List of twins

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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.

Twins in entertainment or news

Ann Landers (died 2002) and Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnists (born 1918)
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
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (born 1986), American actresses
Mark E. Kelly and Scott J. Kelly, astronauts
Pier Angeli and Marisa Pavan, Italian actresses
Robin and Maurice Gibb (died 2003), British-born Australian musicians, born in 1949; with older brother Barry, formed the Bee Gees
Ross McWhirter and Norris McWhirter, compilers of the Guinness Book of Records
Shane and Sia Barbi, Playboy models
Tia and Tamara Mowry (born 1978), American actresses

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

Famous people with a twin

Conrad Bain, (born 1923) Candian actor, has identical twin brother
Alanis Morissette, Canadian rock singer/songwriter (twin brother Wade)
Elvis Presley, rock superstar and actor (twin brother Jesse died at birth)
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 in birth)
Kiefer Sutherland, actor (twin sister Rachel)
Linda Hamilton, actress (twin sister Leslie)
Montgomery Clift, actor (twin sister Roberta)

Fictional multiple birth sets

Harry, Barry, Larry, Jerry and Nathan Jr., the Arizona quintuplets of Raising Arizona, a Joel and Ethan Coen film
Beverly and Elliot Mantle, the twin doctor of Dead Ringers played by Jeremy Irons

Historical twins

Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene (1st century BC), the twins 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)
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, Roman 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