1. Ancient

2. Medieval

3. Modern

4. Families

The following is a list of notable people from Homs and ancient Emesa.

Ancient

see the Royal family of Emesa

• Papinian, Jusrist
• Alexander Severus, Roman emperor
• Anicetus, Pope, 154-167
• Cassius Longinus, rhetorician and philosophical critic
• Drusilla of Mauretania the Younger, Princess of Mauretania
• Elagabalus, Emperor of the Roman Empire
• Fronto of Emesa, rhetorician
• Gaius Julius Alexio, Prince and Roman Client Priest King of Emesa
• Heliodorus of Emesa, Hellenistic author of Aethiopica
• Iamblichus, Syrian Greek novelist
• Iamblichus, phylarch
• Iotapa, Emesani princess
• Iotapa, daughter of Iotapa
• Julia Urania, queen of Mauretania Province
• Julia Domna, Roman empress
• Julia Mamaea, princess
• Julia Maesa, patron god of Emesa
• Julia Avita Mamaea, daughter of Julia Maesa
• Julia Soaemias, noblewoman
• Julius Agrippa, nobleman
• Julius Alexander, prince
• Julius Bassianus, high priest of sun temple
• Publius Septimius Geta, Roman co-emperor
• Saint Elian, Christian saint
• Severus Alexander, Roman Emperor
• Sohaemus of Armenia, Emesene Prince and Aristocrat
• Sohaemus of Emesa, Roman client king of Emesa
• Tiberius Julius Balbillus, Emesene Assyrian Aristocrat

Medieval

• Dik al-Jinn, Arabic poet during the Abbasid Caliphate

Modern

• Fawaz Akhras, cardiologist
• Nasib Arida, poet
• Asma Assad, wife of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
• Hashim Atassi, former President of Syria
• Nureddin al-Atassi, former President of Syria
• Khaled al-Atassi, religious scholar and poet
• Lu'ay al-Atassi, former President of Syria
• Rouwaida Attieh, vocalist
• Wiam Simav Bedirxan, documentary filmmaker
• Malek Jandali, composer and pianist
• Mona Jandali, aka Mona E. Simpson, novelist, English professor
• Riad Jarjour, former General Secretary of Middle East Council of Churches
• Steve Jobs, cousin of Malek Jandali and the former CEO of Apple Inc.
• Firas Al Khatib, footballer
• Jehad Al-Hussain, footballer
• Ali Mahmoud Othman, journalist
• Muhammad Tulaimat, painter
• Riyad al-Turk, Communist opposition leader
• George Wassouf, pop singer
• Rami Sebei, a Canadian professional wrestler, otherwise known as Sami Zayn whose parents were from Homs

Families

• Atassi (16th century AD-present), once a prominent political and religious Ashraf family in the city

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