Birth Name: Franz Wachsmann
Occupation: Composer
Place Of Birth: Germany
Date Of Birth: December 24, 1906
Date Of Death: February 24, 1967
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: Polish
Franz Waxman was born on the 24th of December, 1906. He was famous for being a Composer. First composer to win the Academy Award two years in a row, for “Sunset Boulevard” from 1950 and “A Place in the Sun” from 1951.
Franz Waxman was born in Germany. He enrolled at the Dresden Music Academy at age 16 and later became a professional orchestrator for German films. He worked on “The Blue Angel” from 1930, which his mentor Frederick Hollander had scored. His score for “Sunset Boulevard” was ranked on the American Film Institute’s “100 Years of Film Scores” list from 2005 at number 16.
Franz Waxman was a Capricorn and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Franz Waxman was born in 1900s. Discover what happened on this day.
Franz Wachsmann is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Family
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Franz Waxman was born in the Year of the Horse.
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| REAL NAME: | Franz Wachsmann |
| NICKNAME: | Franz |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Capricorn |
| BIRTH DAY: | Monday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Franz Waxman was a Capricorn. People of this zodiac sign like family, tradition, and dislike almost everything at some point. The strengths of this sign are being responsible, disciplined, good managers, while weaknesses can be to be the know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending and expecting the worst. The greatest overall compatibility with Capricorn is Taurus and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Franz Waxman was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are seen as warm-hearted and easygoing. Independence is one of their greatest strengths, but sometimes they're overly frank with others.
Ruling Planet: Franz Waxman had a ruling planet of Saturn and has a ruling planet of Saturn and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Saturn. Saturn is a planet of commitment and responsibility, but also restriction and delay. People who are born with Saturn as the ruling planet are disciplined and are hard workers.
Franz Waxman’s birth sign is Capricorn and he had a ruling planet of Saturn.
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