| 1 | Rahim | Khan | Amir's friend.
Business partner & best friend of Amir's father. |
| | Hassan | | The Hare lipped kite runner. Amir's childhood friend. |
| | Baba | | Amir's father. Aka: Mr. Hurricane. |
| | Ali | | Hassan's father. Baba's friend. Aka: Boogeyman, Babalu. |
| 2 | Nader | Shah | The Iranian ruler. |
| | Sanaubar | | Hassan's mother. Ali's cousin and wife. |
| | Khorami | | An Iranian author. |
| 3 | Sofia | Akrami | Amir's mother. |
| | Fatiullah | Khan | Amir's teacher. |
| | Henry | Kissinger | The United States secretary of state. |
| 4 | John | Wayne | An American actor. |
| | Rostam | | The great warrior. |
| | Rakhsh | | Rostam's fleet-footed horse. |
| | Sohrab (1) | | Rostam's valiant nemesis. |
| 5 | Zahir | Shah | The current Afghanistan king. |
| | Assef | | Mahmood's son. |
| | Mahmood | | Baba's friend. An airline pilot. |
| | Wali | | Assef's friend. |
| | Kamal | | Assef's friend. |
| | Daoud | Khan | The President of Afghanistan. |
| | Dr. | Kumar | A plastic surgeon from New Delhi. |
| 6 | Ahmad | Zahir | Amir's neighbor. |
| | Saifo | | A nearly blind old man. The famous kite maker. |
| 7 | Omar | | Amir's friend. A son of an engineer. |
| 8 | Homayoun | | Baba's second cousin. |
| | Shafiqa | | Baba's cousin. |
| | Faruq | | Nader's brother. |
| | Fazila | | Homayoun's daughter. |
| | Karima | | Fazila's twin. |
| | Salahuddin | | Baba's butcher. |
| | Del | Muhammad | Baba's friend who owned a kabab house. |
| | Dello | | Baba's friend. |
| | Homaira | | Rahim's fiance. |
| | Jalal | Khan | Rahim's brother. |
| 10 | Karim | | A man who drives people out of Shorawi. |
| | Toor | | Karim's brother. |
| | Jalaluddin | | Amir's servant. |
| 11 | Jimmy | Carter | The former U.S. President. |
| | Ronald | Reagan | The current U.S. President. |
| | Mr. | Nguyen | Owner of Fast & Easy grocery store. |
| | Mrs. | Nguyen | Mr. Nguyen's wife. |
| | Mrs. | Dobbins | Amir's eligibility officer. |
| | Mr. Iqbal | Taheri | A general in Kabul. Baba's friend. |
| | Soraya | Taheri | Mr. Taheri's daughter. A girl that Amir falls in love with. |
| 12 | Jamila | Taheri | Soraya's mother. Aka: Khanum Taheri. |
| | Ghazi | | Amir's grandfather. |
| | Ziba | | Iqbal's former servant. |
| | Dr. | Schneider | A pulmonologist. |
| | Dr. | Amani | An Iranian pulmonologist. |
| 13 | Sharif | | Jamila's brother. Soraya's uncle who worked for INS. |
| | Suzy | | Sharif's wife. |
| | Martin | Greenwalt | Amir's agent. |
| | Dr. | Rosen | Soraya and Amir's doctor. |
| 15 | Gholam | | Amir's driver. |
| 16 | Farzana | | Hassan's wife. |
| | Sohrab(2) | | Hassan and Farzana's son. |
| 17 | Thomas | Caldwell | Rahim's American friend who runs a charity. |
| | Betty | Caldwell | Thomas's wife. |
| 19 | Ahmad | S. Massoud | A Tajik Hero. |
| | Farid | | Amir's driver. |
| | Wahid | | Farid's brother. |
| 20 | | | The Bala Hissar Fort -
Ancient citadel that the Warlord Dostum occupied in 1992. |
| | Sasa | | Hassan's grandmother. |
| | Zaman | | The director of the orphanage in Afghanistan. |
| 23 | Aisha | | Amir's nurse. |
| | Dr. Faruqi | | A head and neck surgeon. |
| 24 | | | Shah Faisal - The Biggest mosque in the world. |
| | Mr. | Fayazz | Amir's new friend. The hotel manager where Amir stayed. |
| | Ayub | | A caller from a talk show on T.V. |
| | Raymond | Andrews | The clerk at the American Embassy. |
| | Omar | Faisal | An immigration lawyer that Raymond recommends to Amir. |
| 25 | Dr. | Nawaz | Amir's doctor. |
