# 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 al-Assad (b. 1975), wife of former 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