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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 ==

*[[Edward West Browning|"Daddy" Browning]] & [[Peaches Browning|"Peaches" Heenan]] (couples)
*[[Fred Astaire]] & [[Ginger Rogers]] (colleagues; entertainers)

== 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]] & [[PhloemPeanuts|Charlie Brown & Snoopy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Fawlty Towers|Basil Fawlty & Sybil]]

== Geographical, astronomical or political pairs ==
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*[[Aachen]] & Aix-la-Chapelle ''(German and French names for the same town)''
*[[Albireo]] (astronomical; juxtapositions) (the double star Beta Cygnus)
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia & Herzegovina]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[Brighton]] & [[Hove]] - also [[Brighton & Hove Albion]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[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)

== 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


== A ==
*[[Abbott and Costello|Abbott & Costello]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Pierre Abelard|Abelard & Heloise]] (couples)
*[[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (commercial partners)
*[[Adam and Eve|Adam & Eve]] (Biblical; couples)
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*[[Joseph Addison|Addison]] & [[Richard Steele|Steele]] (colleagues; writers)
*[[Alcock & Brown]] (colleagues; aviators)
*[[American Falls]] & [[Horseshoe Falls]] (geographical)
*[[Amos & Andy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[animus]] & [[anima]] (conceptual)
*[[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)''
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*Apples and oranges (proverbial/idiomatic; conceptual; opposing; food)


== B ==
*[[1927 in music|The Babbitt & the Bromide]]
*[[Badminton|Battledore & Shuttlecock]] (equipment; complementary)
*[[Bacon]] & [[eggs]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*[[Bambi|Bambi & Thumper]] (fictional; companions)
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*[[Barnes & Noble]] (commercial partnership)
*[[Phineas Taylor Barnum|Barnum & Bailey]] (commercial partnership)
*[[Baskin-Robbins|Baskin & Robbins]] (commercial partners)
*[[Beany and Cecil|Beany & Cecil]] (fictional; companionsatman]] and [[Robin (Batman)|Robin]] (fictional; colleagues)
*[[Beany and Cecil|Beany & Cecil]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Beavis and Butthead|Beavis & Butthead]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Bed and breakfast]] (proverbial/idiomatic)
*[[Ben and Jerry|Ben & Jerry]] (commercial partners)
*[[Benjamin Britten]] & [[Peter Pears]] (colleagues; couples)
*Bill and Ben, [[The Flowerpot Men]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Bill and Ted]] (fictional; companions)
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*[[Black & Decker]] (commercial partners)
*Black and white (conceptual; opposing)
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*[[Monopoly_(game)|Boardwalk & Park Place]]
*[[Bolsheviks]] & [[Mensheviks]] (opposing factions)
*[[Bonnie & Clyde]] (colleagues; couples; criminals)
*[[Bootsie and Snudge]]
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*[[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] & [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] (idols of opposing musical factions in [[Vienna]] during the [[1870s]])
*[[Bread]] & [[butter]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
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*[[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)
*[[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)
*Cease and desist (proverbial/idiomatic)
*[[Chalk]] & [[Cheese]] (proverbial/idiomatic)
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*[[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)
(contracted; show full)*[[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)

*Fight or flight (proverbial/idiomatic; opposing)
*[[Fish & chips]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
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*[[Flanders & Swann]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Flannigan and Allen|Flannigan & Allen]]
*[[Flotsam]] & [[Jetsam]] (proverbial/idiomatic)
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*[[Fortnum & Mason]] (commercial partners)
*[[French & Saunders]]
*Friend or foe (proverbial/idiomatic; opposing)
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*[[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 & tonic]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; beverage)
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*[[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 ==
(contracted; show full)
== I ==
*The [[Iliad]] & the [[Odyssey]] 
*[[Iztaccihuatl]] &[[Popocatepetl]] (geographical; juxtapositions) (Mexican volcanos)

== J ==
*[[Jack and Jill|Jack & Jill]] (proverbial/idiomatic; fictional; companions)

*[[Bleak House|Jarndyce & Jarndyce]] (fictional; commercial partners) (law firm in [[Charles Dickens]]' novel, ''Bleak House'')
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*[[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''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|Jekyll & Hyde]] (fictional)
*[[Johnson & Johnson]] (commercial partners)
*[[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 ==
*[[Muppet|Kermit & Miss Piggy]] (fictional; companions)
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*[[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)
*[[Old Testament|The Law & the Prophets]]
*[[Worcestershire sauce|Lea & Perrins]] (commercial partners)
*[[Leicestershire]] & [[Rutland]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*Left & right (conceptual; opposing)
*[[Lewis and Clark|Lewis & Clark]] (fictional; colleagues)
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*[[John Lennon|Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney|McCartney]] (colleagues; songwriters)
*[[Lineweaver & Burk]]
*[[Lindwall & Miller]]
*[[Little and Large|Little & Large]]
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*Live or die (conceptual; antitheses)


== 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]]
*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)
*Mom and pop (conceptual; complementary)
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*[[Morecambe and Wise|Morecambe & Wise]]
*[[Mork and Mindy|Mork & Mindy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Inspector Morse|Morse & Lewis]]
*Mum and dad (conceptual; complementary)
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*[[Mutt & Jeff]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Fox Mulder]] and [[Dana Scully]] (fictional; colleagues)

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

== O ==
*Oranges and lemons (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary) ''(Nursery rhyme)'' 
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*[[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)
(contracted; show full)*[[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)

*[[Romeo and Juliet|Romeo & Juliet]] (fictional; couples)
*[[Romulus and Remus|Romulus & Remus]] (fictional; siblings)
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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 ==
(contracted; show full)*[[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 ==

*[[Tarzan|Tarzan & Jane]] (fictional; couples)
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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)
(contracted; show full)*[[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)


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== Y ==*[[Xylem]] & [[Phloem]]

== Y ==
*[[Yin Yang|Yin & Yang]] (conceptual; complementary ''and'' opposing)
*[[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)