List of twins Details, Meaning List of twins Article and Explanation Guide

List of twins Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

This is a List of twins including multiple twins, conjoined twins, modern twin celebrities, twins in sports, mythological twins, historical twins, fictional twins, famous people who had a twin and records related to twins.

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Twins in popular culture

Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnists
Barbara and Jenna Bush (born 1981), daughters of President George W. Bush
Craig and Charlie Reid, Scottish alternative rockers The Proclaimers
Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, rock band ("Crazy for This Girl")
Johnny and Luther Htoo (born 1990), Burmese guerrilla warriors
Kelley and Kim Deal, musicians, members of The Breeders
Leigh and Leslie Keno, furniture experts, Antiques Roadshow appraisers, Find hosts
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (born 1986), American actresses and entrepreneurs
Pier Angeli and Marisa Pavan, Italian actors
Robin (1949-) and Maurice Gibb (1949-2003), British-born Australian musicians, two of the three Bee Gees
Ross McWhirter and Norris McWhirter, compilers of the Guinness Book of Records
Shane and Sia Barbi, Playboy models
Tegan and Sara Quin, identical Canadian musicians
Tia and Tamera Mowry, American actresses
Mark and Michael Polish, American writer-directors
Benji and Joel Madden, American rock musicians
Gunnar and Matthew Nelson of the hair metal band Nelson.

Conjoined twins

Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874), from Thailand, united by the side skin; the expression Siamese twins is derived from their case
Ladan and Laleh Bijani (1974-2003), Iranian, united by the head; died during separation surgery
Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst (1100-1134) (also known as the Biddenden Maids) from England. They are the earliest known set of conjoined twins.
Daisy and Violet Hilton (February 5, 1908 - January 6, 1969), born in England, lived in United States, actresses, appeared in the movie Freaks
Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo (1617-164?)
Abigail and Brittany Hensel
Jean and Jacques Liberra
Lori and Reba Schappell

Famous people with a twin

Conrad Bain, (born 1923) Canadian actor, has identical twin brother
Alanis Morissette, Canadian rock singer/songwriter (twin brother Wade)
Elvis Presley, rock superstar and actor (twin brother Jesse Garon Presley died at birth)
Gisele Bündchen, (born 1980) supermodel (twin sister Patrícia)
Henry Cooper, British boxing regional champion--his brother, George, was also a boxer
Isabella Rossellini, actress (twin sister Isotta, Professor of Literature)
Jim Broadbent, actor (twin sister died at birth)
John Elway, former NFL quarterback, two-time Super Bowl winner (twin sister Janet)
Justin Timberlake, singer (twin sister Laura, died at birth)
Kiefer Sutherland, actor (twin sister Rachel)
Linda Hamilton, actress (twin sister Leslie)
Montgomery Clift, actor (twin sister Roberta)
Vin Diesel (Mark Vincent), American actor (twin brother Paul Vincent)
Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General
Ann B. Davis, "Alice" in The Brady Bunch, twin was Harriet
Victor A. McKusick, professor of genetics (twin brother Vincent was chief justice of the Maine superior court)
Aaron Carter (twin sister, Angel, is a model)
Ashton Kutcher Fraternal Twin brother Michael

Fictional twins and multiples

Beverly and Elliot Mantle, the twin doctor of Dead Ringers played by Jeremy Irons
Billy and Jimmy Lee (aka Hammer and Spike), twin brothers who are the protagonists of the video game and TV series Double Dragon.
Bob and Walt (Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear), conjoined twins in the Farrelly brothers' Stuck on You
Brandon and Brenda Walsh, the original central characters of the Fox Network prime-time soap opera Beverly Hills 90210
Donald Kaufman, Charlie Kaufman's fictional twin brother, a character in the movie Adaptation (movie), played by Nicolas Cage.
Fred Weasley and George Weasley, twins in the Harry Potter series
Harry, Barry, Larry, Garry and Nathan Jr., the Arizona quintuplets of Raising Arizona, a Joel and Ethan Coen film
Kyle and Lyle Hoover - Breakfast of Champions
Parvati Patil and Padma Patil, twins in the Harry Potter series
Maharet and Mekare, twins in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series
Patty and Selma Bouvier, Marge's older sisters, from The Simpsons
Phil and Lil DeVille, from Rugrats voiced by Kath Soucie.
Viola and Sebastian, twins in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will
The Wonder Twins, teenage alien superheroes from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, who were eventually integrated into the DC Comics universe.
Huey, Dewey and Louie - Donald Duck's nephews
Nat Cartwright and Fletcher Davenport, heroes of Jeffrey Archer's Sons of Fortune (2001)
Coricopat and Tantomile - identical twin "Jellicle" cats in the musical Cats

Historical twins

Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene (1st century BC), the twin children of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra
Faustus and Fausta Cornelius Sulla (1st century BC), twin sons of Lucius Cornelius Sulla
king Henry II of Castile and twin brother Fradique of Trastamara (killed 1358), born in 1333
king Henry III of Castile and king Ferdinand I of Aragon (born 1379)
king James II of Scotland and Alexander, duke of Rothesay (born 1430)
Jeanne and Victoire de Valois (born and died 1556), twin daughters of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici
Ronald and Reginald Kray, (born 1933, died 1995 and 2000), British gangsters
Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica (6th century), founders of the religious Benedictine Order for monks and nuns

Multiple births

Mythological twins

Apollo and Diana/Artemis, Roman mythology/Greek mythology
Castor and Polydeuces (Castor and Pollux), Greek and Roman mythology
Jacob and Esau, biblical
Perez and Zerah, biblical
Romulus and Remus, mythological founders of Rome, raised by a she-wolf
The Man in the Iron Mask, 18th century myth, claimed to be the twin of Louis XIV of France

Twin records

Alice and Nelly Clarke (born 1900), oldest twins in Britain
Gin Kanie and Kin Narita (born 1892), oldest twins in Japan and national icons, died 2001 and 2000 respectively
Mary Crombie, longest-lived person born a twin (1890-2003), sister died at 94

Twins in sports

Ronde and Tiki Barber, NFL players
Antonia and Ferdinand Becherer, German Olympic figure skate team
Bob and Mike Bryan, pro tennis players, doubles champions
Heather and Heidi Burge, former WNBA players
José and Ozzie Canseco (born 1964), MLB baseball players
Jarron and Jason Collins, NBA basketball players
Frank and Ronald de Boer (born 1970), Dutch international footballersers
Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, New Zealand world champions double sculls (rowing).
Horace and Harvey Grant (born 1965), NBA players
Tim and Tom Gullikson, pro tennis players, doubles champions
Paul and Morgan Hamm (born 1982), Olympic gymnasts
Alvin and Calvin Harrison, American sprinters and Olympic athletes
Phil and Steve Mahre, skiers
Coco and Kelly Miller (born 1978), WNBA players
Daniel and Henrik Sedin, professional hockey players for the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks
Dick and Tom Van Arsdale, former NBA basketball players
Mark and Steve Waugh (born 1965), Australian cricketers
Dora and Cora Webber (born 1958), American women world champion boxers

Twins in politics

Angela Eagle and Maria Eagle, British Members of Parliament.
Jaroslaw and Lech Kaczynski, Polish politicians
Gene C. McKinney and James C. Mckinney of the U.S. Army. James was assigned to take over Gene's duties as Sergeant Major of the Army, the highest-ranking NCO in the Army, while Gene was under investigation.