Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in a scene from
Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in "Barbie."
  • Barbie and Ken are one of pop culture's most famous couples.
  • But the plastic dolls were named after real people, and they weren't a couple – they were siblings.
  • Ruth Handler's children resented the dolls named after them and didn't buy any for their own children.

Barbie and Ken are one of the best known couples in the world of pop culture.