Asia
- Aceh Sultanate - Ali Mughayat Syahn (c. 1514-1530)
- Ava Kingdom - Shwenankyawshin (1501–1527)
- Bhaktapur - Prana Malla, King of Bhaktapur (1519–1547)
- Brunei - Bolkiah, Sultan (1485–1524)
- Cambodia (Kingdom of Charktomok) - Chey Chettha Thirach, ruled 1512-1525
- Cebu - Rajah Humabon
- China (Ming Dynasty) -
- Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521)
- Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
- Cochin - Unniraman Koyikal II, King of Cochin (1503-1537)
- Golconda (Qutb Shahi dynasty) - Quli Qutb Mulk, Sultan of Golconda (1518-1543)
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom - Binnya Ran II (1492–1526)
- Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
- Shogun (Ashikaga) -
- Ashikaga Yoshitane (1508–1521)
- Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
- Kantipur - Surya Malla, King of Kantipur (1520–1530)
- Kedah Sultanate - Sultan Mahmud Shah II (1506–1546)
- Sultanate of Kelantan - Paduka Sri Sultan Mansur Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Iskandar Shah (1467–1522)
- Khanate of Khiva - Ilbars I (1515–1525)
- Koch Kingdom - Biswa Singha of Kamata, King of Koch (1515-1540)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong (1506–1544)
- Limasawa - Rajah Colambu
- Maldives - Sultan Kalu Mohamed (1513–1529)
- Mrauk-U - Min Raza, ruled (1501–1523)
- Mughalistan - Sultan Said Khan, Khan of Mughalistan (1514–1533)
- Sultanate of Maguindanao - Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin (1477–1526)
- Pattani Kingdom - Sultan Ismail Shah (bef. 1516-c. 1530)
- Prome Kingdom - Thadow Minsaw (1482–1527)
- Sibir Khanate - Kuluk (1502–1530)
- Sultanate of Sulu - Amir ul-Umara (1505–1527)
- Sunda Kingdom -
- Sri Baduga Maharaja (1482–1521)
- Prabu Surawisesa Jayaperkosa (1521–1535)
- Sultanate of Ternate - Bayanullah (1500–1522)
- Kingdom of Tondo and Kingdom of Namayan - Rajah Sulaiman I, Rajah (1515–1558)
- Tibet - Ngawang Tashi Drakpa, King of Tiber (1499–1564)
- Toungoo - Mingyinyo, King (1510–1531)
- Uyghurstan - Mansur Khan (1503–1543)
- Vietnam - Lê Chiêu Tông, King of Vietnam (1516–1524)
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