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Samos ranks 1,589th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Limerick, Altona, Hamburg, and Tilburg. The most famous people from Samos are Pythagoras, Epicurus, and Aristarchus of Samos. The most famous people who died in Samos are Aeschines, Erasistratus, and Duris of Samos. Samos has been the birth place of many philosophers, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and physicians. Samos is located in Greece.

Samos is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the 1.6-kilometre-wide (1.0 mi) Mycale Strait. It is also a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 650 BC and 250 BC, Samos was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Pythagoras, Epicurus, and Aristarchus of Samos. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Samos including Aeschines, Erasistratus, and Duris of Samos.

People Born in Samos

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Samos were philosophers (3), writers (3), mathematicians (2), astronomers (1), and politicians (1),  while most who died were politicians (2), physicians (1), and writers (1).

Throughout history philosophers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Samos, including Pythagoras, Epicurus, and Melissus of Samos.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Samos since 1700.