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Steve Jobs wasn't the only person in history to turn the apple into a significant cultural symbol. Somewhere in between the origin of the Adam and Eve story and the invention of the iPod, there were dozens of notable people who transformed the forbidden fruit into a significant statement.
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Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur, Computer Programmer, Inventor / 1955 - 2011
The original Apple Computers logo was a picture of Isaac Newton, sitting under an apple tree. The image represented "the acquisition of knowledge," and evolved over time into the simple apple that is known throughout the world today.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Political Leader, Scientist, Writer / 1706 - 1790
You can thank Benjamin Franklin for the popular adage "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." The phrase helped perpetuate the idea of the apple as the ultimate health food for decades.
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John Lennon
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John Lennon
Songwriter, Singer / 1940 - 1980
The Beatles founded Apple Records in 1968, as a division of their Apple Corps conglomerate. The name, pronounced "apple core," was a pun. The logo—a large, green apple—became synonymous with the band's creative output.
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Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist / 1643 - 1727
After watching an apple fall from a tree, Newton claimed he had an epiphany about the concept of gravity. Since then, several people have stepped forward to claim ownership of the original apple tree Newton described.
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Stephen Wozniak
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Stephen Wozniak
Entrepreneur, Computer Programmer / 1950 -
A co-founder of Apple Computers, Wozniak helped create the first Apple computer with Steve Jobs.
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George Harrison
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George Harrison
Musician / 1943 - 2001
The Beatles founded Apple Records in 1968, as a division of their Apple Corps conglomerate. The name, pronounced "apple core," was a pun. The logo—a large, green apple—became synonymous with the band's creative output.
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