# Famous Sibling Rivalries **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 17, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205 "2012-05-17T13:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/21 "2012-05-17T17:28:58Z")
All the VanderBilt siblings had a building [rivalry](http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-9517-the-1-percent-that-u.html), which resulted in the “[Biltmore Estate](http://www.biltmore.com/).” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/22 "2012-05-17T17:35:12Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > I was trying to think of sports rivalries, but for hockey, which I’m most familiear, they seem to have been at least civil: > > -Sutters > -Richards > -Stasneys > -Sedins > -Staals > -Hunters > -Hulls > -Neidermeyers The Sedins don’t count – they’re on the same team. (And I’ve never heard of them feuding) I don’t think sports rivalries count, at least not as a rule here, since most of it’s confined to play. Strictly professional. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/23 "2012-05-17T17:40:49Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Ray and Dave Davies. If the Gallagher brothers count, the Davies brothers do; but I don’t think the OP would count them as “rivals,” since they were on the same team rather than competing against one another. Sibling rivalry was a big part of the Smothers Brothers’ onstage persona, but they weren’t really rivals offstage. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/24 "2012-05-17T18:07:25Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Sibling rivalry was a big part of the Smothers Brothers’ onstage persona, but they weren’t really rivals offstage. Mom always loved you best! ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/25 "2012-05-17T18:46:27Z")
How about the Kellogg brothers? The Brothers Four? The Brothers Karamazov? Brooks Brothers? Dr. Joyce Brothers? OOOOH the Carter Brothers! one sold (and drank) beer, the other had a piddily little government job. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/26 "2012-05-17T18:55:47Z")
Cain and Abel ---
**Author:** ![Orca\_Eyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Orca\_Eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orca_Eyes)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/27 "2012-05-17T20:27:30Z")
> [@Jenova\_Tokka](#): > > The feud between Oscar-winning actresses Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine is legendary. They apparently never got along, were jealous of each other’s Hollywood success, and haven’t spoken in 40 years. > > The joke is neither will die until the other does first - both women are currently in their mid-90’s. I know Olivia was a great actress, but I don’t know about Joan. What movies was Joan Fontaine in? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/28 "2012-05-17T20:29:25Z")
[Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Fontaine) on Joan Fontaine. You have to admire a rival that lasts for over 60 years!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/29 "2012-05-18T04:15:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Cain and Abel This was said already. But what about Jacob and Esau? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/30 "2012-05-18T04:29:57Z")
Adelaide Yates and Sarah Anne Yates. They were married to Chang and Eng Bunker, the famous conjoined twins. Their differences started after they were married, resulting in the establishment of seperate households that the twins would alternate between. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/31 "2012-05-18T04:38:00Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Sibling rivalry was a big part of the Smothers Brothers’ onstage persona, but they weren’t really rivals offstage. > [@lost4life](#): > > Mom always loved you best! that would be liked. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/32 "2012-05-18T04:41:16Z")
Karl Albrecht and Theo Albrecht of Aldi were a rivalry. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/33 "2012-05-18T06:37:53Z")
Jacuzzi brothers of hot tub fame. Gallo brothers Ernest and Julio against younger brother Joseph. Fully documented in California legal reports. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/34 "2012-05-18T16:28:54Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > This was said already. But what about Jacob and Esau? Said, yes. Spelled…not so much. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/35 "2012-05-18T17:12:07Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > that would be liked. Yeah, I guess that makes more sense. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/36 "2012-05-18T18:47:35Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > This was said already. But what about Jacob and Esau? And Joseph and the other ten sons of Jacob (Benjamin was a child & not part of the plot to get rid of him- and maybe we can let off Judah as he planned to rescue Joe who was sold into slavery before Judah got the chance.) And I think James bar-Joseph of Nazareth had a bit of an inferiority complex due to Big Bro Jesus & his reputation for ultra-Holiness was his trying to play catch-up. ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/37 "2012-05-19T03:06:08Z")
I like to think Randy Quaid forgot to tell Dennis they were having a crazy contest. ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/38 "2012-05-19T03:56:53Z")
The Mitchell Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/39 "2012-05-20T02:18:20Z")
Pierre Marc Johnson was Premier of Quebec under the Parti Québécois. His brother, Daniel Johnson Jr., was Premier of Quebec under the Quebec Liberal Party. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205/40 "2012-05-22T13:41:51Z")
Soccer players [Bobby](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Charlton#Personal_life) and [Jack Charlton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charlton) were famously estranged for many years. They played together for England, but against each other at the club level and later managed against each other as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sibling-rivalries/622205.md?page=3)