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Francis Ford Coppola is a screenwriter, film producer, film director born in Detroit (United States).
Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood and one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Palmes d'Or, in addition of nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Coppola was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2010, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2024 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2025. Coppola started his career directing The Rain People (1969) and co-writing Patton (1970), the latter of which earned him and Edmund H. North the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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| Born | 7 April 1939, Detroit |
| Profession | screenwriter, film producer, film director |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | Hofstra University, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Jamaica High School, New York Military Academy |
| Spouse | Eleanor Coppola |
| Children | Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Scorpio |
| Nakshatra | Vishakha (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Pisces |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Sagittarius |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 666 Hollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 56 of them (8%) have the Moon in Scorpio, like Francis Ford Coppola, and 28 (4%) share the Vishakha Nakshatra — the #6 most common Moon Nakshatra among Hollywood personalities, where Dhanishta leads with 31 (5%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Francis Ford Coppola was born on 7 April 1939 in Detroit. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Francis Ford Coppola's Moon sign (Rashi) is Scorpio and the Nakshatra is Vishakha, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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