Ruhollah Khaleqi (Persian: روح‌الله خالقی, romanized: Ruhollâh Xâleqi, also spelled as Khaleghi; 1906 – 12 November 1965) was a prominent Iranian musician, composer, conductor and author.

Ruhollah Khaleqi was born in Mahan, a small town near Kerman, in a musically minded family.

For many years Khaleqi worked as a musical advisor for Radio Iran and was one of the founders of the program known as Golhā (Flowers).

He also conducted the Golhā Orchestra, for which he composed many pieces and revised the original compositions of his contemporaries as well as older masters, such as Aref Qazvini and Ali Akbar Sheyda.

In addition to such masterpieces as Mey-e Nāb (Pure wine), Āh-e Sahar (Sigh at dawn), Hālā Cherā (Why now?