This is a list of Pashto language poets.
Folkloric
- Amir Kror Suri
16th century
- Pir Roshan, poet, warrior, intellectual (1525â€"1585)
17th century
- Abdul Hamid Baba, poet (?- c.1732)
- Khushal Khan Khattak, national poet, warrior, chief (1613â€"1689)
- Nazo Tokhi, poet, national heroine, mother of Mirwais Hotak (1651â€"1717)
- Rahman Baba, poet (1653â€"1711)
18th century
- Afzal Khan Khattak, poet, grandson of Khushal Khan Khattak
- Ahmad Shah Durrani, poet, king, founder of Afghanistan (1723â€"1773)
- Hussain Hotak, poet, king
Contemporary (20th century and beyond)
- Ajmal Khattak
- Ameer Hamza Shinwari
- Ghani Khan
- Kabir Stori
- Abdul Bari Jahani
- Hafizullah Khaled
- Khatir Afridi
- Mohammad Hashem Zamani
- Pareshan Khattak
- Pir Mohammad Karwan
- Qalandar Momand
- Rahmat Shah Sail
- Sherzaman Taizi
- Sulaiman Layeq
- Amanullah Sailaab Sapi
- Ezatullah Zawab