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Who’s Who in Food
Culinary Personalities
• Who's Who: A
• Acton, Eliza
• Adams, Thomas
• Agatston, Arthur, MD
• Alexander, Devin
• Anderson, Dr. Alexander P.
• Anderson, Walter A.
• Apicius
• Appert, Nicolas
• Archestratus
• Armour, Philip Danforth
• Asselbergs, Dr. Edward Anton
• Astor IV, John Jacob
• Astor, William Walforf
• Athenaeus
• Aunt Jemima
• Avice, Jean

William Waldorf Astor

(March 31, 1848 - October 18, 1919)

William Waldorf Astor was a cousin of John Jacob Astor IV, the great grandson of John Jacob Astor. He built the Waldorf section (1893) of what would become the Waldorf Astoria (1897). The Empire State Building (1929) now stands on the site.

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