List of state leaders in 1457

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1457.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)
• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zaque Hunzahúa (~1450-1470)
  • zipa Meicuchuca (~1450-1470)

Asia

• Ahom kingdom –
• China (Ming dynasty) -
  1. Jingtai Emperor (1449–1457)
  2. Zhengtong Emperor (1457–1464)
• Delhi Sultanate –
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sejo (1455–1468)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Taikyū (1454–1460)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso V (1416–1458)
• Duchy of the Archipelago – William II Crispo (1453–1463)
• Duchy of Brittany
  1. Peter II (1450–1457)
  2. Arthur III (1457–1458)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Crown of Castile – Henry IV of Castile (1454–1474)
• Denmark and Norway – Christian I, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
• Kingdom of England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Republic of Genoa – Paolo di Campofregoso, Doge of Genoa (1450–1458)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1452–1493)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Baden - Charles I (1454–1475)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia
  1. Ladislaus I (1444–1457)
  2. George of Poděbrady (1458–1471)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse - Louis I (1413–1458)
• Kingdom of Hungary
  1. Ladislaus V (1444–1457)
  2. Matthias Corvinus (1457–1490)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Duchy of Milan – Francesco I Sforza (1450–1466)
• Monaco
  1. Catalano Grimaldi (1454–1457)
  2. Claudine, Lady of Monaco (1457–1458)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Charles, Prince of Viana (1441–1461)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Papal States – Pope Callixtus III (1455–1458)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Duchy of Savoy – Louis (1440–1465)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James II (1430–1460)
• Republic of Venice
  1. Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)
  2. Pasquale Malipiero, Doge of Venice (1457–1462)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow, Vasily II of Moscow (1425–1462)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1435–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – John II (1432–1458)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Inal (1453–1461)