Interesting link: Java Was Strongly Influenced by Objective-C.
Java as a programming language was strongly influenced by Objective-C, which was then used by the NeXTSTEP team. NeXTSTEP was the operating system made by NeXT, the company that Steve Jobs founded after he left Apple in 1985. Finally, as of today Objective-C is the main programming language used by Apple, including for the iPhone.