List of people from Homs
The following is a list of notable people from Homs and ancient Emesa.
Ancient
see the Royal family of Emesa- Papinian, Jurist
- Alexander Severus, Roman emperor
- Anicetus, Pope, 154-167
- Cassius Longinus, rhetorician and philosophical critic
- Drusilla, 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 Arab Aristocrat
Medieval
- Dik al-Jinn, Arabic poet during the Abbasid Caliphate
Modern
- Fawaz Akhras, cardiologist
- Bassma Al Jandaly, journalist and cousin of Malek Jandali, Mona E. Simpson, and Steve Jobs.
- Nasib Arida, poet
- Asma al-Assad, wife of former 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, pianist and cousin of Bassma Al Jandaly, Mona E. Simpson, and Steve Jobs.
- Mona Jandali, aka Mona E. Simpson, novelist, English professor, sister of Steve Jobs, and cousin of Bassma Al Jandaly and Malek Jandali.
- Riad Jarjour, former General Secretary of Middle East Council of Churches
- Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple Inc., brother of Mona E. Simpson, and cousin of Bassma Al Jandaly and Malek Jandali.
- Firas Al Khatib, footballer
- Ibrahim al-Hadid, medical doctor and Ba'ath Party politician
- Jehad Al-Hussain, footballer
- Abdul Baset al-Sarout, footballer turned rebel commander
- Ali Mahmoud Othman, journalist
- Muhammad Tulaimat, painter
- Riyad al-Turk, Communist opposition leader
- George Wassouf, pop singer
- Basel Manadil, Syrian-Filipino Vlogger.
- Rami Sebei, a Canadian professional wrestler, otherwise known as Sami Zayn whose parents were from Homs