Ancient
- King Alexander II Zabinas
- King Antiochus I Soter
- King Antiochus II Theos
- King Antiochus III the Great
- King Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- King Antiochus V Eupator
- King Antiochus VI Dionysus
- King Antiochus VII Sidetes
- King Antiochus VIII Grypus
- King Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
- King Antiochus X Eusebes
- King Antiochus XI Ephiphanes
- King Antiochus XII Dionysus
- King Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
- General Bacchides
- Queen Cleopatra Thea
- King Demetrius I of Syria
- King Demetrius II of Syria
- King Demetrius III Eucaerus
- King Diodotus Tryphon
- Ephrem the Syrian
- Eudoxius of Antioch (Saint Eustathius)
- Iamblichus of Chalcis
- John of Ephesus, church leader and historian.
- King Philip I Philadelphus
- King Philip II Philoromaeus
- Philip the Arab, Roman Emperor.
- King Seleucus I Nicator
- King Seleucus II Callinicus
- King Seleucus III Ceraunus
- King Seleucus IV Philopator
- King Seleucus V Philometor
- King Seleucus VI Epiphanes
- King Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes
- Imam Shafi, Islamic scholar
- Paul of Aleppo, chronicler and clergyman.
- Publilius Syrus, writer.
- Queen Zenobia, Empress of Palmyra.
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