Historiddle

Can you figure out who our rhyming riddle refers to? He was born in France on March 6th, 1619 and fought duels when others might have run, A novelist, his most famous works were translated into a book called “Voyages to the Moon and the Sun”, His life was depicted in a well-known work created by Edmond RosSTAN, Which later was used as the basis for a movie named for a character therein called Roxanne.