--- title: National Best Friend Day: Celebrate With Famous BFFs description: In honor of platonic relationships that stand the test of time, here's a rundown of some of our favorite famous duos. canonical: https://time.com/4361827/national-best-friends-day/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-08T19:37:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:09.232Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: It's National Best Friend Day. So Here Are Our Favorite Famous Duos og:description: In honor of friendships that stand the test of time, here are our favorite BFFs og:url: https://time.com/4361827/national-best-friends-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: It's National Best Friend Day. So Here Are Our Favorite Famous Duos twitter:description: In honor of friendships that stand the test of time, here are our favorite BFFs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # It's National Best Friend Day. So Here Are Our Favorite Famous Duos  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 8, 2016 7:37 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 8, 2016 7:37 PM CUT Wednesday is National Best Friend Day, which is mainly just a shameless excuse to post that selfie you’ve been saving of you and your bestie looking fly. But it’s also a day to reflect on some of the real-life friendships that have shaped (and are shaping) Hollywood and pop culture. In honor of platonic relationships that stand the test of time—and have given us lots to look up to along the way—here’s a rundown of some of our favorite famous BFFs. Turns out it only takes two to make a formidable squad. Tina Fey & Amy Poehler > [](https://twitter.com/nbc/status/740599829546422273) Sir Ian McKellen & Sir Patrick Stewart Mario & Luigi > [](https://twitter.com/NintendoCanada/status/740599286170165248) The boys of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” (Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, John Laurens, and Hercules Mulligan) > [](https://twitter.com/TheHamilcast/status/740598975267508224) Taylor Swift & Selena Gomez Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear > [](https://twitter.com/KermitTheFrog/status/740598016743223300) Kendall Jenner & Gigi Hadid Pooh Bear & Piglet Gabby Douglas & Simone Biles > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/740603099941867521) Jennifer Aniston & Courteney Cox Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Kanye West & Jay-Z Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson Leonardo diCaprio & Tobey Maguire ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4361827/national-best-friends-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4361827/national-best-friends-day/"},"headline":"It's National Best Friend Day. So Here Are Our Favorite Famous Duos","datePublished":"2016-06-08T19:37:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:09.232Z","description":"Best friends forever.","url":"https://time.com/4361827/national-best-friends-day/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","Holidays","entertainment","American Voices"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4361827/national-best-friends-day/","name":"It's National Best Friend Day. So Here Are Our Favorite Famous Duos"}}]}] ```