Asia
- Khanate of Khiva - Abdullah Khan II (1577–1598)
- China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli Emperor of China (1573–1620)
- Đại Việt - Lê Thế Tông (1573–1599)
- Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570–1623)
- Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
- Japan (Azuchi–Momoyama period)
- Monarch - Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
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- Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598)
- Khanate of Khiva - Haji Muhammad I (1558–1602)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo (1567–1608)
- Mughal Empire - Akbar (1556–1605)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Ei (1573–1586)
- Philippines (Las islas Filipinas)
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- Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain (1580-1583)
- Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa, Governor General and Captain General of the Philippines (1580-1583)
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