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The following is a list of famous pairs listed alphabetically. For a list of pairs by category see Lists of pairs.
Pairs are actual persons (living or dead), places, or things, unless identified otherwise.
Each pair is listed once only, and is sorted alphabetically by the name listed first. If a pair is not listed under one name,
it may be listed under the other.
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
A
Aa-Al - Am-Au
Aa-Al
Am-Au
B
Ba - Be-Bi - Bl-Bo - Br-Bu
Ba
Be-Bi
Bl-Bo
Br-Bu
C
Ca-Ce - Ch-Co - Cr-Cy
Ca-Ce
Ch-Co
Cr-Cy
D
E
- Echevarria and Vigoreaux, (couples, she went to jail accused of ordering his murder)
- Eckert & Mauchly (colleagues; also
commercial partners)
- Elsie and Elmer
(fictional; couples; mascots) Cows, trademark of Borden dairy circa 1938 on.
- England & Wales (geographical;
juxtapositions)
- ENQ & ACK (technical; complementary)
- Emilio and Gloria Estefan (entertainers, couples)
- Evan & Jaron
- Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova (rivals; opponents; athletes) Tennis legends.
- Exchange &
Mart
- Edison & Swan
(rivals/opponents and commercial partners)
F
G
H
Ha - He-Ho - Hu
Ha
He-Ho
Hu
- Hubie and Bertie characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies series of cartoons
- Rock Hudson & Doris
Day (colleagues; entertainers; movies) (fictional; couples) Played couples in battle-of-the-sexes comedies such as Pillow
Talk
- Albert and
Allen Hughes (brothers, filmmakers)
- Rod Hull and Emu (ventriloquist &
dummy)
- Huntley & Brinkley (colleagues)
I
J
K
L
La-Li - Lo-Lu
La-Li
Lo-Lu
M
Ma - Me-Mo - Mu
Ma
Me-Mo
Mu
- Mum and dad (conceptual; complementary)
- Mutt & Jeff
(fictional; companions; comic strip) Creations of Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher; it was the first well-known daily comic strip. Hence also
(idiomatic/proverbial) for any tall-short pair of men.
- Mutt & Jeff (colleagues; spies)
- Fox Mulder and Dana
Scully (fictional; colleagues; television)
N
O
P
Pa-Pl - Po-Pu
Pa-Pl
Po-Pu
Q
R
Ra-Ri - Ro - Ru-Rw
Ra-Ri
Ro
Ru-Rw
- Ruler & compass (technical;
equipment; complementary) The two instruments whose use is permitted in formal geometrical constructions.
- Russell & Whitehead (colleagues; mathematicians)
- Ruth & Naomi (mythological/legendary; Biblical; companions)
- Rwanda & Burundi (geographical;
juxtapositions)
S
Sa-Sh - Si-Sm - #So-Su
Sa-Sh
Si-Sm
So-Su
T
Ta-To - Tr-Ty
Ta-To
- Tarzan & Jane (fictional; couples)
- Tex & Jinx (colleagues;
entertainers)
- Thelma & Louise (fictional; companions)
- Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et
Dupond in the original Belgian) twin-like detectives in the Tintin comic series
- Thompson Twins, a New
Wave band best known for their ballad "Hold Me Now"—but for their most successful years, they were a
trio, not a pair.
- Thunder & lightning
(proverbial/idiomatic; complementary)
- Strom Thurmond & Essie Butler (couples; scandalous)
Biological parents of mixed-race Essie Mae
Washington-Williams
- Tintin & Snowy (fictional; companions)
- Tom & Jerry (fictional; rivals/opponents; animated cartoon);
also (proverbial/idiomatic).
- Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (fictional; companions)
- Tool & Die (equipment; complementary)
- Tonsils & Adenoids (anatomical;
juxtapositions) (Customarily removed together; routine surgical procedure for children in the U. S. in the 1940s and 1950s).
- Torvill & Dean
(colleagues; entertainers) (figure skaters)
Tr-Ty
U
V
W
X
- Xerxes & Esther
(mythological/legendary; Biblical; rivals/opponents)
- Xylem & Phloem (technical;
complementary) Botanical circulatory elements
Y
Z
See also
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