List of Famous people born in Hama Governorate, Syria

Mahmoud Al-Mawas is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Romanian club FC Botoșani and the Syria national team. He made his international debut with Syria in 2012, aged 19.

Patriarch Ignatius IV was the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All The East from 1979 to 2012.

Aḥmad al-Wafī alias ʿAbdallāh ibn Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ is the eighth Isma'ili Imam. He was the son and successor of the seventh Imam, Muhammad ibn Isma'il. He was called al-Wafi "true to his word".

Aḥmad ibn Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl, better known as Muhammad at-Taqi is the ninth Ismāʿīlī Imam. As the Imam, he was the supreme spiritual leader of the Ismāʿīlī community from his appointment until his death. The Nizari and Mustaali trace their Imamate lines from him and his descendants who founded the Fatimid Empire. He was succeeded by his son, Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad / Raḍī ʿAbd Allāh.

Posidonius "of Apameia" or "of Rhodes", was a Greek politician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. After a period learning Stoic philosophy from Panaetius in Athens, he spent many years in travel and scientific researches in Spain, Africa, Italy, Gaul, Liguria, Sicily and on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. He settled as a teacher at Rhodes where his fame attracted numerous scholars. Next to Panaetius he did most, by writings and personal lectures, to spread Stoicism to the Roman world, and he became well known to many leading men, including Pompey and Cicero.

Fahd Jassem al-Freij was the former Minister of Defense of Syria, took office on 18 July 2012 and left office on 1 January 2018.

Mohammad Riad al-Shaqfeh is a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria. He was born in 1944 in Hama. He is the eleventh Supreme Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, taking over from Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni from August 2010 until 6 November 2014. Mohammad Farouk Tayfour served as his deputy.