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Twins in popular culture
Twins in acting
Twins in the arts
Twins in filmmaking
Twins in music
- Natalie and Nicole Albino, members of Nina Sky
- Didem and Sinem Balık, Turkish opera singers
- Dino and Shazam, members of the 1990s R&B H-Town
- Brian and Brandon Casey, members of R&B group Jagged Edge
- Alex and Nels Cline (1956–), American avant-garde musicians
- Kelley and Kim Deal, members of The Breeders
- Lamb and Lynx Gaede, members of Prussian Blue
- Marge and Mary Ann Ganser, members of the 1960s girl group The Shangri-Las
- Tywo and Kenny Isaac-Akintoye, Nigerian pop duo Twin-X
- Robin (born 1949) and Maurice Gibb (1949-2003), British-born Australian musicians, two of the three Bee Gees
- Matt and Luke Goss, singers in Bros
- Monica and Gabriela Irimia (1982-), pop duo The Cheeky Girls
- Emi and Yumi Ito (1941-), Japanese pop duo The Peanuts, also known for appearances in the Mothra and Godzilla movies of the 1960s
- Ryan and Gary Jarman (born 1980) of the British indie band The Cribs
- Ben and James Johnston, members of the Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro
- Herbert Kalin and Harold Kalin of the Kalin Twins
- Kinya and Seiya Kamijo, members of Japanese rock band Penpals
- Bill and Tom Kaulitz (1989-), members of the German rock-group Tokio Hotel
- Ellen and Alice Kessler a.k.a. the Kessler Twins (Kessler Zwillinge), Germany, song and dance, television and motion pictures
- Heather and Jennifer Kinley, members of country music duo The Kinleys
- Felisha and Fallon King, members of Cherish
- Ryan and Dan Kowarsky, Canadian singing duo RyanDan
- Nathan and Matthew Leone, of post-hardcore, emo, alternative rock band Madina Lake
- Brittney and Bridget Livingston of Triple Image
- Evan and Jaron Lowenstein
- Edele and Keavy Lynch (1979-), of pop group B*Witched
- Benji and Joel Madden, (1979-) of the American pop punk band Good Charlotte
- Sam and Amanda Marchant, pop duo Samanda
- Jacob and Joshua Miller, members of Nemesis Rising
- Gunnar and Matthew Nelson of the band Nelson
- Jacob and Joshua Olds, members of Family Force 5
- Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, Australian pop duo The Veronicas
- Simone and Amedeo Pace, members of Blonde Redhead
- Charles and John Panozzo, Styx
- Güher and Süher Pekinel, Turkish duo-pianists
- Tegan and Sara Quin, identical Canadian musicians
- Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish alternative rockers The Proclaimers
- Lee and Tyler Sargent, members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Walter and Wallace "Scotty" Scott, lead singers of The Whispers
- Toni and Trisha Sherwood, members of 11:30.
- Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, former members of Icelandic group Múm
- Janice and Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singers
- Chandra and Leigh Watson, members of The Watson Twins
- Denny and Kenny Scott, members of Swirl 360
- Peter and Paul Okoye, Only Members of Nigerian HIP-HOP artists P-Square
Twins in sports
- Hamit and Halil Altıntop, Turkish football (soccer) players
- Vasili and Aleksei Berezutskiy, Russian football (soccer) players
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, mixed martial artists
- Archil and Shota Arveladze (born 1973), Georgian international footballers
- Alberto and Carlos Arroyo, basketball players; Alberto in the BSN, Carlos in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
- McWilliams and McJoe Arroyo Puerto Rican amateur boxers
- Herbert and Wilfred Baddeley, British tennis players
- Ronde and Tiki Barber (born 1975), National Football League (NFL) players
- Patrick and Pascal Barré (born 1959), French track and field sprinters
- Guillermo and Gustavo Barros Schelotto (born 1973), Argentine football (soccer) players
- Alec (born 1918) and Eric Bedser (1918-2006), England cricketers
- Sergei and Anatoli Beloglazov (born 1956), Soviet wrestlers
- Frank and Ronald de Boer (born 1970), Dutch international football (soccer) players
- Tom and Terry Brands, American amateur wrestlers and Olympic medalists
- Bob and Mike Bryan, pro tennis players, doubles champions
- Josh and Daniel Bullocks (born 1983) National Football League (NFL) players
- Heather and Heidi Burge, American WNBA players
- José and Ozzie Canseco (born 1964), Major League Baseball players
- Dionísio and Domingos Castro (born 1963), Portuguese long-distance runners
- Giulio and Nicola Ciotti (born 1976), Italian high jumpers
- Jarron and Jason Collins, American NBA basketball players
- Felipe and Manuel Contepomi (born 1977), Argentine international rugby union players
- Alissa and Amber Czisny, American figure skaters
- Rafael Pereira Da Silva and Fabio Pereira Da Silva, Brazilian footballers
- Philipp and David Degen, Swiss national footballers
- Jorge and Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian international footballers
- Christoph and Markus Dieckmann (born 1976), German beach volleyball players
- Lukáš and Tomáš Došek, (born 1978) Czech football (soccer) players
- Jeroen and Henrico Drost, Dutch football (soccer) players
- Alexander and Vladimir Efimkin, (born 1981), Russian road racing cyclists
- Mark and Michael Evans (born 1957), Canadian rowers
- Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, New Zealand world champions double sculls (rowing).
- Stephen and Matthew Febey, AFL footballers
- Peter and Chris Ferraro, National Hockey League players
- Miguel and Javier Flaño, Spanish football (soccer) players
- Jörg and Uwe Freimuth (born 1961), East German track and field athletes
- Kaokor and Khaosai Galaxy (born 1959), Thai world champion boxers
- Gowans and James Gowans, SANFL footballers
- Joey and Stephen Graham, NBA basketball players
- Horace and Harvey Grant (born 1965), NBA players
- Michael and Marcus Griffin (born 1985), National Football League (NFL) 2007 draft DB prospects (Texas) likely to go early
- Adam Griffiths and Joel Griffiths footballers who play for the [Newcastle United Jets]] football club.
- Tim (1951-1996) and Tom Gullikson (born 1951), pro tennis players, doubles champions
- Paul and Morgan Hamm (born 1982), Olympic gymnasts
- Don and Ron Harris (born 1961), professional wrestlers
- Katrine Lunde Haraldsen and Kristine Lunde (born 1980), Norwegian handball players
- Alvin and Calvin Harrison, American sprinters and Olympic athletes
- Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan, Egyptian footballers
- Earl and Dave Hebner, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling referees
- Matt Hughes and Mark Hughes (1973-), American wrestlers and mixed martial arts fighters
- Jenny and Susanna Kallur, Swedish hurdle runners
- René and Willy van de Kerkhof (born 1951), Dutch international footballers
- Erwin and Helmut Kremers (born 1949), Germany international footballers
- Tai and Tasesa Lavea (born 1980), New Zealand former NRL footballers (Tasesa now plays rugby union in New Zealand)
- Darjuš and Kšyštof Lavrinovič (born 1979), Lithuania international basketball players
- Nathan and Ryan Lonie, AFL footballers
- Brook and Robin Lopez (born 1988), American basketball players
- Alistair and Stewart Lord, AFL footballers
- Henrik and Joel Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey players
- Phil and Steve Mahre (born 1957), American alpine skiers
- Hamish and James Marshall, New Zealand cricketers
- Coco and Kelly Miller (born 1978), WNBA players
- Colin and Keith Morgan (born 1973), Canadian twins and judoka's
- Kazuyuki and Koji Morisaki (born 1981), Japanese football (soccer) players
- Antonio and Emanuele Filippini (born 1973), Italian football (soccer) players
- Brett and Josh Morris, rugby league footballers
- Isabelle and Beatrice Mouthon (born 1966), French triathletes
- Mildred and Marianne Muis (born 1968), Dutch swimmers
- Akona and Odwa Ndungane (born 1981), South African rugby union footballers
- Philip Neville, English footballer, and Tracey Neville, English netballer
- Dennis and Gérard de Nooijer, Dutch footballers
- Amanda and Isabelle Nylander, Swedish figure skaters
- Emilia and Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball players
- Kenji and Tsugiharu Ogiwara (born 1969), Japanese Nordic combined world champion skiers
- Amanda and Tess Oliveira, Brazilian water polo players
- Hiromi and Takami Ominami (born 1975), Japanese long-distance runners
- Javier and Ricardo Otxoa Palacios (born 1974, Ricardo died in 2001), Spanish cyclists
- Ashley and Courtney Paris (born 1987), American basketball players
- Borut and Darjan Petrič (born 1964), Yugoslav swimmers
- Mike and Dan Pletch (born 1983), Canadian rugby union players
- Andreas and Thomas Ravelli, Swedish football players
- Ann and Claire Recht, Division I women's volleyball
- Michael and Jeffrey Reider (born 1982), Hungarian football (soccer) players
- Ebbe and Peter Sand (born 1972), Danish football (soccer) players
- Hisato and Yūto Satō (born 1982), Japanese football (soccer) players
- Shu & Kei Sato (born 1977), Japanese professional wrestlers
- Chris and Brad Scott, AFL footballers
- Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players
- Mike and Todd Shane, professional wrestlers
- Patrik and Peter Sundstrom, Swedish ice hockey players
- Ron and Rich Sutter (born 1963) Canadian, NHL hockey players
- Tõnu and Toomas Tõniste (born 1967), Estonian sailboat racers
- Dick and Tom Van Arsdale (born 1943), former NBA basketball players
- Roel and Mansueto Velasco (born 1972), Filippino boxers
- Darryl and Shane Wakelin, AFL footballers
- Kevin and Kerrod Walters, rugby league footballers
- Mark and Steve Waugh (born 1965), Australian cricketers
- Dora and Cora Webber (born 1958), American women world champion boxers
- Cristian and Damiano Zenoni (born 1977), Italian football (soccer) players
- Marcin and Michał Żewłakow (born 1976), Polish international footballers
- Bengt and Björn Zikarsky (born 1967), German freestyle swimmers
Twins in modeling
Twins in reality television
- Amanda and Sam Marchant (1988–), contestants in Big Brother (UK, 2007) (1988-)
- Greg and David Mathew, joint winners of Big Brother Australia in 2005 (1982-)
- Adria Montgomery-Klein and Natalie Montgomery-Carroll, Big Brother 5 (US)
- Becky and Jessie O'Donohue, reality TV contestants (Fear Factor, American Idol) and models (1980-)
- Derek and Drew Riker, reality TV contestants and models
- Emma and Eve Ryan, reality TV contestants
- Cara and Madelyn Gosselin, reality TV stars
- Amanda and Michelle Babin, America's Next Top Model Cycle 7
Miscellaneous twins in popular culture
- Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa
- Aaron Carter, American singer, and Angel Carter, American model
- The Dolly Sisters, Rosie (1892-1970) and Jenny (1892-1941), American vaudeville performers
- Ann Landers (1918-2002; née Friedman) and Abigail Van Buren (1918-; née Friedman), American advice columnists
- Leigh and Leslie Keno (1957–), furniture experts, Antiques Roadshow appraisers, Find! hosts
- Loredana and Raffaella Lecciso (1972–), Italian starlets
- David (1965-2004) and Brian Reimer (1965-2002), identical twin subjects of the book As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto
- Randy and Jason Sklar, hosts of ESPN Classic's Cheap Seats (1972-)
- Ursula and Phoebe, Friends TV Show.
Twin authors and writers
Twins in politics
Twins in business
Twins in crime
Twins in the military
Twins in science
Twins in Mythology
Twins in speech therapy
Conjoined (Siamese) twins
- See Conjoined twins#List of conjoined twins.
Twin records
- Alice and Nelly Clarke (born 1900), oldest twins in Britain
- Mary Crombie, longest-lived person born a twin (1890-2003), sister died at 94
- Thomas and Grace Houghton-Burnett (born 2002), heaviest mixed sex twins born in the UK (Thomas 10 lb 1 oz or 4.56 kg - Grace 8 lb 2 oz or 3.69 kg); also heaviest twins born via normal delivery in the UK (rather than by Caesarean section) [1]
- Gin Kanie and Kin Narita (born 1892), oldest twins in Japan and national icons, died 2001 and 2000 respectively
- James and Thomas Mollekin, Britain's tallest twins.
- Daniel and Espi Dooley, heaviest conjoined twins, born in Australia, 8.56 kg.
- Claire and Ann Recht, tallest living female twins, at 6' 7" or 2.01 m [2]
- Benny and Billy McGuire, heaviest ever twins at 814 and 784 pounds. Born in Hendersonville, NC, USA in 1947. Billy died in 1979, Benny in 2001. [3]
- Michael and James Lanier, tallest living male twins, at 7' 6" or 2.286m [4].
- Suresh Guptara and Jyoti Guptara, only known twin novelists [5]
Miscellaneous twins
Famous people with a twin
- James Alexandrou, actor (twin sister Antoinette)
- Chad Allen, actor (twin sister, Charity)
- Carl Anderson singer/actor (twin died as an infant)
- Mario Andretti, racing driver (twin brother, Aldo)
- Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General (twin sister Efua)
- Lillian Asplund, last American survivor of the Titanic disaster (twin brother, Carl Edgar, died in the sinking)
- Conrad Bain, Canadian actor (twin brother Bonar)
- Gracia Baur, German pop singer (identical twin sister Patricia)
- Blaze Berdahl, American actress (twin sister Beau)
- Nicholas Brendon, actor (twin brother Kelly)
- Jim Broadbent, actor (twin sister died at birth)
- Gisele Bündchen, supermodel (fraternal twin sister Patrícia)
- Gabrielle Carteris, American actress (twin brother, James)
- Karen Cellini (actress from the TV series "Dynasty"), has a twin sister name Kate.
- Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter and former actor (twin brother, Jeff)
- Gary Cherone, American musician (fraternal twin brother, Greg)
- Montgomery Clift, actor (twin sister Roberta)
- Henry Cooper, British boxer (twin brother George)
- Bucky Covington, American Idol finalist (identical twin brother Rocky)
- Andrew Daddo, Australian actor (fraternal twin Jamie)
- Ann B. Davis, The Brady Bunch (twin sister Harriet)
- Tanja Dexters, Miss Belgium 1998 (twin sister Mieke)
- Philip K. Dick, American writer (twin sister Jane, died after birth)
- Vin Diesel, American actor (fraternal twin brother Paul Vincent)
- Duffy, Welsh soul singer (twin sister Katy)
- Karen Elson, English supermodel (fraternal twin sister Kate)
- John Elway, NFL quarterback (twin sister Jana)
- Theo Epstein, GM of the Boston Red Sox (twin brother Paul)
- Mike Espy, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (twin sister Michelle)
- Joseph Fiennes, actor (twin brother, Jacob)
- Max Gail, actor (twin sister, Mary)
- Andy Garcia, actor (parasitic twin brother removed from Andy's shoulder; died soon after)
- Eva Green, actress (fraternal twin sister Joy)
- Jerry Hall, American model and actress (twin sister, Terry) [6]
- Linda Hamilton, actress (identical twin sister Leslie, who played the "T-1000 Sarah" in Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
- Victor Davis Hanson, author (fraternal twin brother Alfred)
- Jon Heder, actor (identical twin brother Daniel)
- William Randolph Hearst, newspaper magnate (twin died as an infant)
- Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress (twin sister Jacqueline - both appeared in the movie "Dead Ringers")
- Marilu Henner, actress (twin sister Crystal)
- Ryan Howard, Phillies Player (twin brother Corey)
- Matt Hughes, martial arts fighter (identical twin brother Mark)
- Marlon Jackson, singer (twin brother Brandon, died at birth)
- David Jason, actor (twin brother Jason died at birth)
- Chris Joannou, Silverchair bass player (twin sister Louise)
- Scarlett Johansson, actress (twin brother Hunter)
- Jay Kay, singer (twin brother died at birth)
- Cory Kennedy, American Internet celebrity (fraternal twin sister Chris)
- Ashton Kutcher, actor (fraternal twin brother Michael)
- David Kohan, TV producer (twin brother Jono)
- Kate Lawler, UK Big Brother 3 winner (twin sister Karen)
- Gigi Leung, singer (twin brother)
- Liberace, impresario (twin died as an infant)
- Tony Liberatore, AFL footballer with the Western Bulldogs (twin brother Fred)
- Cory Lidle, Former MLB Player (twin brother Kevin)
- Thad Luckinbill, soap-opera actor (twin brother Trent)
- John Maine, Major League Baseball pitcher (fraternal twin brother)
- Shawn Marion, NBA basketball player (twin sister Shawnett)
- Susie Maroney, Australian swimmier (fraternal twin Sean)
- Kim Mathers, Eminem's ex wife (non-identical twin Dawn)
- Victor A. McKusick, professor of genetics (twin brother Vincent was chief justice of the Maine superior court)
- Naima Mora, America's Next Top Model (twin sister Nia)
- Alanis Morissette, Canadian rock singer/songwriter (twin brother Wade)
- Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (twin sister died at birth)
- Mandy Musgrave, American actress (identical twin sister Jamie)
- Gaute Ormåsen, Norwegian singer (fraternal twin brother Hogne)
- Jason Orange, member of Take That (twin brother Justin)
- Alexandra Paul, actress on Baywatch (identical twin sister, Caroline, is a writer and firefighter)
- Elvis Presley, (twin brother Jesse Garon died at birth)
- Parker Posey, actress (twin brother Chris)
- Richard Quest, CNN anchor (twin sister Caroline)
- Dack Rambo, American actor (twin brother, Dirk)
- Judy Reyes, actress
- Marty Robbins, Country Music singer (twin sister Mamie)
- Isabella Rossellini, actress (twin sister Isotta Ingrid)
- J. D. Roth, actor (twin sister Heidi)
- Judith Scott, artist (twin sister, Joyce)
- Teemu Selanne, hockey player (twin brother, Paavo)
- Sab Shimono, actor
- Lori Singer, actress (twin brother Gregory)
- Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress (twin sister Daniela)
- Katy Steele, lead singer of Little Birdy, (twin brother, Jake)
- Curtis Strange, professional golfer, (identical brother Allen)
- Ed Sullivan, TV host (twin died as an infant)
- Sandra Sully, Australian journalist
- Kiefer Sutherland, actor (twin sister Rachel)
- Amanda Tapping, actress (twin brother Chris)
- Jim Thorpe, American athlete (twin brother, Charlie)
- Jon Tickle, UK Big Brother 4
- Garrett Tierney, musician (identical twin brother Shaun)
- Paul Tsongas, American politician (twin sister, Thaleia)
- Ronan Tynan, twin brother died as an infant
- Sarah Vowell, American author (twin sister Amy)
- Shayne Ward, (twin sister Emma)
- Billy Dee Williams, actor (twin sister Loretta)
- Ricky Williams, American football player (twin sister Cassie)
- Will Young, British singer (fraternal twin brother Rupert)
- Paul McDermott, Australian comedian
- Carlo Colaiacovo, hockey player (brother Paulo)
Famous parents of twins (and of other multiples)
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