Joaquin Homs

Joaquin Homs

male, deceased (1946)
Joaquin Homs (alternately called Joaquim) (b. August 21, 1906 in Barcelona, d. September 9, 2003 in Barcelona) was a Spanish composer. He studied...
Julia Domna

Julia Domna

female
Julia Domna (170-217) was member of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire. Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus and mother...
Julia Maesa

Julia Maesa

female
Julia Maesa (May 7 165-August 3 224/6) was daughter of Julius Bassianus, priest of the sun god Heliogabalus, the patron god of Emesa (modern Homs)...
Shirkuh

Shirkuh

male, deceased (1169)
Asad ad-Din Shirkuh bin Shadhi (also "Shirguh" or "Sherko") (died 1169) was an important Muslim military commander, and uncle of Saladin. He was...
George Wassouf

George Wassouf

male, 47 years old
George Wassouf is a Syrian singer. He was born on December 23 1961 in Kafroun, Homs, Syria. He moved with his family to Beirut at a young age,...
Julia Soaemias

Julia Soaemias

female, deceased (222)
Julia Soaemias Bassiana (180-March 11 222) was the mother of Roman Emperor Elagabalus and ruled over the Roman Empire during the minority of her...

Jamal Al-Atassi

male, deceased (2000)
Jamal Al-Atassi was a Syrian nationalist, politician and author. He was one of the earliest ideologues of the nascent Syrian Baath Party, which he...
Abu Tammam

Abu Tammam

male, deceased (845)
Abu Tammam (Habib ibn Aus) Arabic, أبو تمام حبيب بن أوس was an Arab poet of the tribe of Tayy (though some say he was the son of a Christian apothe...
Julia Avita Mamaea

Julia Avita Mamaea

female
Julia Avita Mamaea (14 or 29 August after 180-235) was the second daughter of Julia Maesa, a powerful Roman woman of Syrian origin and Syrian noble...

Luai Al-Atassi

male, deceased (2003)
Luai al-Atassi was a Syrian military leader and Head of State (March 9 - July 27, 1963). He was born in Homs to a politically prominent family, and...