Cyrano de Bergerac, the French dramatist and duellist whose life story and fictionalized personality eventually became more famous than his own work, was born on this day in 1655
	Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit) was born on this day in 1866
	Natalie Babbitt (Tuck Everlasting) was born on this day in 1932
	Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, was born on this day in 1945
	David Gemmell (Legend) died on this day in 2006