List of state leaders in 501 BC

502 BC state leaders — Events of 501 BC — 500 BC state leaders — State leaders by year-----

Africa

*Carthage — Hamilcar I, King of Carthage (c.510 BC–c.480 BC)
*Cyrene — Battus IV, King of Cyrene (c.515 BC–c.470 BC)
*Egypt (Twenty-Seventh Dynasty) — Darius I, Pharaoh of Egypt (521 BC–486 BC)
*Kush — Amaniastabarqa, King of Kush (c.510 BC–c.487 BC)

Asia

*China (Spring and Autumn Period)
**Eastern Zhou Dynasty — King Jing of Zhou (519 BC–475 BC)
**Cai — Marquess Zhao of Cai (518 BC–490 BC)
**Cao — Boyang of Cao (501 BC–487 BC)
**Chen — Duke Min of Chen (501 BC–479 BC)
**Chu — King Zhao of Chu (515 BC–488 BC)
**Jin — Duke Ding of Jin (511 BC–474 BC)
**Lu — Duke Ding of Lu (509 BC–494 BC)
**Qi — Duke Jing of Qi (547 BC–489 BC)
**Qin
**Song — Duke Jing of Song (516 BC–450 BC)
**Wei (I) — Duke Ling of Wei (534 BC–492 BC)
**Wu — King Helu of Wu (514 BC–495 BC)
**Yan — Duke Jian of Yan (504 BC–492 BC)
**Yue — King Yunchang of Yue (510 BC–495 BC)
**Zheng—Duke Xian of Zheng (513 BC–500 BC)
*India (Magadhan Empire) — Bimbisara, Shishunagan ruler (544 BC–491 BC)
*Japan — Emperor Itoku, of Japan (c.510 BC–c.476 BC)

Europe

*Athens
*# Hermocreon, Archon of Athens (501 BC–500 BC)
*Ireland — Modhcorb, High King of Ireland (505 BC–499 BC)
*Macedon (Argead Dynasty) — Amyntas I, King of Macedon (547 BC–498 BC)
*Sparta
**(Agiad Dynasty) Cleomenes I, King of Sparta (520 BC–490 BC)
**(Eurypontid Dynasty) Demaratus, King of Sparta (515 BC–491 BC)

Middle East

*Miletus — Aristagoras, Tyrant of Miletus
*Persian Empire (Achaemenid Dynasty) — Darius I, King of Persia (521 BC–486 BC)