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They first met while Rivera was painting a mural at the National Preparatory School in Mexico City and Kahlo was a teenage student. They married in a civil ceremony on 21 August 1929, traveled and worked together in the early 1930s, including commissions in the United States, divorced in 1939 and remarried on December 8, 1940 in San Francisco. The couple had no children together, Kahlo suffered several miscarriages, and their relationship continued with separations and reconciliations until Kahlo's death in 1954.

How they met

They first met in Mexico City when Rivera was painting a mural at the National Preparatory School and Kahlo was a student there. They later reconnected through the Mexican Communist Party in 1927 and began a relationship.

John McVie met Christine Perfect while their bands frequently shared venues on the British blues circuit. They married in 1968, with Peter Green acting as best man, and Christine later joined Fleetwood Mac around 1970. The couple divorced in 1976 but remained friends and continued to work together professionally. There were no children from their marriage.

How they met

They met while their bands often shared venues on the British blues circuit; John McVie met Christine Perfect, the lead singer and pianist of Chicken Shack, on one such occasion.

Frances McDormand has been married to filmmaker Joel Coen since 1984. McDormand made her film debut in Blood Simple (1984), the first film by the Coen brothers, and she subsequently appeared in several of their films. In 1995 they adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen, and the family has lived in Marin County, California. The marriage remains listed as ongoing in major biographical sources.

How they met

McDormand made her film debut in Blood Simple (1984), the first film by Joel and Ethan Coen, and she later married Joel Coen in 1984.

Children

They adopted a son, Pedro McDormand Coen (adopted from Paraguay in 1995).

Cheryl and Ashley Cole began dating in September 2004 when they were living in the same block of flats in London. Cole proposed in Dubai in June 2005 and the couple married on 15 July 2006. They announced their separation on 23 February 2010 amid allegations of adultery and Cheryl filed for divorce in May 2010. Their divorce was granted on 3 September 2010.

How they met

They began dating in September 2004 after meeting while living in the same block of flats in London.

Noam Chomsky and Carol Doris (née Schatz) knew one another from early childhood because her mother taught at a Hebrew school where his father was the principal. They began a romantic relationship in 1947 and married in 1949. The couple had three children together, Aviva (born 1957), Diane (born 1960), and Harry (born 1967). Carol Chomsky died of cancer on December 19, 2008, and the marriage ended with her death.

How they met

They knew each other from early childhood. Carol's mother taught at a Hebrew school where Noam Chomsky's father was the principal.

Children

Three children: Aviva Chomsky, Diane Chomsky, and Harry Chomsky.

They began a romantic relationship in 1997. Araki's biography notes a relationship with actress Kathleen Robertson from 1997 to 1999 while Robertson's biography states she dated Gregg Araki from 1997 to 2000. Robertson was cast by Araki in Nowhere (1997) and later appeared in his film Splendor (1999). The relationship later ended and Robertson married film producer Chris Cowles in 2004.

Leslie Caron and Peter Hall were married in 1956. They had two children together, Christopher John Hall and Jennifer Caron Hall. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1965, and reports of the time record that Warren Beatty was named as a co-respondent in the divorce. Both individuals are recorded in reputable biographical sources as having been married to each other.

Children

Two children: Christopher John Hall and Jennifer Caron Hall.

Bill Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates met while they were students at the University of Washington. They married in 1951 and had three children, Kristianne, Bill, and Libby. They remained married until Mary died of cancer on June 10, 1994. Bill Gates Sr. later remarried in 1996.

How they met

They met while students at the University of Washington. The Seattle Times reported that Mary met Bill Gates Sr. when he was a law student there.

Children

They had three children: Kristianne Blake, William H. Gates III, known as Bill Gates, and Libby Armintrout.

Tim Reid and Daphne Maxwell Reid began dating after Tim called Daphne to have a drink. Daphne said their first date became a five-hour laugh fest and that the relationship developed from there. They married on December 4, 1982. They had no children together documented in the sources, and remained professionally connected through their ownership of New Millennium Studios.

How they met

Tim called Daphne to have a drink, which became their first date. Daphne said the five-hour drink turned into a laugh fest and that the relationship developed from there.

Children

They had no children together documented in the sources. Daphne had a son, Chris, with her first husband, and became stepmother to Tim's two children, Timothy II and Tori Reid.

Emin Agalarov and Leyla Aliyeva married in April 2006. They had twin sons, Ali and Mikail, in 2008. Leyla later adopted a daughter named Amina from a local orphanage in July 2015, after the couple’s divorce. On May 30, 2015, they announced that they had officially divorced after nine years of marriage, said they had lived separately for years, remained friends, and would raise their children together.

How they met

No reliable source in the consulted material states how or when Emin Agalarov and Leyla Aliyeva first met or began dating.

Children

They had twin sons, Ali and Mikail, in 2008. Leyla later adopted a daughter named Amina from a local orphanage in July 2015, after the divorce.

Claire Keim and Bixente Lizarazu met in 2006 on the set of an Enfoirés concert and began a romantic relationship. They welcomed their daughter Uhaina in August 2008. A 2019 profile said that after 12 years together they had not chosen marriage, while later coverage continued to describe Keim as Lizarazu's partner. The available sources do not report a breakup and describe the relationship as continuing.

How they met

They met in 2006 on the set of an Enfoirés concert.

Children

One daughter together, Uhaina, born in August 2008.

Amala Nandy met Uday Shankar in 1931 at the International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, when she was 11, and later joined his dance troupe. While she was with the troupe in Chennai in 1939, Uday proposed to her, and they married in 1942. They had two children, Ananda Shankar and Mamata Shankar. The couple lived separately during the last few years of their relationship, and Uday died in 1977.

How they met

They met in 1931 at the International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, where Amala Nandy encountered Uday Shankar and his family. She later joined his dance troupe.

Children

They had two children, son Ananda Shankar and daughter Mamata Shankar.

Kristeva arrived in Paris in 1965 and met Sollers through the Tel Quel intellectual circle; a later account dates the beginning of their love relationship to 1966, after he invited her for a drink. They married on August 2, 1967. They had one son, David Joyaux. Their marriage lasted more than five decades and ended when Sollers died in Paris on May 5, 2023.

How they met

Kristeva met Sollers in Paris after arriving in 1965 and entering the intellectual circle around the avant-garde review Tel Quel. A later account says Sollers invited her for a drink in 1966, when their intellectual encounter coincided with a personal attraction.

Children

They had one son, David Joyaux.

Hanako met her future husband, Prince Masahito, during her studies at Gakushuin, although the sources do not give a specific year for their first meeting. Their engagement was announced on 28 February 1964, and the engagement ceremony was held on 14 April 1964. They married on 30 September 1964, after which Masahito received the title Prince Hitachi and authorization to establish a new branch of the Imperial Family. They have no children together.

How they met

Hanako met Prince Masahito during her studies at Gakushuin. No more specific account of their first meeting is documented in the cited sources.

Children

They have no children together.

Norman Foster and actress Sally Blane married in October 1935, after Foster's divorce from Claudette Colbert earlier that year. They had two children, Gretchen, born in June 1936, and Robert. The available biographical sources do not document when or how they first met or began dating. Their marriage ended with Foster's death in 1976; the sources do not report a divorce.

How they met

The available biographical sources do not document how Norman Foster and Sally Blane met or when their relationship began.

Children

They had two children together: Gretchen, born in June 1936, and Robert.

Boris Becker married Dutch model Sharlely Lilly Kerssenberg in June 2009 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The couple had one son, Amadeus, born in London in 2010. They announced their separation in May 2018 and subsequently filed for divorce. The split was publicly reported and followed by legal proceedings related to the separation and child support.

Children

One son: Amadeus (born 2010).