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List of people from Homs

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

Contents

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
  • Gaius Julius Fabia Sampsiceramus III Silas, 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

    • 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
  • Abdul Kader Azzouz, painter
  • 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
  • Abdulhadi Najjar, scientific writer, civil engineer
  • Ali Mahmoud Othman, journalist
  • Muhammad Tulaimat, painter
  • Riyad al-Turk, Communist opposition leader
  • George Wassouf, pop singer
  • Fawzy Michael Zein, linguist, researcher, first founder of distance education system in the Middle East

    • Families

  • Al Zein, can also be written as "Alzein" and "zeini."
  • Al-Hussamy
  • Atassi (16th century AD-present), once a prominent political and religious Ashraf family in the city
  • Al-Sibai (14th century AD-present), largest family in the city and once a prominent religious family in the city
  • Tulaimat (11th century AD-present), a family of Ashraf and the oldest in the city. The founding father built the historical Al-Fadael Mosque in the 11th century.
  • Al-Zeharawi, (13th century AD-present), one of the oldest Ashraf families in the city
  • Al-Jandali(16th century AD-present), a prominent Ashraf family
  • Droubi, (17th century AD-present), once a prominent political family in the city
  • Himsi, can also be written as "al-Homsi"
  • Maamo
  • Safi, (16th century AD-present), one of religious Ashraf family in the city
  • Shaheen

    • References

    List of people from Homs Wikipedia
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