30 People Who Met Their Real-Life Doppelgängers

The saying that everyone has seven doppelgängers in the world is a bold one. Here are 30 people who actually found at least one. Running into another human being is rare enough, now imagine meeting someone who looks exactly like you. These people shared their photos and captions to give context to their surreal encounters.

“My Doppelganger Was Seated Next To Me On A Plane, Then We Accidentally Checked Into The Same Hotel And Went For A Beer”

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What are the chances?, You can hear the laugh from the dude in the back.


“I Found My Literal Doppelgänger Just Now Wtf”

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One was working, the other just happened to walk by, timing couldn’t have been better.


“I Ran Into My Doppelganger At My Cousin’s Wedding And She’s My Cousin’s Husband’s Sister, No Other Relation”

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They have to be sisters, or even better, twins.


“My Friend Met His Doppelganger Last Night”

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The glasses, the beard, the hair, literally every detail matches!


“When Retired Priest Neil Richardson Moved To Essex He Found People Kept Coming Up To Him To Say “Hello John” – Because His Double Already Lived There”

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It must be weird when people out of the blue start calling you another name, and weird for them to see your confused face.


“My Own Doppelganger That I Ran Into At A Music Festival, Plus A Face-Swap Of The Photo”

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The face swap confirmed the similarity.


“My Friend Found Her Doppelganger At A Party”

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Like taking a picture with a wax figure of herself.


“My Friend Also Found His Doppelgänger At A Party”

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you know the are not related, right?


“Doppelgangers. Truly Freaky”

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Their resemblance stands out mostly because of their style and facial hair.


“Bumped Into My Doppelganger At Subic Bay. My Dad, Cousins And Brother Accidentally Mistook Her For Me, So My Aunty Asked Her If We Could Take A Photo Together”

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Different but the same.


“10 Years Ago When I Went Off To College For The First Time, People I Didn’t Know Kept Coming Up To Me And Calling Me “Brian”. My Name Is Josh. Then A Few Weeks Into The Semester I Met Brian And We Took This Picture Together.”

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He met who he was supposed to be.


“Found My Doppelganger. Funny…. We Even Share The Same Birthday”

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Separated at birth.


“My Dads Coworker Is Also His Doppelgänger”

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The younger one must take the other’s job when he’s gone.


“My Girlfriend Met Her Doppelganger”

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This has to be staged; their hair and shirts match perfectly.


“I Met My Twin Brother From Another Mother At The Bar. His Name Is Adam And He Also Likes Beer”

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Same hair, same smile, same tastes.


“My Bf (left) Met His Doppelganger At Ikea Last Night”

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Even the glasses match perfectly.


“Saw Doppelgänger On Front Page Met Mine A Few Weeks Ago”

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Shocking to be minding your own business and see someone identical to you appear out of nowhere.


“His Girlfriend Of One Year Started Walking Towards Me Thinking I Was Him…”

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The girlfriend almost took a complete stranger home.


“Met My Doppelgänger And Thought I’d Share. We Even Had Matching Hair Accessories. I’m On The Left”

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The matching hair and smile too.


“I (im The Shorter One) Met My Canadian Doppelganger On A Cruise Ship With My Wife On Our Honeymoon!”

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It’s like seeing his pre-haircut version in real life.


“Got Stationed In Okinawa And Shortly After My Doppelgänger Joined My Unit”

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Same face, same career choice.


“I Was Walking Around A While Back And Met My Doppleganger, We Even Have The Same First Name”

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It’s gotta be a Halloween party or some cosplay thing, same outfit, same face, total twin energy.


“Met My Doppelgänger. He’s A Better Smiler Than I Am.”

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Different vibes, same person.


So My Friend Found His Doppelgänger?

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It’s like photoshopping the same face onto two different people.


“This Is Me And My Doppelgänger. Have Any Of You Redditors Met Yours In Real Life?”

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The same face shape, accompanied by the same eyeglasses.


“Met My Doppelganger”

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They look like alternate versions of the same person.


“My Friend Just Found His Doppelganger”

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Add one more and they’d perfectly pull off the Spider-Man pointing meme, or a band


“My Friend Met His Doppelganger On A Night Out…”

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A night out they’ll remember… or maybe not.


“I Met My Doppelganger In Australia!”

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You could easily mistake them for cousins.


“My Wife (left) Met Her Doppelgänger On Our Holiday In Rome.“

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It’s like two versions of the same person from different countries same face, different energy. The one on the right looks surprised but kind of thrilled about it.