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The following is a '''list of famous pairs''' (human or otherwise), organized by category then alphabet. For famous twins, refer to the [[list of twins]].

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[[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#J|J]] [[#K|K]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#Q|Q]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#X|X]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]]

== Living or historical human pairs ==

*[[Abbott and Costello|Abbott & Costello]]
*[[Alcock & Brown]]
*[[Marcus Antonius|Antony]] & [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]]
*[[The King and I|Anna & the King of Siam]] ''(Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut were historical personages)''
*[[Barnes & Noble]]
*[[Phineas Taylor Barnum|Barnum & Bailey]]
*[[Bonnie & Clyde]]
*[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid|Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid]] ''(The film is about real people)''
*[[Edward West Browning|"Daddy" Browning]] & [[Peaches Browning|"Peaches" Heenan]]
*[[Fred Astaire]] & [[Ginger Rogers]]
*[[Johnson & Johnson]]
*[[Brian Kernighan|Kernighan]] & [[Dennis Ritchie|Ritchie]]
*[[Laurel & Hardy]]
*[[Procter and Gamble|Procter & Gamble]]
*[[Rolls & Royce]]
*[[Siegfried and Roy|Siegfried & Roy]]
*[[Simon & Garfunkel]]
*[[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]
*[[Saddam_Hussein|Uday & Qusay]]
*[[Wilbur Wright|Wilbur]] & [[Orville Wright]]⏎
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== Mythological, fictitious, or legendary human pairs ==

*[[Adam and Eve|Adam & Eve]]
*[[Bambi|Bambi & Thumper]]
*[[Bootsie and Snudge]]
*[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown & Snoopy]]
*[[Fawlty Towers|Basil Fawlty & Sybil]]
*[[Batman]] and [[Robin (Batman)|Robin]]
*[[Beavis and Butthead|Beavis & Butthead]]
*  Bill and Ben, [[The Flowerpot Men]]
*[[Bill and Ted]]
*[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|Jekyll & Hyde]]
*[[Muppet|Kermit & Miss Piggy]]
*[[Lewis and Clark|Lewis & Clark]]
*[[Romeo and Juliet|Romeo & Juliet]]
*[[Romulus and Remus|Romulus & Remus]]
*[[Tarzan|Tarzan & Jane]]

== Proverbial or idiomatic verbal pairs ==

*    Apple and oranges
*[[Bacon]] & [[eggs]]
*    Black and white
*    Cease and desist
*[[Chalk]] & [[Cheese]]
*    Fight or flight
*    Friend or foe
*[[Flotsam]] & [[Jetsam]]
*[[Fish & chips]]
*    Left & right
*    Live or die
*[[Gin & tonic]]
*    Mom and pop
*  Mum and dad
*  Nature or nuture
*    Oranges and lemons ''(Nursery rhyme)''
*[[Bread]] & [[butter]]
*[[Yin Yang|Yin & Yang]]
*[[Xylem]] & [[Phloem]]⏎
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== Geographical, astronomical or political pairs ==
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*[[Aachen]] & Aix-la-Chapelle ''(German and French names for the same town)''
*[[Albireo]], a double star
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia & Herzegovina]]
*[[Brighton]] & [[Hove]] - also [[Brighton & Hove Albion]]
(contracted; show full)*[[Black & Decker]]
*[[Bolsheviks]] & [[Mensheviks]]
*[[Robert Browning]] & [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning|Elizabeth Barrett]]
*[[Bubble and Squeak|Bubble & Squeak]] (dish made from leftover potatoes and cabbage)
*[[Buck and Bubbles|Buck & Bubbles]]
*[[Burke and Hare|Burke & Hare]]
*[[George Burns]] & [[Gracie Allen]]
*[[Aaron Burr]] & [[Alexander Hamilton]]
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== C ==
*[[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] & [[Cleopatra]]
*[[Cain]] & [[Abel]]
*[[Calvin and Hobbes]]
*[[Carriage return]] & [[Line feed]]
*"Cav and Pag" ([[Cavalleria Rusticana]] and [[I_Pagliacci]], short operas frequently performed together)
*[[Chang and Eng Bunker|Chang & Eng]]
*[[Chas and Dave|Chas 'n Dave]]
*[[Cheech and Chong|Cheech & Chong]]
*[[Cherubim]] & [[Seraphim]]
*[[Car Talk|Click & Clack]] (the tappet brothers)
*[[Emily Cox]] & [[Henry Rathvon]]
*[[Crips]] & [[Bloods]]
*[[Pierre Curie|Pierre]] & [[Marie Curie]]
*[[Currier and Ives|Currier & Ives]]
*[[Saint_Cyril|Cyril]] & [[Methodius]]
*[[cytosine]] & [[thymine]] (DNA base pair)⏎
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== D ==
*[[Dallas]] & [[Fort Worth]]
*[[Damon and Pythias|Damon & Pythias]]
*[[Danger Mouse|Danger Mouse & Penfold]]
*[[David]] & [[Goliath]]
*[[Big Diomede Island]] & [[Little Diomede Island]]
*The [[Dioscuri]]
(contracted; show full)*[[Ursa Major|Mizar and Alcor]] (the "horse and rider")
*[[Modesty Blaise]] & Willie Garvin
*The [[USS Monitor|Monitor]] & the [[CSS Virginia|Merrimack]]
*[[Morecambe and Wise|Morecambe & Wise]]
*[[Mork and Mindy|Mork & Mindy]]
*[[Inspector Morse|Morse & Lewis]]
*[[Mutt & Jeff]]
*[[Fox Mulder]] and [[Dana Scully]]
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== N ==
*[[Napoleon|Napoleon & Josephine]]
*[[Neanderthal]]s & [[Cro-Magnon]]s
*[[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[Ernie Bushmiller|Nancy & Sluggo]]

== O ==
(contracted; show full)*[[House of York|York]] & [[House of Lancaster|Lancaster]]

== Z ==
*[[Zager and Evans|Zager & Evans]]
*[[Zenith]] & [[Nadir]]
*[[Zenon_of_Citium|Zeno]] & [[Chrysippus]] (see also [[Stoicism]])
*[[Zero]] & [[One]]
*[[Zeus]] & [[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]]