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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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[[#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]] (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]] (colleagues; companions; criminals)
*[[Edward West Browning|"Daddy" Browning]] & [[Peaches Browning|"Peaches" Heenan]] (couples)
*[[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)⏎
Edward West Browning|"Daddy" Browning]] & [[Peaches Browning|"Peaches" Heenan]] (couples)
*[[Fred Astaire]] & [[Ginger Rogers]] (colleagues; entertainers)
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== 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]]
(contracted; show full)
*[[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]] (astronomical; juxtapositions)
*[[Rhode Island]] & [[Providence Plantations]] (geographical) (Rhode Island's official name)
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== 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 ==
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== A ==
*[[Abbott and Costello|Abbott & Costello]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Pierre Abelard|Abelard & Heloise]] (couples)
*[[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (commercial partners)
*[[Joseph Addison|Addison]] & [[Richard Steele|Steele]] (colleagues; writers)
*[[Alcock & Brown]] (colleagues; aviators)
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*[[American Falls]] & [[Horseshoe Falls]] (geographical)
*[[Amos & Andy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[animus]] & [[anima]] (conceptual)
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*[[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)''


== B ==
*[[1927 in music|The Babbitt & the Bromide]]
*[[Badminton|Battledore & Shuttlecock]] (equipment; complementary)
*[[Barnes & Noble]] (commercial partnership)
*[[Phineas Taylor Barnum|Barnum & Bailey]] (commercial partnership)
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*[[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)
*[[Bonnie & Clyde]] (colleagues; couples; criminals)
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*[[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)
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*[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid|Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid]] (colleagues; companions; criminals)


== 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)
(contracted; show full)
*[[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 & Wooster]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Bleak House|Jarndyce & Jarndyce]] (fictional; commercial partners) (law firm in [[Charles Dickens]]' novel, ''Bleak House'')

*[[Johnson & Johnson]] (commercial partners)
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*[[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 ==
*[[Brian Kernighan|Kernighan]] & [[Dennis Ritchie|Ritchie]] (colleagues) Computer scientists
*[[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)
*[[Laurel & Hardy]] (colleagues; entertainers)
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*[[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)
*[[Karl Marx|Marx]] & [[Fredrick Engels|Engels]]
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*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]]
(contracted; show full)*[[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]]

*[[Procter and Gamble|Procter & Gamble]] (commercial partners)
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*[[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]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Ren and Stimpy|Ren & Stimpy]] (fictional; colleagues)
*[[Rodgers & Hammerstein]] (colleagues; songwriters)
*[[Rolls & Royce]] (commercial partners)
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*[[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)
*[[Siegfried and Roy|Siegfried & Roy]] (colleagues; entertainers)
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*[[Silk & Satin]] (proverbial pairing of two [[Lustre|lustrous]], luxurious fabrics)
*[[Simon & Garfunkel]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]] (commercial partners)
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*[[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 ==

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*[[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 ==
*[[Saddam_Hussein|Uday & Qusay]] (siblings)
*[[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]]
*[[Wilbur Wright|Wilbur]] & [[Orville Wright]] (colleagues; siblings)
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*[[The Woodies]], Woodbridge and Woodforde tennis players
*[[Bob Woodward|Woodward]] & [[Carl Bernstein|Bernstein]] (colleagues; journalists)

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*[[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)