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The following is a '''list of famous pairs''' (human or otherwise), organized by category then alphabet. See also [[list of twins]] and [[Twin cities]].  

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== 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]]
*[[Karl Marx|Marx]] & [[Fredrick Engels|Engels]]
*[[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]]

== 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]]
*[[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]]
*[[Cavalier]]s & [[Roundheads]]
*[[The Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] & [[The Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
*[[Democrat]] & [[Republican]]
*[[Large Magellanic Cloud]] & [[Small Magellanic Cloud]]
*[[Rhode Island]] & [[Providence Plantations]]
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== Living or historical human pairs ==

*[[Abbott and Costello|Abbott & Costello]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Alcock & Brown]] (colleagues; aviators)
*[[Marcus Antonius|Antony]] & [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]] (couples)
*[[The King and I|Anna & the King of Siam]] (colleagues) ''(Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut were historical personages)''
*[[Barnes & Noble]] (commercial partnership)
*[[Phineas Taylor Barnum|Barnum & Bailey]] (commercial partnership)
*[[Bonnie & Clyde]] (colleagues; couples; criminals)
*[[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]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Johnson & Johnson]] (commercial partners)
*[[Brian Kernighan|Kernighan]] & [[Dennis Ritchie|Ritchie]] (colleagues) Computer scientists
*[[Laurel & Hardy]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Karl Marx|Marx]] & [[Fredrick Engels|Engels]]
*[[Procter and Gamble|Procter & Gamble]] (commercial partners)
*[[Rolls & Royce]] (commercial partners)
*[[Siegfried and Roy|Siegfried & Roy]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Simon & Garfunkel]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]] (commercial partners)
*[[Saddam_Hussein|Uday & Qusay]] (siblings)
*[[Wilbur Wright|Wilbur]] & [[Orville Wright]] (colleagues; siblings)

== Mythological, fictitious, or legendary human pairs ==

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

== Proverbial or idiomatic verbal pairs ==

*Apples and oranges (proverbial/idiomatic; conceptual; opposing; food)
*[[Bacon]] & [[eggs]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*[[Bed and breakfast]] (proverbial/idiomatic)
*Black and white (conceptual; opposing)
*[[Bread]] & [[butter]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*Cease and desist (proverbial/idiomatic)
*[[Chalk]] & [[Cheese]] (proverbial/idiomatic)
*Fight or flight (proverbial/idiomatic; opposing)
*Friend or foe (proverbial/idiomatic; opposing)
*[[Flotsam]] & [[Jetsam]] (proverbial/idiomatic)
*[[Fish & chips]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*Left & right (conceptual; opposing)
*Live or die (conceptual; antitheses)
*[[Gin & tonic]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; beverage)
*Mom and pop (conceptual; complementary)
*Mum and dad (conceptual; complementary)
*Nature or nuture (proverbial/idiomatic; opposing)
*Oranges and lemons (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary) ''(Nursery rhyme)'' 
*[[Yin Yang|Yin & Yang]] (conceptual; complementary ''and'' opposing)
*[[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]]
*[[Cavalier]]s & [[Roundheads]] (opposing factions)
*[[The Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] & [[The Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (opposing factions)
*[[Democrat]] & [[Republican]] (opposing factions)
*[[Large Magellanic Cloud]] & [[Small Magellanic Cloud]]
*[[Rhode Island]] & [[Providence Plantations]] (geographical) (Rhode Island's official name)

== Science, engineering and technological pairs ==

*[[Adenine]] & [[thymine]] (DNA base pair)
*[[Bass]] & [[treble]] (conceptual; technical; antitheses)
*[[Guanine]] and [[cytosine]] (other DNA base pair)
*[[Proton]] & [[neutron]]
*[[Electricity]] & [[magnetism]]

== Other categories ==

*[[Incubus]] & [[Succubus]]
*[[One Man & His Dog]]
*[[Only Fools and Horses|Only Fools & Horses]]
*  Press & Journal

==waiting to be sorted==

== A ==
*[[Pierre Abelard|Abelard & Heloise]]
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*[[Abercrombie & Fitch]]
*[[Joseph Addison|Addison]] & [[Richard Steele|Steele]]
*[[American Falls]] & [[Horseshoe Falls]]
*[[Amos & Andy]]
*[[animus]] & [[anima]]

== B ==
*[[1927 in music|The Babbitt & the Bromide]]
*[[Badminton|Battledore & Shuttlecock]]
*[[Baskin-Robbins|Baskin & Robbins]]
*[[Beany and Cecil|Beany & Cecil]]
*[[Ben and Jerry|Ben & Jerry]]
*[[Benjamin Britten]] & [[Peter Pears]]
*[[Black & Decker]]
*[[Monopoly_(game)|Boardwalk & Park Place]]
*[[Bolsheviks]] & [[Mensheviks]]
*[[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] & [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] (idols of feuding musical factions in [[Vienna]] during the [[1870s]])
*[[Bread and Roses|Bread & Roses]] (Proverbial of womens' labor issues, from slogan of the 1912 [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]] strikers)
*[[Robert Browning]] & [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning|Elizabeth Barrett]]
*[[Archery|Bow & Arrow]]
*[[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]]

== 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)

== D ==
*[[Dallas]] & [[Fort Worth]]
*[[Damon and Pythias|Damon & Pythias]]
*[[Danger Mouse|Danger Mouse & Penfold]]
*[[David]] & [[Goliath]]
*[[Death]] & [[Taxes]] (proverbial pairing of two inevitabilities)
*[[Dick & Jane]] (siblings in the [[Scott, Foresman]] primary readers, very widely used in the U. S.)
*[[Big Diomede Island]] & [[Little Diomede Island]]
*The [[Dioscuri]]
*The [[Big Dipper]] & the [[Little Dipper]]

== E ==
*[[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]] & [[John W. Mauchly|Mauchly]]
*[[England]] & [[Wales]]
*[[ASCII#ASCII_Control_Characters|ENQ & ACK]]
*[[Evan and Jaron|Evan & Jaron]]
*[[Exchange & Mart]]
*[[Thomas Edison|Edison]] & [[Joseph_Swan|Swan]]

== F ==
*[[Douglas Fairbanks]] & [[Mary Pickford]]
*[[1960 in music|Ferrante & Teicher]]
*[[Flanders & Swann]]
*[[Flannigan and Allen|Flannigan & Allen]]
*[[Fortnum & Mason]]
*[[French & Saunders]]
*[[Frodo Baggins]] & [[Sam Gamgee]]
*[[Funk and Wagnalls|Funk & Wagnalls]]

== G ==
*[[Gallagher & Shean]]
*[[George Gershwin|George]] & [[Ira Gershwin]]
*[[Gilbert & George]]
*[[Gilbert & Sullivan]]
*[[Gin]] & [[Vermouth]]
*[[Goofus and Gallant|Goofus & Gallant]]
*[[Gog]] & [[Magog]]
*[[Gumby]] & [[List_of_fictional_horses|Pokey]]
*The [[Globe and Mail|Globe & Mail]]
*[[Mark Goodson|Goodson]] & [[Bill Todman|Todman]]

== H ==
*[[Perseus (constellation)|h and Chi Persei]]
*Hagar & Helga
*[[Hero and Leander|Hero & Leander]]
*[[Hale and Dorr|Hale & Dorr]]
*[[Hale & Pace]]
*[[ham and eggs]]
*[[Hansel and Gretel|Hansel & Gretel]]
*[[Warren G. Harding]] & [[Nan Britton]]
*[[Harlequin]] & [[Pierrot]]
*[[Harvard University|Harvard]] & [[Radcliffe College|Radcliffe]]
*[[Hatfields and McCoys]] [http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~dmcco01/McCoy/diversion.html]
*[[Heaven]] & [[Earth]]
*[[Edmund_Hillary|Edmund Hillary]] & [[Tenzing_Norgay|Tenzing Norgay]]
*[[Jack Hobbs|Hobbs]] & [[Herbert Sutcliffe|Sutcliffe]]
*[[Hollywood & Vine]]
*[[Grammy Awards of 1960|Homer & Jethro]]
*[[The Simpsons|Homer & Marge]]
*[[Sherlock Holmes]] & [[Dr. Watson]]
*[[Trinity|homoousia & homoiousia]]
*[[Horn & Hardart]]
*[[Chet Huntley|Huntley]] & [[David Brinkley|Brinkley]]

== I ==
*The [[Iliad]] & the [[Odyssey]]

*[[Iztaccihuatl]] &[[Popocatepetl]]

== J ==
*[[Jack and Jill|Jack & Jill]]
*[[Men in Black|Agents Jay and Kay]]
*[[Jeeves and Wooster|Jeeves &amp; Wooster]]

*[[Joseph & Mary]]
*[[The Jukes & the Kallikaks]]
*[[Francois Truffaut|Jules et Jim]]
*[[Juno]] & the [[Peacock]]; see also [[Aesop]], [[Alfred Hitchcock]], [[Sean O'Casey]]

== K ==

*[[Keuffel and Esser|Keuffel & Esser]]
*[[Kruder and Dorfmeister|Kruder & Dorfmeister]]

== L ==
*[[Lady & The Tramp]]
*[[Lancelot]] & [[Guinevere]]
*[[Old Testament|The Law & the Prophets]]
*[[Worcestershire sauce|Lea & Perrins]]
*[[Leicestershire]] & [[Rutland]]
*[[John Lennon|Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney|McCartney]]
*[[Lineweaver & Burk]]
*[[Lindwall & Miller]]
*[[Little and Large|Little & Large]]

== M ==
*[[Mars%2C_Incorporated|M & M's]]
*[[Angra Mainyu|Mainyu]] & [[Ahura Mazda|Mazda]]
*[[Marks and Spencer|Marks & Spencer]]
*Mary and her little lamb
*[[Mason-Dixon line|Mason & Dixon]]
*[[Masters and Johnson|Masters & Johnson]]
*[[Mexicali]] & [[Calexico]]
*[[Michaelis-Menten_kinetics|Michaelis & Menten]]
*[[Michelson-Morley experiment|Michelson & Morley]]
*[[Mills & Boon]]
*[[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]]

== N ==
*[[Napoleon|Napoleon & Josephine]]
*[[Neanderthal]]s & [[Cro-Magnon]]s
*[[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[Ernie Bushmiller|Nancy & Sluggo]]

== O ==
*[[Orkney]] & [[Shetland]]
*[[Orthanc]] & [[Minas Morgul]] ([[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien's]] [[The_Two_Towers|Two Towers]])
*[[Feldspar|Orthoclase & Plagioclase]]
*[[Edward_Lear|The Owl & the Pussycat]]

== P ==
*[[Pat and Patachon]]
*[[Claude Debussy|Pelleas et Melisande]]
*[[Penn and Teller|Penn & Teller]]
*[[Booth Tarkington|Penrod & Sam]]
*[[Peter Pan|Peter Pan & Wendy]]
*[[Philemon and Baucis|Philemon & Baucis]]
*[[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] & [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]
*[[Piston]] & [[Cylinder]]
*[[Pinky_and_the_Brain|Pinky & the Brain]]
*[[Plankton]] & [[Nekton]]
*[[Porgy and Bess|Porgy & Bess]]
*[[Victoria Beckham|Posh]] & [[David Beckham|Becks]]
*[[Pyramus and Thisbe|Pyramus & Thisbe]]
*[[Punch and Judy|Punch & Judy]] (couples)
*[[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (commercial partners)
*[[Joseph Addison|Addison]] & [[Richard Steele|Steele]] (colleagues; writers)
*[[American Falls]] & [[Horseshoe Falls]] (geographical)
*[[Amos & Andy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[animus]] & [[anima]] (conceptual)

== B ==
*[[1927 in music|The Babbitt & the Bromide]]
*[[Badminton|Battledore & Shuttlecock]] (equipment; complementary)
*[[Baskin-Robbins|Baskin & Robbins]] (commercial partners)
*[[Beany and Cecil|Beany & Cecil]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Ben and Jerry|Ben & Jerry]] (commercial partners)
*[[Benjamin Britten]] & [[Peter Pears]] (colleagues; couples)
*[[Black & Decker]] (commercial partners)
*[[Monopoly_(game)|Boardwalk & Park Place]]
*[[Bolsheviks]] & [[Mensheviks]] (opposing factions)
*[[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] & [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] (idols of opposing musical factions in [[Vienna]] during the [[1870s]])
*[[Bread and Roses|Bread & Roses]] (Proverbial of womens' labor issues, from slogan of the 1912 [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]] strikers)
*[[Robert Browning]] & [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning|Elizabeth Barrett]] (couples)
*[[Archery|Bow & Arrow]] (equipment; complementary)
*[[Bubble and Squeak|Bubble & Squeak]] (dish made from leftover potatoes and cabbage)
*[[Buck and Bubbles|Buck & Bubbles]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Burke and Hare|Burke & Hare]] (colleagues; criminals)
*[[George Burns]] & [[Gracie Allen]] (colleagues; entertainers; couples)
*[[Aaron Burr]] & [[Alexander Hamilton]] (opponents)

== C ==
*[[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] & [[Cleopatra]] (couples)
*[[Cain]] & [[Abel]] (mythological/legendary; Biblical; siblings; opponents)
*[[Calvin and Hobbes]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Carriage return]] & [[Line feed]] (complementary)
*"Cav and Pag" (complementary) ([[Cavalleria Rusticana]] and [[I_Pagliacci]], short operas frequently performed together)
*[[Chang and Eng Bunker|Chang & Eng]] (twins)
*[[Chas and Dave|Chas 'n Dave]]
*[[Cheech and Chong|Cheech & Chong]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Cherubim]] & [[Seraphim]]
*[[Car Talk|Click & Clack]]  (colleagues; entertainers) ("the Tappet brothers") (Tom and Ray Magliosi)
*[[Emily Cox]] & [[Henry Rathvon]] (colleagues) (crossword puzzle authors)
*[[Crips]] & [[Bloods]]
*[[Pierre Curie|Pierre]] & [[Marie Curie]] (colleagues; couples; scientists)
*[[Currier and Ives|Currier & Ives]] (commercial partners) (lithographers)
*[[Saint_Cyril|Cyril]] & [[Methodius]]
*[[cytosine]] & [[thymine]] (complementary) (DNA base pair)

== D ==
*[[Dallas]] & [[Fort Worth]] (geographical; juxtapositions; twin cities)
*[[Damon and Pythias|Damon & Pythias]] (mythological/legendary; companions)
*[[Danger Mouse|Danger Mouse & Penfold]]
*[[David]] & [[Goliath]] (mythological/legendary; Biblical; opponents)
*[[Death]] & [[Taxes]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary) (proverbial pairing of two inevitabilities)
*[[Dick & Jane]] (fictional; siblings) (in the [[Scott, Foresman]] primary readers, very widely used in the U. S.)
*[[Big Diomede Island]] & [[Little Diomede Island]] (geographical)
*The [[Dioscuri]] (mythological/legendary; twins; opponents)
*The [[Big Dipper]] & the [[Little Dipper]]

== E ==
*[[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]] & [[John W. Mauchly|Mauchly]] (colleagues; also commercial partners)
*[[England]] & [[Wales]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[ASCII#ASCII_Control_Characters|ENQ & ACK]]
*[[Evan and Jaron|Evan & Jaron]]
*[[Exchange & Mart]]
*[[Thomas Edison|Edison]] & [[Joseph_Swan|Swan]] (opponents ''and'' commercial partners)

== F ==
*[[Douglas Fairbanks]] & [[Mary Pickford]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[1960 in music|Ferrante & Teicher]] (colleagues; entertainers) (duo-pianists)
*[[Flanders & Swann]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Flannigan and Allen|Flannigan & Allen]]
*[[Fortnum & Mason]] (commercial partners)
*[[French & Saunders]]
*[[Frodo Baggins]] & [[Sam Gamgee]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Funk and Wagnalls|Funk & Wagnalls]] (commercial partners)

== G ==
*[[Gallagher & Shean]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[George Gershwin|George]] & [[Ira Gershwin]] (colleagues; siblings; songwriters)
*[[Gilbert & George]]
*[[Gilbert & Sullivan]] (colleagues; songwriters)
*[[Gin]] & [[Vermouth]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; beverages)
*[[Goofus and Gallant|Goofus & Gallant]] (fictional; opponents)
*[[Gog]] & [[Magog]]
*[[Gumby]] & [[List_of_fictional_horses|Pokey]] (fictional; companions)
*The [[Globe and Mail|Globe & Mail]]
*[[Mark Goodson|Goodson]] & [[Bill Todman|Todman]] (colleagues) (television game-show producers)

== H ==
*[[Perseus (constellation)|h and Chi Persei]] (astronomical; juxtapositions)
*Hagar & Helga
*[[Hero and Leander|Hero & Leander]] (mythological/legendary; couples)
*[[Hale and Dorr|Hale & Dorr]] (commercial partners) (Boston law firm)
*[[Hale & Pace]]
*[[ham and eggs]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*[[Hansel and Gretel|Hansel & Gretel]] (mythological/legendary; siblings)
*[[Warren G. Harding]] & [[Nan Britton]] (couples)
*[[Harlequin]] & [[Pierrot]] (fictional; archetypes; complementary)
*[[Harvard University|Harvard]] & [[Radcliffe College|Radcliffe]] (institutions; complementary)
*[[Hatfields and McCoys]] [http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~dmcco01/McCoy/diversion.html] (opponents)
*[[Heaven]] & [[Earth]]
*[[Edmund_Hillary|Edmund Hillary]] & [[Tenzing_Norgay|Tenzing Norgay]] (colleagues)
*[[Jack Hobbs|Hobbs]] & [[Herbert Sutcliffe|Sutcliffe]]
*[[Hollywood & Vine]] (geographical; intersections)
*[[Grammy Awards of 1960|Homer & Jethro]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[The Simpsons|Homer & Marge]] (fictional; couples)
*[[Sherlock Holmes]] & [[Dr. Watson]] (fictional; colleagues; companions)
*[[Trinity|homoousia & homoiousia]] (concepts; opposing)
*[[Horn & Hardart]] (commercial partners)
*[[Chet Huntley|Huntley]] & [[David Brinkley|Brinkley]] (colleagues)

== I ==
*The [[Iliad]] & the [[Odyssey]] 
*[[Iztaccihuatl]] &[[Popocatepetl]] (geographical; juxtapositions) (Mexican volcanos)

== J ==
*[[Jack and Jill|Jack & Jill]] (proverbial/idiomatic; fictional; companions)
*[[Men in Black|Agents Jay and Kay]] (fictional; colleagues)
*[[Jeeves and Wooster|Jeeves &amp; Wooster]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Bleak House|Jarndyce & Jarndyce]] (fictional; commercial partners) (law firm in [[Charles Dickens]]' novel, ''Bleak House'')
*[[Joseph & Mary]]
*[[The Jukes & the Kallikaks]] (conceptual; opposing)
*[[Francois Truffaut|Jules et Jim]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Juno]] & the [[Peacock]]; see also [[Aesop]], [[Alfred Hitchcock]], [[Sean O'Casey]] (fictional; couples)

== K ==

*[[Keuffel and Esser|Keuffel & Esser]] (commercial partners) (slide rule manufacturer)
*[[Kruder and Dorfmeister|Kruder & Dorfmeister]]

== L ==
*[[Lady & The Tramp]] (fictional; couples)
*[[Lancelot]] & [[Guinevere]] (mythological/legendary; couples)
*[[Old Testament|The Law & the Prophets]]
*[[Worcestershire sauce|Lea & Perrins]] (commercial partners)
*[[Leicestershire]] & [[Rutland]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[John Lennon|Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney|McCartney]] (colleagues; songwriters)
*[[Lineweaver & Burk]]
*[[Lindwall & Miller]]
*[[Little and Large|Little & Large]]

== M ==
*[[Mars%2C_Incorporated|M & M's]] 
*[[Angra Mainyu|Mainyu]] & [[Ahura Mazda|Mazda]] (mythological/legendary; conceptual; opponents)
*[[Marks and Spencer|Marks & Spencer]] (commercial partners)
*Mary and her little lamb (fictional; companions)
*[[Mason-Dixon line|Mason & Dixon]] (colleagues)
*[[Masters and Johnson|Masters & Johnson]] (colleagues; scientists)
*[[Mexicali]] & [[Calexico, California|Calexico]] (geographical; juxtapositions; twin cities)
*[[Michaelis-Menten_kinetics|Michaelis & Menten]] (colleagues; scientists)
*[[Michelson-Morley experiment|Michelson & Morley]] (colleagues; scientists)
*[[Mills & Boon]]
*[[Ursa Major|Mizar and Alcor]] (astronomical; juxtapositions) (the "horse and rider")
*[[Modesty Blaise]] & Willie Garvin
*The [[USS Monitor|Monitor]] & the [[CSS Virginia|Merrimack]] (opponents)
*[[Morecambe and Wise|Morecambe & Wise]]
*[[Mork and Mindy|Mork & Mindy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Inspector Morse|Morse & Lewis]]
*[[Mutt & Jeff]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Fox Mulder]] and [[Dana Scully]] (fictional; colleagues)

== N ==
*[[Napoleon|Napoleon & Josephine]] (couples)
*[[Neanderthal]]s & [[Cro-Magnon]]s
*[[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland and Labrador]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[Ernie Bushmiller|Nancy & Sluggo]] (fictional; companions)

== O ==
*[[Orkney]] & [[Shetland]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[Orthanc]] & [[Minas Morgul]] ([[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien's]] (fictional; geographical; juxtapositions; opponents) [[The_Two_Towers|Two Towers]]) 
*[[Feldspar|Orthoclase & Plagioclase]] (complementary) (minerals found together in feldspar)
*[[Edward_Lear|The Owl & the Pussycat]] (fictional; couples)

== P ==
*[[Pat and Patachon]]
*[[Claude Debussy|Pelleas et Melisande]] (mythological/legendary; couples)
*[[Marks and Spencer|Marks & Spencer]] (commercial partners)
*[[Penn and Teller|Penn & Teller]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Booth Tarkington|Penrod & Sam]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Peter Pan|Peter Pan & Wendy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Philemon and Baucis|Philemon & Baucis]] (mythological/legendary; couples)
*[[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] & [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]
*[[Piston]] & [[Cylinder]]
*[[Pinky_and_the_Brain|Pinky & the Brain]]
*[[Plankton]] & [[Nekton]]
*[[Porgy and Bess|Porgy & Bess]] (fictional; couples)
*[[Victoria Beckham|Posh]] & [[David Beckham|Becks]]
*[[Pyramus and Thisbe|Pyramus & Thisbe]] (fictional; couples)
*[[Punch and Judy|Punch & Judy]] (fictional; archetypes; couples; opponents)
*[[Pupienus and Balbinus|Pupienus & Balbinus]]

== Q ==
*Strange & Charm [[Quarks]] (complementary)
*[[Jay Ward|Quisp & Quake]]

== R ==
*[[Pierre-Esprit Radisson]] & [[Médard des Groseilliers]]
*[[Rand McNally|Rand & McNally]] (commercial partners)
*[[Claude Lévi-Strauss|The Raw & the Cooked]]
*[[Stephen Redgrave|Redgrave]] & [[Matthew Pinsent|Pinsent]]
*[[Reeves & Mortimer]]
*[[Regis Philbin|Regis]] & [[Kathie Lee Gifford|Kathie Lee]]
⏎
*[[Ren and Stimpy|Ren & Stimpy]]
*[[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]
*[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern|Rosencrantz & Guildenstern]]
*[[Stendhal|Le Rouge & le Noir]]
*[[Rowan and Martin|Rowan & Martin]]
*[[Bertrand Russell|Russell]] & [[Alfred North Whitehead|Whitehead]]
*[[Book of Ruth|Ruth & Naomi]]
*[[Rwanda]] & [[Burundi]]

== S ==
*[[St. Kitts and Nevis|St. Kitts & Nevis]]
*[[St. Pierre and Miquelon|St. Pierre & Miquelon]]
*[[St. Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent & the Grenadines]]
*[[Salt]] & [[pepper]]
*[[Samson]] & [[Delilah]]
*[[San Diego]] & [[Tijuana]]
*[[Sao Tome and Principe|Sao Tome & Principe]]
*[[Scylla]] & [[Charybdis]] (See also [[Odysseus#Scylla_and_Charybdis|Scylla & Charybdis]]) 
*[[Sears & Roebuck]]
*[[Shaving|Shave]] & a [[haircut]]
*[[Silk & Satin]] (proverbial pairing of two [[Lustre|lustrous]], luxurious fabrics)
*[[Sirius]] & [[Sirius B]] (binary star system)
*Slap & Tickle
*[[Mel Smith|Smith]] & [[Griff Rhys Jones|Jones]]
*[[Smith and Wesson|Smith & Wesson]]
*[[Smothers Brothers]]
*[[King Solomon]] & the [[Queen of Sheba]]
*[[Somerville and Ross]]
*[[Sonny & Cher]]
*[[Sooty|Sooty & Sweep]]
*[[Stalagmites]] & [[Stalactites]]
*[[Starsky and Hutch|Starsky & Hutch]]
*[[Steptoe and Son]]
*[[Strauss and Howe|Strauss & Howe]]

== T ==

*[[Tex and Jinx|Tex & Jinx]]
*[[Thelma and Louise|Thelma & Louise]]
*[[Thunder]] & [[lightening]]
*[[Tintin]] & Snowy
*[[Tom & Jerry]]
*[[Tom Sawyer]] & [[Huckleberry Finn]]
*[[Tonsils]] & [[Adenoids]]
*[[Torvill & Dean]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad & Tobago]]
*[[Tristan and Isolde|Tristan & Isolde]]
*[[Trylon and Perisphere|Trylon & Perisphere]]
*[[Trueman & Statham]]
*[[Turks_and_Caicos_Islands|Turks & Caicos]]
*[[Mouse|Town Mouse & Country Mouse]]
*[[Spencer Tracy|Tracy]] & [[Katherine Hepburn|Hepburn]]
*[[Tudor dynasty|Tudors]] & [[House of Stuart|Stuarts]]
*[[Tweedledum]] & [[Tweedledee]]
*[[Tyne & Wear]]

== U ==

*[[Ulna]] &[[Radius]]
*[[Isotope separation|Uranium-235 & Uranium-238]]

== V ==
*[[Van & Schenck]]
*[[Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom|Victoria]] & [[Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Albert]]

== W ==
*[[Wallace & Gromit]]
*[[Wayne and Shuster|Wayne & Shuster]]
*[[James Watson|Watson]] & [[Francis Crick|Crick]]
*[[Weber and Fields|Weber & Fields]]
*[[Whig_(UK)|Whigs]] & [[Tories]]
*[[The Woodies]], Woodbridge and Woodforde tennis players
*[[Bob Woodward|Woodward]] & [[Carl Bernstein|Bernstein]]

*[[Charles Reade|Peg Woffington & Christie Johnstone]]
*One and Two [[World Trade Center]], New York

== X ==
*[[Xerxes]] & [[Book of Esther|Esther]]


== Y ==
*[[House of York|York]] & [[House of Lancaster|Lancaster]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Ren and Stimpy|Ren & Stimpy]] (fictional; colleagues)
*[[Rodgers & Hammerstein]] (colleagues; songwriters)
*[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern|Rosencrantz & Guildenstern]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Stendhal|Le Rouge & le Noir]]
*[[Rowan and Martin|Rowan & Martin]] (colleagues; entertainers; comedians)
*[[Bertrand Russell|Russell]] & [[Alfred North Whitehead|Whitehead]] (colleagues; mathematicians)
*[[Book of Ruth|Ruth & Naomi]] (mythological/legendary; Biblical; companions)
*[[Rwanda]] & [[Burundi]] (geographical; juxtapositions)

== S ==
*[[St. Kitts and Nevis|St. Kitts & Nevis]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[St. Pierre and Miquelon|St. Pierre & Miquelon]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[St. Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent & the Grenadines]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[Salt]] & [[pepper]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*[[Samson]] & [[Delilah]] (mythological/legendary; Biblical; couples)
*[[San Diego]] & [[Tijuana]] (geographical; juxtapositions; twin cities)
*[[Sao Tome and Principe|Sao Tome & Principe]] (geographical; juxtapositions; twin cities)
*[[Scylla]] & [[Charybdis]] (See also [[Odysseus#Scylla_and_Charybdis|Scylla & Charybdis]]) (mythological/legendary)
*[[Sears & Roebuck]] (commercial partners)
*[[Shaving|Shave]] & a [[haircut]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary)
*[[Silk & Satin]] (proverbial pairing of two [[Lustre|lustrous]], luxurious fabrics)
*[[Sirius]] & [[Sirius B]] (astronomical; juxtapositions) (binary star system)
*Slap & Tickle
*[[Mel Smith|Smith]] & [[Griff Rhys Jones|Jones]] (fictional; colleagues)
*[[Smith and Wesson|Smith & Wesson]] (commercial partners) (gunmakers)
*[[Smothers Brothers]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[King Solomon]] & the [[Queen of Sheba]] (mythological/legendary; Biblical; couples)
*[[Somerville and Ross]]
*[[Sonny & Cher]] (colleagues; entertainers; couples)
*[[Sooty|Sooty & Sweep]]
*[[Stalagmites]] & [[Stalactites]] (conceptual; complementary; opposing)
*[[Starsky and Hutch|Starsky & Hutch]] (fictional; colleagues)
*[[Steptoe and Son]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Strauss and Howe|Strauss & Howe]]

== T ==

*[[Tex and Jinx|Tex & Jinx]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Thelma and Louise|Thelma & Louise]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Thunder]] & [[lightning]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary)
*[[Tintin]] & Snowy (fictional; companions)
*[[Tom & Jerry]]
*[[Tom Sawyer]] & [[Huckleberry Finn]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Tonsils]] & [[Adenoids]]
*[[Torvill & Dean]] (colleagues; entertainers) (figure skaters)
*[[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad & Tobago]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[Tristan and Isolde|Tristan & Isolde]] (fictional; couples)
*[[Trylon and Perisphere|Trylon & Perisphere]]
*[[Trueman & Statham]]
*[[Turks_and_Caicos_Islands|Turks & Caicos]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[Mouse|Town Mouse & Country Mouse]]
*[[Spencer Tracy|Tracy]] & [[Katherine Hepburn|Hepburn]] (colleagues; entertainers; couples)
*[[Tudor dynasty|Tudors]] & [[House of Stuart|Stuarts]]
*[[Tweedledum]] & [[Tweedledee]]
*[[Tyne & Wear]] (geographical; juxtapositions)

== U ==

*[[Ulna]] &[[Radius]] (juxtapositions; complementary)
*[[Isotope separation|Uranium-235 & Uranium-238]] (complementary)

== V ==
*[[Van & Schenck]]
*[[Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom|Victoria]] & [[Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Albert]] (couples)

== W ==
*[[Wallace & Gromit]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Wayne and Shuster|Wayne & Shuster]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[James Watson|Watson]] & [[Francis Crick|Crick]] (colleagues; scientists)
*[[Weber and Fields|Weber & Fields]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Whig_(UK)|Whigs]] & [[Tories]]
*[[The Woodies]], Woodbridge and Woodforde tennis players
*[[Bob Woodward|Woodward]] & [[Carl Bernstein|Bernstein]] (colleagues; journalists)

*[[Charles Reade|Peg Woffington & Christie Johnstone]]
*One and Two [[World Trade Center]], New York (geographical; juxtapositions)

== X ==
*[[Xerxes]] & [[Book of Esther|Esther]] (mythological/legendary; Biblical; opponents)


== Y ==
*[[House of York|York]] & [[House of Lancaster|Lancaster]] (opponents)

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