list of twins

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 popular culture

Jason and Jeremy London - both actors, but play in different movies
Sharon Ramella and Denise Ramella, in 2004, sang "Tali Quali" song at 47 Zecchino d'Oro festival
Brenda Brancato and Federica Brancato, in 2000 sang "Gedeone Marziano Pasticcione" song at 43 Zecchino d'Oro festival
Alissa Czisny and Amber Czisny, American figure skaters
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
Erika Krievins and Sabrina Krievins, known from The X-Files first season episode "Eve"
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (born 1986), American actresses and entrepreneurs
Lindsay Greenbush & Sidney Greenbush (born 25 May 1970), shared role of Carrie Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie
Brenda Turnbaugh & Wendi Turnbaugh, (born 13 August 1977} shared role of little Grace Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie series, based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jennifer Steffin & Michele Steffin (born 23 March 1981), shared role of baby Rose (later : Rose Wilder Lane) on Little House on the Prairie series and final movies
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.
Gher Pekinel and Sher Pekinel, Turkish duo-pianists
Shawn and Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actors
Kyle and Lane Carlson, (born 24 December 1978), models
Melissa Dennis & Rachel Dennis, (born 2 April 1976), played young Daisy and Dani in Princess Daisy tv-movie based on the novel by Judith Krantz

Twins in crime

Jenna and Sunny Han

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
Wiktoria & Weronika Palen - Polish twin girls, separated in the USA
Aleksandra & Patrycja Plociennik - Polish twin girls
Olga & Daria Kolacz - from Janikowo, Poland. Separated in Saudi Arabia, at the age about 1. They returned home 22 March, 2005.

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 Bndchen, (born 1980) supermodel (twin sister Patrcia)
Henry Cooper, British, Eurpean, and Commonwealth boxing 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)
Mario Andretti, racing driver (twin brother Aldo)
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
Nicholas Brendon, "Xander" in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (twin brother Kelly Donovan is also an actor, and played opposite Brendon in one episode)

Notable Fictional twins

Camryn Barnes and Alexandra Fielding, T*Witches
Sharon McKendrick & Susan Evers, twins (both played by Hayley Mills separated in babyhood, after parents' divorce in one movie version of "Parent Trap" (based on the book by Erich Kstner).
Beverly and Elliot Mantle, the twin doctors 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' motion picture Stuck on You
Brandon and Brenda Walsh, the original central characters of the Fox Network prime-time soap opera Beverly Hills 90210
Dee Dee (Delia & Deidre Dennis, voiced by Melissa Joan Hart), twin villains in
Donald Kaufman, Charlie Kaufman's fictional twin brother, a character in the movie Adaptation; both roles played by Nicolas Cage.
Fred Weasley and George Weasley, twins in the Harry Potter series
Kyle and Lyle Hoover, characters in Kurt Vonnegut's novel 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 Simpson'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
Zan and Jayna, The Wonder Twins, teenage alien superheroes from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, who were eventually integrated into the DC Comics universe.
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
Palom and Porom, fraternal twins in Final Fantasy IV
Edgar Roni Figaro and Sabin Ren Figaro (a.k.a. Mash Ren Figaro), fraternal twins in Final Fantasy VI
Siamese twin assassins, separated conjoined twins who were fused at the arm, in the comic Kabuki
Hank Venture and Dean Venture, supposedly fraternal twins in The Venture Bros.
Thadeus S. "Rusty" Venture and Jonas Venture, Jr., fraternal twins in The Venture Bros., where Jonas Jr. is a living parasitic vanishing twin encased incognito entirely inside Rusty's body, surgically removed and separated when they are middle-aged adults
Irving Valeri] and Altacia Valeria, fraternal twins in the video game Wild ARMs 2nd Ignition
Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, fraternal twins in the Star Wars series
Mario and Luigi, fraternal twins in the Super Mario Bros. series
Vash the Stampede and Millions Knives, fraternal twins in Trigun
Princesses Daisy and Dani Valenski, characters of the book Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz.
Johan Liebert and Nina Fortner, twins in the anime series Monster

Historical twins

Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene (1st century BC), the twin children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
Faustus and Fausta Cornelius Sulla (1st century BC), twin sons of Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona and Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, born in 1054
Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, born 1104
king Henry II of Castile and twin brother Fadrique 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
Rumaisa Rahman, born December 20, 2004 with twin sister Hima Rahman, is the smallest recorded baby born in history, at eight inches long.
Thomas & Grace Houghton-Burnett (born 2002), heaviest mixed sex twins born in the UK (Thomas 10lbs 1oz - Grace 8lbs 2oz), Also heaviest twins born via normal delivery in the UK (Rather than by Caesarean section) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/thehealthnews.html?in_article_id=148894&in_page_id=1797

Twins in sports

Alissa Czisny and Amber Czisny, american figure skaters
Alberto and Carlos Arroyo, basketball players; Alberto in the BSN, Carlos in the NBA.
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
Jos and Ozzie Canseco (born 1964), MLB baseball players
Jarron and Jason Collins, NBA basketball players
Frank and Ronald de Boer (born 1970), Dutch international footballers
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, American skiers
Coco and Kelly Miller (born 1978), WNBA players
Andreas and Thomas Ravelli, Swedish footballplayers
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.