List of Famous people born in Homs Governorate, Syria

Cassius Longinus was a rhetorician and philosophical critic. He was perhaps a native of Emesa in Syria. He studied at Alexandria under Ammonius Saccas and Origen the Pagan, and taught for thirty years in Athens, one of his pupils being Porphyry. Longinus did not embrace the Neoplatonism then being developed by Plotinus, but continued as a Platonist of the old type and his reputation as a literary critic was immense. During a visit to the east, he became a teacher, and subsequently chief counsellor to Zenobia, queen of Palmyra. It was by his advice that she endeavoured to regain her independence from Rome. Emperor Aurelian, however, crushed the revolt, and Longinus was executed.

Hashim al-Atassi was a Syrian nationalist and statesman and the President of Syria from 1936 to 1939, 1949 to 1951 and 1954 to 1955.

Pope Anicetus was the bishop of Rome from c. 157 to his death in April 168. According to the Annuario Pontificio, the start of his papacy may have been 153. Anicetus actively opposed Gnosticism and Marcionism. He welcomed Polycarp of Smyrna to Rome to discuss the controversy over the date for the celebration of Easter.

Manaf Tlass or Manaf Tlas is a former Brigadier General of the Syrian Republican Guard and member of Bashar al-Assad's inner circle who defected in 2012.

Tamer Haj Mohamad is a Syrian football player who plays for Al-Karamah in Syria. He is an ethnic Circassian.

Fahd Mohamad Saleh is a Syrian football goalkeeper. He played for Al-Asalah in the Jordan League Division 1. On 8 October 2017 he signed for The Prince Charles Sunday League Team who play in the Mansfield Division 3 in England. Goalkeeping Caoch for AFC Mansfield club in England season 2019 - 2020.

Noureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi was President of Syria from February 1966 to November 1970.

Shadia Rifa'i Habbal is a Syrian-American astronomer and physicist specialized in Space physics. A professor of Solar physics, her research is centered on Solar wind and Solar eclipse.