Wali is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Wali Ahmed (died 1994), Bangladeshi politician
- Wali Khan Babar (1982–2011), Pakistani journalist
- Wali Bahadur (born 1990), Afghan cricketer
- Wali Dewane (1826–1881), Kurdish poet
- Wali Faisal (born 1985), Bangladeshi footballer
- Wali Jones (born 1942), American basketball player
- Wali Lundy (born 1983), American football player
- Wali Mohammed (ISN 560), Afghan Guantanamo detainee
- Wali Rainer (born 1977), American football player
- Wali Rahmani (1943–2021), Indian Islamic scholar
- Wali Razaqi (born 1979), Afghan producer, actor, and motivational speaker
- Wali Shah (born 1994), Canadian speaker
- Wali Mohammed Wali (1667–1707), Indian classical Urdu poet
- Wali-ur-Rahman (1916–2006), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar