List of people who remarried the same spouse

This is a list of people who remarried each other, usually after divorcing. To qualify, at least one member of each marital pair must have their own Wikipedia page.

Noteworthy cases

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  • Cato the Younger and Marcia who divorced so that Marcia could marry another man named Quintus Hortensius and have children by him, but speedily remarried as soon as Hortensius died.
  • Roman emperor Elagabalus married Aquilia Severa first as his second wife, then divorced her to marry another woman, but soon divorced his third wife to remarry Aquilia
  • Kid McCoy, American prize fighter, who married and divorced ten times, but only from eight women, since three of those marriages were to the same spouse, Julia Woodruff
  • Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor, who was twice married and divorced from Flynn Belaine, and twice married to Jennifer Lee
  • Joyce Mathews, American actress, who was twice divorced from both Milton Berle and Billy Rose

List

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Name Description Spouse 1st
marriage
1st divorce 2nd
marriage
2nd
divorce
Notes
David Adkins American comedian Sinbad Meredith Fuller 1985 1992 2002 [1]
June Allyson American actress Alfred Glenn Maxwell 1963 1965 1966 1970
Pamela Anderson American actress Rick Salomon 2007 2008 2014 2015 Their first marriage was annulled.
Milton Berle American actor, entertainer Joyce Mathews 1941 1947 1949 1950 Mathews later twice married and divorced Billy Rose
Fred Berry American actor, dancer Franchesska Berry 1976 1976 1978 1980 Berry had 3 other marriages
Birabongse Bhanudej Thai Prince, Olympic sailor and Formula 1 racing driver Ceril Heycock 1938 1949 1983 - He had 4 other wives between these two marriages
Robert Bolt English playwright, screenwriter Sarah Miles 1967 1976 1988 - After their divorce but before remarrying, they had their only child together (his fourth)
Haydn Bunton Sr. Australian footballer and cricketer Lylia Austin 1936 1945 1946
Richard Burton Welsh actor Elizabeth Taylor 1964 1974 1975 1976 Burton had 3 other marriages, Taylor 6 others
Alan Campbell American actor, screenwriter see Dorothy Parker
Art Carney American actor Jean Myers 1940 1965 1980 - He married and divorced another woman in between these marriages
Jack Carter American comedian Roxanne Wander 1971 1977 1992 - [2][3]
Oleg Cassini American fashion designer Gene Tierney 1941 1948 1948 1952
Rosemary Clooney American singer, actress José Ferrer 1953 1961 1964 1967 Clooney had 1 other marriage, Ferrer 3 others
Joseph Stephen Crane American actor, restaurateur see Lana Turner
Tyrone Curtis American basketball player Kim Harris 1989 1997 2015 [4][5]
Mitch Daniels American politician Cheri Herman 1978 1993 1997
Rodney Dangerfield American comedian Joyce Indig 1949 1962 1963 1970
Hugh Sykes Davies British poet, novelist Fay de Courcy 1947 1962 1982 She was the 3rd and 5th of his 5 wives[6]
Gloria DeHaven American actress Richard Fincher 1957 1963 1965 1969
Colleen Dewhurst Canadian actress George C. Scott 1960 1965 1967 1972
Rachel Donelson Wife of future United States President see Andrew Jackson
Sir Talbot Duckmanton ABC general manager Janet Strickland 1979 1981 ??
Eminem American rapper, actor Kim Scott 1999 2001 2006 2006
James T. Farrell American writer Dorothy Butler 1931 ?? 1955 - They separated again in 1958, but remained married until his death. In between these marriages to Butler, he married and divorced another wife
José Ferrer American actor see Rosemary Clooney
Mel Ferrer American actor Frances Gunby Pilchard 1937 1939 1944 1953 These were the first and third of his six marriages
Eugene Fodor American violinist Susan Davis 1978 1986 2010 - He died in 2011, three months after their remarriage.
Friedrich Franz Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Karin Elisabeth von Schaper 1941 1967 1977 -
Emma Goldman Russian-American political activist Jacob Kershner 1887 1887 1888 1899 She divorced Kershner after discovering on their wedding night that he was impotent; she nevertheless agreed to remarry him
Pancho Gonzales American tennis player Madelyn Darrow 1960 1968 1970 1972 He married and divorced 6 times and had 8 children
Elliott Gould American actor Jenny Bogart 1973 1975 1978 1979 Gould's earlier marriage was to Barbra Streisand
Carol Grace American actress, writer William Saroyan 1943 1949 1951 1952 She later married Walter Matthau
Melanie Griffith American actress Don Johnson 1976 1976 1989 1996
Leland Hayward American theatrical producer Inez "Lola" Gibbs 1921 1924 1930 1934
Leona Helmsley American businesswoman Joseph Lubin ? ? ? ?
Benny Hinn American evangelist Suzanne Harthern 1979 2010 2013 -
Paul Hogan Australian comedian, actor Noeline Edwards 1958 1981 1982 1990 After divorcing the first time, they continued to reside under the same roof
Terrence Howard American actor, singer Lori McCommas 1989 2003 2005 2007
Ken Hughes British film director Charlotte Epstein 1946 1957 1982 2001
Andrew Jackson President of the United States Rachel Donelson Robards 1791 - 1794 - They married in 1791, believing her divorce from her first husband Captain Lewis Robards was final. When it was revealed this was not the case, and that their marriage was null and void, they married again in 1794. She died before he became president.
John Jarratt Australian actor Rosa Miano 1974 1988 2017 - He married 2 other women, including Noni Hazlehurst, before returning to Rosa
Don Johnson American actor see Melanie Griffith
Frida Kahlo Mexican artist Diego Rivera 1929 1939 1940 -
George Kennedy American film, TV actor Norma "Rebel" Wurman[7] 1959 1971 1973 1978
Larry King American television, radio host Alene Akins 1961 1963 1967 1972
Estée Lauder American cosmetician Joseph Lauter 1930 1939 1942 - Joseph Lauter later changed his surname to Lauder
Stan Laurel English actor Virginia Rogers 1934 1937 1941 1946
NeNe Leakes American television personality Gregg Leakes 1997 2011 2013 2021 Gregg died in September 2021.[8]
Lotte Lenya German singer, actress Kurt Weill 1926 1933 1937 -
Jerry Lee Lewis American singer and pianist Myra Gale Brown 1957 1958 1970 The marriage to Brown, his cousin once removed and the third of his seven wives, took place before his second marriage was finalised, so he married her again to ensure its validity
Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé Salvadoran-American mental health-care advocate see John Forbes Nash Jr.
Marga López Argentine-Mexican actress Carlos Amador 1941 ? 1961 ?
Sophia Loren Italian actress Carlo Ponti 1957 1962 1966 - As Ponti was still married to his first wife, his marriage to Loren was annulled in 1962. After his divorce, they married a second time
Joyce Mathews American actress see Milton Berle and Billy Rose
Gavin MacLeod American actor Patti Kendig 1972 1982 1985 -
Dame Hilary Mantel British novelist Gerald McEwen 1973 1981 1982 -
Tommy Manville American socialite He was married 13 times to 11 women; the record is somewhat confused
Kid McCoy American pugilist, actor Julia Woodruff 1897 1900 1901 1902 They married and divorced a third time 1902-?. McCoy was married 10 times to 8 women. Woodruff was his 3rd, 4th and 5th wife.[9]
Carson McCullers American novelist Reeves McCullers 1937 1941 1945 - Reeves committed suicide in 1953, after failing to persuade Carson to join him in a suicide pact. Carson had attempted suicide in 1948.
David Merrick American entrepreneur Etan Aronson ?? ?? ?? ??
Sarah Miles English actress see Robert Bolt
Jan Morris UK historian, novelist, travel writer Elizabeth Tuckniss 1949 ? 2008 They married when he was a male named James Morris; after his sex change, they divorced; their 2008 reunion was under a civil partnership
Lebohang Morake South African producer and composer Angela Ngani-Casara 2009 2013 2016 2017
Elon Musk Canadian-American business magnate, engineer Talulah Riley 2010 2012 2013 2016 They filed for a divorce in 2014 but this application was withdrawn.
John Forbes Nash Jr. American mathematician Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé 1957 1963 2001 - They both died in a car accident in 2015
Ne Win Burmese politician and military commander Ni Ni Myint ? ? ? - She was the 4th and 6th of his wives
Jennifer O'Neill American actress Richard Alan Brown 1986 1989 1993 1996 Brown was her 6th and 8th husband, of her so-far 9 marriages
Marie Osmond American singer, actress Steve Craig 1982 1985 2011 -
Jack Paar American actor Irene Paar ? ? ? ?
Dorothy Parker American writer, humorist Alan Campbell 1934 1947 1950 1963
Carlo Ponti Italian film producer see Sophia Loren
Gladys Portugues American body builder, actress see Jean-Claude Van Damme
Richard Pryor American comedian, actor Jennifer Lee 1979 1982 2001 -
Flynn Belaine 1986 1987 1990 1991
Esther Rahim Pakistani painter Jalaludin Abdur Rahim 1929 1945 1952 -
Jalaludin Abdur Rahim Pakistani politician see Esther Rahim
Erich Maria Remarque German-American novelist Ilse Jutta Zambona 1925 1930 1938 1957
Ruth Rendell British crime novelist Don Rendell 1950 1975 1977 -
Diego Rivera Mexican sculptor see Frida Kahlo
Rachel Donelson Robards Wife of future United States president see Andrew Jackson
Billy Rose American impresario, producer, lyricist Joyce Mathews 1956 1959 1961 1963 Mathews had earlier twice married and divorced Milton Berle. Rose divorced three other women, including Fanny Brice and Eleanor Holm.
Phil Ruffin American businessman Mary Louise Miller ? ? ? ?
Rick Salomon American poker player see Pamela Anderson
William Saroyan American playwright, novelist see Carol Grace
Hermann Scherchen German conductor Auguste Marie (Gustl) Jansen 1921 ?? 1929 ?? Of his 6 marriages, those to Jansen were his first and third.
George C. Scott American actor see Colleen Dewhurst
Jerry Sheindlin American author see Judy Sheindlin
Judy Sheindlin American TV judge ("Judge Judy") Jerry Sheindlin 1977 1990 1991 -
Percy Bysshe Shelley English poet Harriet Westbrook 1811 - 1814 They firstly eloped to Scotland, but this marriage was not recognised under English law; the second marriage, in London, rectified this. They separated but never divorced; three weeks after Harriet's suicide in 1816, Shelley married Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Dmitri Shostakovich Soviet composer, pianist Nina Varzar 1932 1935 ? 1936 - They remarried when it was revealed she was pregnant with his child. They remained married until her death in 1954 but the marriage was open and he had other relationships.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Russian novelist Natalia Reshetovskaya 1940 1952 1957 1972
Radek Štěpánek Czech tennis player Nicole Vaidišová 2010 2013 2018
Yma Sumac Peruvian singer Moisés Vivanco 1942 1957 1957 1965
Dame Elizabeth Taylor British-American actress see Richard Burton
Amanda Thane Australian operatic soprano Glenn Winslade 1978 1989 1999 - Thane died in 2012
Gene Tierney American actress see Oleg Cassini
Lana Turner American actress Joseph Stephen Crane 1942 1943 1943 1944 Crane's divorce from his first wife was not final when he married Turner in 1942, so the marriage was annulled. When Turner discovered she was pregnant to him, she remarried him, but they divorced the following year
Nicole Vaidišová Czech tennis player see Radek Štěpánek
Jean-Claude Van Damme Belgian martial artist, actor Gladys Portugues 1987 1992 1999 2015
Willem van Otterloo Dutch conductor Anette Heukers 1941 1943 1944 1954
Moisés Vivanco Peruvian composer see Yma Sumac
Robert Wagner American actor Natalie Wood 1957 1962 1972 -
Barbara Walters American journalist Merv Adelson 1981 1984 1986 1992
Dionne Warwick American singer William Elliott 1966 1967 1967 1975
Kurt Weill German-American composer see Lotte Lenya
Glenn Winslade Australian operatic tenor see Amanda Thane
Glynn "Scotty" Wolfe Baptist minister Charlotte Devane 1935 1936 1936 - Wolfe's second marriage to Charlotte Devane ended in her death in 1938. Wolfe held the record for the largest number of monogamous marriages; he married 31 times to 29 women. His final wife Linda Taylor held the record for the most-married woman (23 husbands).
Katherine Archer 1948 1948 1949 1951
Sharon Goodwin 1958 1959 1960 ??
Natalie Wood American actress see Robert Wagner
Christian Wulff German President (2010–2012) Bettina Wulff 2008 2013 2015 2020 Third marriage 2023
Jane Wyman American actress Fred Karger 1952 1955 1961 1965
Joker Xue Chinese singer-songwriter Leixin Gao 2012 2015 2017 - These were the first and second marriage for both of them, and their first child was born in 2018.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "20 Stars Who Married The Same Person Twice". ScreenRant. 14 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Comedian Jack Carter dies at 93". New York Daily News. 29 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Jack Carter, comedian and film star, dies aged 93". Telegraph. 30 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Muggsy Bogues has his own story to tell". Baltimore Sun. 7 November 1994. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  5. ^ Sorensen, Tom (February 13, 2015). "A Valentine's Day story from ex-Hornet Muggsy Bogues". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017.
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  7. ^ Bernstein, Adam (February 29, 2016). "George Kennedy, Oscar-winning character actor of 'Cool Hand Luke,' dies at 91". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  8. ^ Roberts, Jamie (1 September 2021). "Real Housewives star Nene Leakes' husband Gregg dies aged 66 after cancer battle". The Mirror. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Norman Selby, aka Kid McCoy or - Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com.