Family tree of Loudon WAINWRIGHT III

Actor, Singer & Musician

American Born Loudon Snowden WAINWRIGHT III

American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor

Born on September 05, 1946 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA , United States (76 years)

Born on September 05 40

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Wainwright

Stuyvesant

1863 -

Snowden

Caroline Smith

1865 - 1960

Wainwright

Loudon Snowden

1898 - 1942

Sloan

Eleanor

1903 - 1985

Wainwright

Loudon Snowden

1924 - 1988

Taylor

Martha

Wainwright

Loudon Snowden

1946

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Wainwright was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Martha Taylor, a yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright, Jr., a columnist and editor for Life magazine. His father was not a professional musician but he did play piano and wrote some songs, exposing his children to musicians such as Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg who were later cited as influences. Wainwright grew up in Bedford, New York, in Westchester County. Among his sisters is Sloan Wainwright, also a singer. He graduated from St. Andrew's School in Delaware. He is a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Director-General of New Netherland (present-day New York State).

© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0 ... Wainwright was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Martha Taylor, a yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright, Jr., a columnist and editor for Life magazine. His father was not a professional musician but he did play piano and wrote some songs, exposing his children to musicians such as Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg who were later cited as influences. Wainwright grew up in Bedford, New York, in Westchester County. Among his sisters is Sloan Wainwright, also a singer. He graduated from St. Andrew's School in Delaware. He is a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Director-General of New Netherland (present-day New York State).