The historian Herodotus , known by his Histories resided in Samos for a while .
Other notable personalities include the philosopher Epicurus , who was of Samian birth and the astronomer Aristarchus of Samos , whom history credits with the first recorded heliocentric model of the solar system .
The historian Herodotus , known by his Histories resided in Aristarchus of Samos for a while .
Other notable personalities include the philosopher Epicurus , who was of Samian birth and the astronomer Aristarchus of Samos , whom history credits with the first recorded heliocentric model of the solar system .