Baron Alban Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey (28 May 1837 – 4 April 1916) was a French archaeologist, topographer and orientalist.

The next year, at the age of twenty, Guillaume-Rey made his first trip to Syria, where he went to explore and study the Hauran region.

[1] On 19 December 1865, Guillaume-Rey was conferred by the Vatican the title of Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.

The following year, on 13 August 1866, he was awarded the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor and Foreign Orders as a publicist in charge of missions in the East.

Moreover, he gave away twenty-seven medals to the Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres, after his third trip to Syria, which were found in Marqab.