List of state leaders in 1401

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1401.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit I (1382–1413)
• Sultanate of Fumban, Nchare Yen (1394–1418)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Jianwen Emperor (1398–1402)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Tennō - Emperor Go-Komatsu (1392–1412)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423)
• Korea (Joseon dynasty) - Taejong (1400–1418)
• Ryukyu Islands
  • Kingdom of Chūzan - Bunei (1395–1407)
  • Kingdom of Hokuzan – Hananchi (1401–1416)
  • Kingdom of Nanzan – Oueishi (1388–1402)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – Peter of Saint Superan (1396–1402)
• Byzantine Empire – Manuel II Palaiologos (1391–1425)
• Kingdom of Castile – Henry III (1390–1406)
• Kingdom of England – Henry IV (1399–1413)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VI (1380–1422)
• Holy Roman Empire – (House of Wittelsbach) - Ruprecht, King of the Romans (1400–1410)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) - Albert and count of Holland and County of Hainaut (1347–1404)
  • Margraviate of Meissen (Wettin) - William der Einäugige (1349–1407), Wilhelm der Reiche (1381–1425), Georg (1381–1402) and Friedrich der Streitbare (1381–1428)
  • Landgraviate of Thuringia (Wettin) - Balthasar (1349–1406)
• Kingdom of Poland – Władysław II Jagiełło (1386–1434)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John I (1385–1433)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Robert III (1390–1406)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Qara Osman (1378–1435)
• Central Asia (Timurid dynasty) - Timur (1370–1405)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Janus (1398–1432)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Nasir-ad-Din Faraj (1399–1405, 1405–1409)
• Golden Horde – Tokhtamysh (1382–1406)
• Ottoman Empire – Bayezid I (1389–1402)