Celebrities with a Twin Brother / Sister


Twins run in almost every family... including in celebrities’ families... Here comes a non-exhaustive list of very famous people that have a twin that most of us have never heard before:

Politicians

Kofi Atta Annan (former United Nation Secretary General) and Peace Nobel price in 2001. His twin sister is named Efua Atta and died in 2001. They share their middle name "Atta" which in Fante and Akan means 'twin'.

Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran. His twin sister is named Ashraf Pahlavi. Princess Ashraf was a strong supporter of women’s rights in Iran and the word during her brother reign. Brother and sister were very close to the point she declared that her late brother was her closest friend.

Singers

Elvis Presley, born on January 8, 1935. His twin brother Jesse Garon Presley died shortly after birth.

Alanis Morissette, born on 1st June, 1974, is Canadian singer and songwriter. Her twin brother is named Wade and working as a yoga instructor and Indie pop rock musician.




Justin Timberlake, born on January 31, 1981. His twin sister Laura Katherine died shortly after birth. He still mentions her sometimes on his CDs liner notes.

Aimee Ann Duffy well known as Duffy a soulful singer-songwriter from Wales has a twin sister, Katy Ann; they were born on June 23, 1984.

Aaron Carter, a singer, little brother of Nick Carter from Backstreet Boys has a twin sister named Angel; she’s an American fashion model. They were born on December 7, 1987.




Actors / Actresses

Ann Bradford Davis (born May 5, 1926) is an American television actress. She played as Alice, the housekeeper in The Brady Bunch series. She has an identical twin, named Harriet Davis.

Kiefer Sutherland born on 21st December 1968. He has won a Golden Globe awards for his Performance in the Television Drama “24” has a twin sister named Rachel who works as a post-production supervisor in Toronto.



Linda Hamilton an actress famous with her role in Terminator and Beauty and the Beast has an identical twin sister named Leslie, who works as a nurse in New Jersey. They were born on 26 September 1956. She has won several awards in Blockbuster Entertainment Award and nominated several times in Golden Globe and Emmy.


Vin Diesel an actor who played on XXX, the Fast and the Furious and many more, has a fraternal twin named Paul (a film editor) born on 18 July 1967. Vin Diesel won an MTV Movie Award for his role in The Fast and the Furious.

Canadian actress Jill Hennessy (born on 25 November 1968) played Law & Order and Crossing Jordan has an identical twin sister, Jacqueline, who works as a journalist and actress. She won 2 awards and was nominated for several more for her roles in movies and drama series.



Joseph Fiennes (born on 27 May 1970) an actor who played as a William Shakespeare in “Shakespeare in Love” has a fraternal twin named Jacob (a conservationist). He has won several awards and one of them is Blockbuster Entertainment Awards as a Favorite Male Newcomer.

Jon Heder (born on 26 October 1977) a comedy actor whose film debut was in the comedy ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and won MTV Movie Awards for Breakthrough Male, has an identical twin brother, Daniel. They declared they used to think the same and often finished each other’s sentences when they were children.


Ashton Kutcher born on 7th February, 1978 has a fraternal twin brother, Michael. He plays in several movies such as The Butterfly Effects and recently with his co-star Cameron Diaz he plays a role in What Happens in Vegas. And has won several awards from Teen Choice Awards. Michael was born with cerebral palsy and has suffered from heart problems throughout his short life - needing an emergency heart transplant at the age of 13.

Eva Green, born on 5th July 1980, French artist who played as a Bond girl in Casino Royale and has won and was nominated for several awards in her role, has a fraternal twin sister named Joy.



Scarlett Johansson, American actress born on November 22, 1984 (her twin brother is named Hunter) played in several movies such as The Horse Whisperer and Match Point, she earned a Hollywood Reporter Young Star Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe.


Models

Jerry Hall (born 2nd July, 1956) is a model and a wife of Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, has a twin sister named Terry who work as a real estate broker.

Gisele Bundchen born on 20th July, 1980, a supermodel from Brazil. Her twin also models and is named Patricia. Gisele is a goodwill ambassador for United Nations Environment Programme.




Elin Nordegren, ex wife of Tiger Woods, famous American golf player (her twin sister is named Josephin) born on January 1st, 1980.







And many more..!!!

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