Cyrano de Bergerac,
Savinien de 1619-55; Fr. writer & soldier, famous for his large nose: title character of a poetic drama by Edmond Rostand (1897)
See Cyrano de Bergerac in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Cy·ra·no de Ber·ge·rac
French satirist and duelist whose works include the spirited drama The Pedant Imitated (1654). He is the subject of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), which depicts him as a chivalric duelist with a comically long nose.