Ghani Khan was a Pashtun philosopher and Pashto language poet, artist, writer and Pashtun nationalist politician of the 20th century. He was a son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and older brother of Khan Abdul Wali Khan. Ghani Khan have been Known as Pashto: لېونی فلسفې,

Ameer Hamza Shinwari, commonly known as Hamza Baba was a prominent Pashto-language poet. He was born in Landi Kotal, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan in 1907 and died in February 1994. He belonged to the Shinwari tribe of the ethnic Pashtuns.

Khūshāl Khān Khaṭṭak, also called Khushal Baba, was an Afghan and Pashtun warrior, poet, chief, and freedom-fighter of the Khattak tribe of the Pashtuns. Khushal preached the union of all Pashtuns, and encouraged revolt against the Mughal Empire, promoting Pashtun nationalism.

Rahmat Shah Sail is a prominent Pakistani poet of the Pashto language

Sahib Shah Sabir was a renowned poet of the Pashto language in the modern era. He held a PhD degree in literature along with three master's degrees in Pashto literature, Urdu literature, and political science, all from the University of Peshawar.

Ajmal Khattak was a Pashtun politician, writer, poet, Khudai Khidmatgar, former President of Awami National Party and close friend of the late Khan Wali Khan

Pareshan Khattak, real name Gahami Jan Khattak, former Vice-Chancellor, Pashto poet and writer and former Chairman University Grants Commission. Born in Karak, Pakistan he joined education department in 1958, after obtaining a master's degree in History,

Kabir Stori was a Pashtun nationalist, poet, and writer from Kunar Province of Afghanistan. He was chairman of the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party, a political party that he founded, until his death

Abaseen Yousafzai is a Pashtun poet from Pakistan. He is president of the Pashto Academy of the University of Peshawar. Yousafzai has had his poetry published across the Durand Line. Abaseen Yousafzai joined the Islamia College Peshawar as a lecturer of Pashto in 1993.

Khatir Afridi was a Pashto language poet from Pakistan. He died at age 39 but left behind a son who and his cousin compiled his father's work into a volume. Place of birth: Zakha Khel tribe in Saddu Khel village of Khyber agency. He was a gardener by profession in nearby school.

Abdur Rahmān Mohmand, or Rahmān Bābā, was a renowned Pashtun Sufi Dervish and poet from Peshawar in the Mughal Empire. He, along with his contemporary Khushal Khan Khattak, is considered one of the most popular poets among the Pashtuns..