José Ferrer
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José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors—or, indeed, actors of any ethnicity—during his lifetime and after, with a career spanning nearly 60 years between 1935 and 1992. He achieved prominence for his portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac in the play of the same name, which earned him the inaugural Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1947. He reprised the role in a 1950 film version and won an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the first Hispanic actor and the first Puerto Rican-born to win an Academy Award.
Ferrer in 1952
Paul Robeson (Othello) and Ferrer (Iago) in the 1943 Theatre Guild production of Othello
Ferrer as Lieutenant Barney Greenwald in The Caine Mutiny, released in 1954
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
Bergerac illustrated by Zacharie Heince, c. 1654
Savinien I de Cirano, fish merchant
The Vallée de Chevreuse in 1701. You can make out Sous-Forêt and Mauvières just to the west of Chevreuse, on the banks of the Yvette River.
Abraham Bosse (1602–1676), Le Maître d'école.