# Famous Triplets... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247 "2018-11-29T03:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/1 "2018-11-29T03:16:41Z")
… or quadruplets, quintuplets, etc. I’m sure we can all think of some famous, successful or historically significant people who are/were a twin. But how about triplets or higher? I’m looking for examples who are not famous for the sake of being a triplet, but for some other talent or method of gaining fame. The Dionne quintuplets, for example, were famous for being quintuplets. I’m not talking about them, unless one of them became a Nobel Prize winner, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/2 "2018-11-29T03:27:14Z")
Do these guys count? > **[Three Identical Strangers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Identical_Strangers)** > > Three Identical Strangers is a 2018 documentary film directed by Tim Wardle, about the lives of Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran, a set of identical triplet brothers adopted as infants by separate families. Combining archival footage, re-enacted scenes, and present-day interviews, it recounts how the triplet brothers discovered one another by chance in New York in 1980 at age 19, their public and private lives in the years that followed, and their eventual discovery that their ad... ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/3 "2018-11-29T06:05:43Z")
Wikipedia has [a list of “notable” triplets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_triplets), though most of them seem to be either pretty obscure, or sets who had minor fame as performers, models, or child actors. The one person on the list whom I’ve heard of, and whose fame doesn’t seem to be intrinsically tied to being a triplet, is the late Swiss psychiatrist [Elisabeth Kübler-Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_K%C3%BCbler-Ross). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/4 "2018-11-29T07:25:03Z")
[Do these guys count?](https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrDQym3kv9b52oA6FY0nIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBncGdyMzQ0BHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEdnRpZAM-;_ylc=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?gprid=6QXbKqcMRwSZgiJgk9pgiA&pvid=wzbSADEwLjHr31BSVf.5MEkEMTcyLgAAAAB8e4.L&p=triplets+fred+astaire&ei=UTF-8&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av%2Cm%3Asa&fr=yhs-adk-adk_sbnt&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbnt&hspart=adk&type=re_appfocus157_ff¶m1=20181119¶m2=b82a9717-4c97-4412-aa0b-e47337650517¶m3=recipes_%7EUS%7Eappfocus157¶m4=-bb9%7EFirefox%7Etriplets%7ED41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E#action=view&id=1&vid=4404616def81a4f957957d860111d811) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/5 "2018-11-29T12:16:13Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Do these guys count? > > [Three Identical Strangers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Identical_Strangers) Of course not. They are only famous for being triplets. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/6 "2018-11-29T13:14:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > the late Swiss psychiatrist [Elisabeth Kübler-Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_K%C3%BCbler-Ross). I hadn’t heard she’d died. Are you certain? You must be mistaken.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/7 "2018-11-29T13:20:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I hadn’t heard she’d died. Are you certain? You must be mistaken.:mad: What the FUCKING HELL kind of CRAP post is this!!! ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/8 "2018-11-29T13:22:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I hadn’t heard she’d died. Are you certain? You must be mistaken.:mad: I see what you did there. 😃 But as an aside, the “[five stages of grief](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model)” are something that just about everybody gets wrong. As Kübler-Ross originally proposed them, they don’t apply to grieving someone else’s death, but to coming to terms with one’s own. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/9 "2018-11-29T13:47:58Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > What the FUCKING HELL kind of CRAP post is this!!! Look, maybe we could work out some sorta deal . . . ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/10 "2018-11-29T14:10:02Z")
The Dahm Triplets were in Playboy in Dec 1998. They continued regular modeling for several years. > **[Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole,_Erica_and_Jaclyn_Dahm)** > > Nicole, Erica, and Jaclyn Dahm, commonly known as Dahm triplets (born in that order on December 12, 1977) are identical triplets from Minnesota. The Dahm triplets have appeared on many TV shows and movies and have been in magazines such as Teen and Playboy. They are best known as being only the second set of triplets to be featured in the US edition of Playboy; the first was a set of Brazilian triplets who were featured in November 1993. > The triplets grew up in Jordan, Minnesota, and attende... > [@](#): > > They are the second set of triplets to be featured in the United States edition of Playboy, after “The Trio from Rio, The Amazing Brazilian Triplets” who were featured in the November 1993 issue. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/11 "2018-11-29T14:16:06Z")
The Dahm triplets also appeared in several TV programs. The Wiki link gives details. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/12 "2018-11-29T14:44:45Z")
These [triplets](https://www.thedailybeast.com/three-identical-strangers-the-disturbing-true-story-of-triplets-separated-at-birth) are more famous for finding each other after being separated and adopted by three different families at birth. What are the odds of that happening? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/13 "2018-11-29T15:02:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > These [triplets](https://www.thedailybeast.com/three-identical-strangers-the-disturbing-true-story-of-triplets-separated-at-birth) are more famous for finding each other after being separated and adopted by three different families at birth. What are the odds of that happening? Not only was this already mentioned in the very first response, they are only famous for being triplets. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/14 "2018-11-29T15:07:55Z")
There was a [set of Estonian triplets](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-15/rio-2016-estonia-luik-triplets-run-in-marathon/7733826) who ran the Olympic marathon a couple of years ago. They didn’t finish particularly high, but they all did legitimately qualify which isn’t too bad. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/15 "2018-11-29T15:57:00Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Dahm Triplets were in Playboy in Dec 1998. They continued regular modeling for several years. > [Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole,_Erica_and_Jaclyn_Dahm) But, again, that’s a set of triplets whose fame (such as it was) was largely a product of the fact that they were triplets, as it sounds like they usually, if not always, appeared as a set of three. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/16 "2018-11-29T17:43:39Z")
I don’t think anyone will match what the OP is looking for exactly. The thing is, no one is famous JUST for being triplets. There are far more sets of triplets who aren’t famous than who are. The ones I linked were famous for being part of an unethical clandestine experiment. Being triplets rather than just twins only added to the attention. It’s also highly unlikely that any set of triplets would become independently famous without it being known they were triplets soon enough for that to affect the amount of attention they get. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/17 "2018-11-29T17:53:32Z")
Near as I can tell, the only triplets born into celebrity families are Richard Thomas’s three daughters, and Ringo Starr’s three grandchildren (by his daughter Lee). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/18 "2018-11-29T18:43:39Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I don’t think anyone will match what the OP is looking for exactly. The thing is, no one is famous JUST for being triplets. There are far more sets of triplets who aren’t famous than who are. The ones I linked were famous for being part of an unethical clandestine experiment. Being triplets rather than just twins only added to the attention. It’s also highly unlikely that any set of triplets would become independently famous without it being known they were triplets soon enough for that to affect the amount of attention they get. I interpreted the OP a little differently – it sounded to me like he was looking for examples of people who are famous / well-known for some reason, who _also_ happen to be a member of a multiple birth sibling group (a triplet / quadruplet / etc.), and the fact that that person is a triplet (or whatever) isn’t germane to their fame. It didn’t sound to me like the OP was necessarily looking for the entire sibling group to be famous. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/19 "2018-11-29T19:05:35Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I hadn’t heard she’d died. Are you certain? You must be mistaken.:mad: > [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > What the FUCKING HELL kind of CRAP post is this!!! Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247/20 "2018-11-29T20:26:29Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I interpreted the OP a little differently – it sounded to me like he was looking for examples of people who are famous / well-known for some reason, who _also_ happen to be a member of a multiple birth sibling group (a triplet / quadruplet / etc.), and the fact that that person is a triplet (or whatever) isn’t germane to their fame. It didn’t sound to me like the OP was necessarily looking for the entire sibling group to be famous. Exactly. Thanks for clarifying. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-triplets/825247.md?page=2)