Adam Apple (November 27, 1831 – April 19, 1905) was a Kingdom of Bavaria born immigrant to the United States who was a farmer, carpenter, and politician.

[2] He was raised and worked on his father's farm and was educated in German common schools until age 17, when he set out on his own to emigrate to the United States.

[1] He traveled to Rotterdam, in what was then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and sailed from there to New York City, finally settling in Philadelphia, where he worked as an apprentice cabinetmaker.

[2] Apple was a life-long member of the Democratic Party, since his early years in the United States, having cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce in 1852.

They had eight children together—four sons and four daughters:[1]: 41 Apple was a devoted Lutheran, a Mason, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.