Samos
Samos ranks 1,589th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Limerick, Altona, Hamburg, and Tilburg. Memorable people born in Samos include Pythagoras, Epicurus, and Aristarchus of Samos. Memorable people who died in Samos include Aeschines, Erasistratus, and Hyperbolus. 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 Hyperbolus.
People Born in Samos
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Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 92.92
Rank: 1
Epicurus
PHILOSOPHER
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 86.47
Rank: 2
Aristarchus of Samos
ASTRONOMER
311 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 3
Melissus of Samos
PHILOSOPHER
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 4
Polycrates
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 5
Conon of Samos
MATHEMATICIAN
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 6
Semonides of Amorgos
WRITER
650 BC - 550 BC
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 7
Aristyllus
MATHEMATICIAN
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 8
Asclepiades of Samos
WRITER
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 9
Philaenis
WRITER
250 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 10
People Deceased in Samos
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Aeschines
POLITICIAN
389 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 1
Erasistratus
PHYSICIAN
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 2
Hyperbolus
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 411 BC
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 3
Duris of Samos
WRITER
340 BC - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 4
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).
Occupational Trends
Throughout history philosophers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Samos, including Pythagoras, Epicurus, and Melissus of Samos.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Samos since 1700.
