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