List of state leaders in 1527

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1527.

Africa

• Kingdom of Baguirmi – Birni Besse (1522–1536)
• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Sennar Sultanate – Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)

Americas

• Inca Empire –
  1. Huayna Capac (1493–1527)
  2. Huáscar (1527–1532)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zipa - Tisquesusa (1514–1537)
  • zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Burhan Shah I (1510–1553)
• Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung(1497–1539)
• Ava Kingdom –
  1. Shwenankyawshin (1501–1527)
  2. Thohanbwa (1527–1543)
• Bengal Sultanate – Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
• Berar Sultanate – Aladdin Imad Shah (1504–1529)
• Bijapur Sultanate – Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Kahar (1524–1530)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
• Kingdom of Cochin – Unniraman Koyikal II (1503–1537)
• Hanthawaddy Kingdom – Takayutpi (1526–1539)
• Kingdom of Imereti – Bagrat III (1510–1565)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
• Keng Tung – Hpaya Kiao, King of Keng Tung (1523–1560)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Sultanate of Maguindanao – Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
• Mrauk U Kingdom – Thatasa (1525–1531)
• Persia (Safavid Empire) - Tahmasp I (1525–1576)
• Prome Kingdom –
  1. Thado Minsaw (1482–1527)
  2. Bayin Htwe (1527–1533)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Sei (1527–1555)
• Khanate of Sibir – Kuluk (1502–1530)
• Taungoo – Mingyi Nyo (1510–1530)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Frederick I (1523–1533)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
  • Duchy of Bavaria – William IV (1508–1550)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
  • Duchy of Milan – Francesco II Sforza (1525–1535)
• Duchy of Naxos – John IV Crispo (1517–1564)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
• Papal States – Pope Clement VII (1523–1534)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III (1521–1557)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
• Republic of Venice – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)

Greater Russia

• Astrakhan Khanate – Qasim II (1504–1532)
• Crimean Khanate – Saadet I Giray (1524–1532)
• Khanate of Kazan – Safa Giray (1525–1532)
• Muscovy – Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1505–1533)
• Qasim Khanate – Canghali (1519–1531)