List of people from Homs

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

see the Royal family of Emesa

• Papinian (142-212), Jurist
• Alexander Severus (c. 208-235), Roman emperor
• Anicetus, Pope, 154-167
• Cassius Longinus (c. 213-273), rhetorician and philosophical critic
• Drusilla, Princess of Mauretania
• Elagabalus (c. 204-222), Emperor of the Roman Empire
• Fronto of Emesa (3rd century), rhetorician
• Gaius Julius Alexio (d. 78), Prince and Roman Client Priest King of Emesa
• Heliodorus of Emesa, Hellenistic author of Aethiopica
• Iamblichus (2nd century), Syrian Greek novelist
• Iamblichus (c. 31 BC), phylarch
• Iotapa (b. c. 20 BC - date of death unknown), Emesani princess
• Iotapa (lived in 1st century), daughter of Iotapa
• Julia Urania (lived in 1st century), queen of Mauretania Province
• Julia Domna (c. 160-217), Roman empress
• Julia Mamaea (1st century), princess
• Julia Maesa (before 160-c. 224), patron god of Emesa
• Julia Avita Mamaea (after 180-235), daughter of Julia Maesa
• Julia Soaemias (180-222), noblewoman
• Julius Agrippa (2nd century), nobleman
• Julius Alexander (d. c. 190), prince
• Julius Bassianus (d. 217), high priest of sun temple
• Publius Septimius Geta (189-211), Roman co-emperor
• Saint Elian , Christian saint
• Severus Alexander (c. 208 - 235), Roman Emperor
• Sohaemus of Armenia (2nd century), Emesene Prince and Aristocrat
• Sohaemus of Emesa (d. 73), Roman client king of Emesa
• Tiberius Julius Balbillus (second half of the 2nd century - first half of the 3rd century), Emesene Arab Aristocrat

• Dik al-Jinn (777-849), Arabic poet during the Abbasid Caliphate

• Fawaz Akhras (b. 1946), cardiologist
• Bassma Al Jandaly (b. 1977), journalist and cousin of Malek Jandali, Mona E. Simpson, and Steve Jobs.
• Nasib Arida (1887-1946), poet
• Asma Assad (b. 1975), wife of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
• Hashim Atassi (1875-1960), former President of Syria
• Nureddin al-Atassi (1929-1992), former President of Syria
• Khaled al-Atassi (1837-1908), religious scholar and poet
• Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926-2003), former President of Syria
• Rouwaida Attieh (b. 1982), vocalist
• Wiam Simav Bedirxan, documentary filmmaker
• Malek Jandali (b. 1972), composer, pianist and cousin of Bassma Al Jandaly, Mona E. Simpson, and Steve Jobs.
• Mona Jandali, aka Mona E. Simpson (b. 1957), 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 (1955-2011), former CEO of Apple Inc., brother of Mona E. Simpson, and cousin of Bassma Al Jandaly and Malek Jandali.
• Firas Al Khatib (b. 1983), footballer
• Ibrahim al-Hadid (b. 1956), medical doctor and Ba'ath Party politician
• Jehad Al-Hussain (b. 1984), footballer
• Abdul Baset al-Sarout (1992-2017), footballer turned rebel commander
• Ali Mahmoud Othman (b. 1978), journalist
• Muhammad Tulaimat (b. 1941), painter
• Riyad al-Turk (b. 1930), Communist opposition leader
• George Wassouf (b. 1961), pop singer
• Basel Manadil (b. 1993) (also known as The Hungry Syrian Wanderer), Syrian-Filipino Vlogger.
• Rami Sebei (b. 1984), a Canadian professional wrestler, otherwise known as Sami Zayn whose parents were from Homs

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