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 (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

Medieval

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

Modern

 * 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

Families

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