher I of Denmark, King of Denmark (1448-1481), King of Norway (1450-1481)
* England - (House of York) - Edward IV, King of England (1461-1470 and 1471-1483)
*France (Valois Dynasty) - Louis XI, King of France (1461-1483)
*Hungary - Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary (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)
*Portugal - Afonso V of Portugal, King of Portugal (1438-1481)
*Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462-1505)
*Scotland - James III of Scotland, King of Scotland (1460-1488)
*Wallachia - Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia (1448, 1456-1462, 1476)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ak Koyunlu - Uzun Hassan, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen (1435-1478)
*Cyprus - Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1458-1464)
*Egypt - Khushqadam, Sultan of Egypt (1461-1467)
*Ottoman Empire - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (1451-1481)