The Baloch or Baluch (Balochi: بلوچ) are an ethnic group who mainly inhabit the Balochistan region in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia.

The Baluch people mainly speak Baluchi, which is a branch of the Iranian languages, and more specifically of the North-western Iranian languages, that is highly influenced by that of Mesopotamia and shares similarities with Kurdish and other languages of the region. It also contains archaic features reminiscent of Old Persian and Avestan. They inhabit mountainous terrains and deserts, and maintain a very distinct cultural identity. The Baloch-speaking population worldwide is estimated to be in the range of 10 to 15 million.^{[citation needed]} However, the exact number of Baloch and those who are or claim to be of Baloch ancestry is difficult to determine. In the Punjab province of Pakistan almost 10% of peoples are Balochi.^{[citation needed]} Most of them speak Saraiki but in the Jhang area of Punjab, the majority of the Baloch population speak Punjabi also.^{[citation needed]}

Haroon Rasheed Dar (born March 25, 1953, Karachi) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983. He has also remained the manager of the Pakistan Cricket team and has been credited with the discovery of Waqar Younis and Shahid Khan Afridi.

Nargis Baloch is the first Baloch woman editor of a newspaper. She is presently the editor of Urdu Daily Intekhab, a newspaper simultaneously published from Karachi, Hub and Quetta.

Nargis writes with the pen name of Mahekan Dastoonki. Her articles mainly discuss political and social issues of Pakistani province of Balochistan.