Aristarchus of Samos
Other notable personalities include the philosophers [[Melissus of Samos]] and [[Epicurus]], who were 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 (Herodotus)|Histories]], resided in Samos for a while.