- Rahim Shah – Pashtun singer from Pakistan
- Rahimullah Yusufzai- famous Pakistani journalist
- Rahimuddin Khan – retired general of Pakistan Army
- Rahman Baba – Pashtun poet from Peshawar, Pakistan
- Rasool Sayyaf
- Reham Khan – Ex wife of Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan Niazi
- Roedad Khan – politician in Pakistan
- Roohul Amin – politician in Afghanistan