Kite runner may refer to:

• Kite running, the practice of chasing kites that have been cut loose in kite fighting
• The Kite Runner, a 2003 novel by Khaled Hosseini
• The Kite Runner (film), a 2007 film based on Hosseini's novel
• Kite Runner (play), a stage play based on Hosseini's novel
• Nickname for Aquilonifer, genus of arthropods