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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 ==

(contracted; show full)*[[Romulus and Remus|Romulus & Remus]]
*[[Tarzan|Tarzan & Jane]]

== Proverbial or idiomatic verbal pairs ==

*  Apple and oranges
*[[Bacon]] & [[eggs]]

*[[Bed and breakfast]]

*  Black and white
*[[Bread]] & [[butter]]
*  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)''
*[[Yin Yang|Yin & Yang]]
*[[Xylem]] & [[Phloem]]








== 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)*[[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]]