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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 ==

*[[Peanuts|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 ==A ==
*[[Aachen]] & Aix-la-Chapelle (geographical; juxtapositions) ''(German and French names for the same town)''
*[[Abbott and Costello|Abbott & Costello]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Pierre Abelard|Abelard & Heloise]] (couples)
*[[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (commercial partners)
*[[Adam and Eve|Adam & Eve]] (Biblical; couples)
*[[Joseph Addison|Addison]] & [[Richard Steele|Steele]] (colleagues; writers)
*[[Adenine]] & [[thymine]] (scientific; complementary) (DNA base pair)
*[[Albireo]] (astronomical; juxtapositions) (the double star Beta Cygnus)
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*[[Alcock & Brown]] (colleagues; aviators)
*[[American Falls]] & [[Horseshoe Falls]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[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)''
*Apples and oranges (proverbial/idiomatic; conceptual; opposing; food)
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*[[Fred Astaire]] & [[Ginger Rogers]] (colleagues; entertainers)


== B ==
*[[1927 in music|The Babbitt & the Bromide]]
*[[Badminton|Battledore & Shuttlecock]] (equipment; complementary)
*[[Bacon]] & [[eggs]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*[[Bambi|Bambi & Thumper]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Barnes & Noble]] (commercial partnership)
*[[Phineas Taylor Barnum|Barnum & Bailey]] (commercial partnership)
*[[Baskin-Robbins|Baskin & Robbins]] (commercial partners)
*[[Bass]] & [[treble]] (conceptual; technical; antitheses)
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*[[Batman]] 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)
*[[Black & Decker]] (commercial partners)
*Black and white (conceptual; opposing)
*[[Monopoly_(game)|Boardwalk & Park Place]]
*[[Bolsheviks]] & [[Mensheviks]] (opposing factions)
*[[Bonnie & Clyde]] (colleagues; couples; criminals)
*[[Bootsie and Snudge]]
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia & Herzegovina]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
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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)
*[[Bread and Roses|Bread & Roses]] (Proverbial of womens' labor issues, from slogan of the 1912 [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]] strikers)
*[[Brighton]] & [[Hove]] - also [[Brighton & Hove Albion]] (geographical; juxtapositions)
*[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown & Snoopy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Edward West Browning|"Daddy" Browning]] & [[Peaches Browning|"Peaches" Heenan]] (couples)
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*[[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)
*[[Cavalier]]s & [[Roundheads]] (opposing factions)
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*[[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)
*[[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)
*[[The Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] & [[The Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (opposing factions)
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*[[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)
*[[Democrat]] & [[Republican]] (opposing factions)
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*[[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)
*[[Fawlty Towers|Basil Fawlty & Sybil]] (fictitious)
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*[[1960 in music|Ferrante & Teicher]] (colleagues; entertainers) (duo-pianists)
*Fight or flight (proverbial/idiomatic; opposing)
*[[Fish & chips]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; food)
*[[Flanders & Swann]] (colleagues; entertainers)
*[[Flannigan and Allen|Flannigan & Allen]]
*[[Flotsam]] & [[Jetsam]] (proverbial/idiomatic)
*[[Fortnum & Mason]] (commercial partners)
*[[French & Saunders]]
*Friend or foe (proverbial/idiomatic; opposing)
*[[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)
*[[Gin]] & [[Vermouth]] (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary; beverages)
*[[Goofus and Gallant|Goofus & Gallant]] (fictional; opponents)
*[[Gog]] & [[Magog]]
*[[Guanine]] and [[cytosine]] (scientific; complementary) (other DNA base pair)
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*[[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)
(contracted; show full)*[[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]] 
(literary; complementary)
*[[Incubus]] & [[Succubus]]
*[[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'')
*[[Men in Black|Agents Jay and Kay]] (fictional; colleagues)
*[[Jeeves and Wooster|Jeeves &amp; Wooster]] (fictional; companions)
(contracted; show full)*[[Lineweaver & Burk]]
*[[Lindwall & Miller]]
*[[Little and Large|Little & Large]]
*Live or die (conceptual; antitheses)

== M ==
*[[Mars%2C_Incorporated|M & M's]] 

*[[Large Magellanic Cloud]] & [[Small Magellanic Cloud]] (astronomical; juxtapositions)
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*[[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)
*[[Morecambe and Wise|Morecambe & Wise]]
*[[Mork and Mindy|Mork & Mindy]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Inspector Morse|Morse & Lewis]]
*Mum and dad (conceptual; complementary)
*[[Mutt & Jeff]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Fox Mulder]] and [[Dana Scully]] (fictional; colleagues)

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

== O ==
*[[One Man & His Dog]]
*[[Only Fools and Horses|Only Fools & Horses]]
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*Oranges and lemons (proverbial/idiomatic; complementary) ''(Nursery rhyme)'' 
*[[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)
*[[Press and Journal]|Press & Journal]]
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*[[Victoria Beckham|Posh]] & [[David Beckham|Becks]]
*[[Procter and Gamble|Procter & Gamble]] (commercial partners)
*[[Proton]] & [[neutron]] (scientific; complementary)
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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)
*[[Rhode Island]] & [[Providence Plantations]] (geographical; juxtapositions) (Rhode Island's official name)
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*[[Rodgers & Hammerstein]] (colleagues; songwriters)
*[[Rolls & Royce]] (commercial partners)
*[[Romeo and Juliet|Romeo & Juliet]] (fictional; couples)
*[[Romulus and Remus|Romulus & Remus]] (fictional; siblings)
*[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern|Rosencrantz & Guildenstern]] (fictional; companions)
*[[Stendhal|Le Rouge & le Noir]]
*[[Rowan and Martin|Rowan & Martin]] (colleagues; entertainers; comedians)
(contracted; show full)*[[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)