Loudon Wainwright Jr.

Loudon Wainwright Jr.
BornLoudon Snowden Wainwright Jr.
December 16, 1924
New York City, New York
DiedDecember 12, 1988 (1988-12-13) (aged 63)
OccupationWriter, editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationSt. Andrew's School
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina
Spouse
Martha Harriet Taylor
(after 1945)
Children5, including Loudon, Sloan
RelativesA. Loudon Snowden (great-grandfather)
Rufus Wainwright (grandson)
Martha Wainwright (granddaughter)
Lucy Wainwright Roche (granddaughter)

Loudon Snowden Wainwright Jr. (December 16, 1924 – December 12, 1988) was an American writer. He was the father of folk singer Loudon Wainwright III and singer Sloan Wainwright, and grandfather to Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche.