by Conshea BrownBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Contributor 1. President Barack and Michelle Obama Mandel Ngan / Getty Images The former president and first lady met at a law firm in Chicago in 1989 and eventually went on their first date after a lot of hesitation from Michelle and quite a bit of persistence from Barack. By 1991 the pair were engaged, and they got married on October 3rd, 1992. 2. Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Cbs Photo Archive / Getty Images The musical duo first met back in 2000 at the MTV Spring Break Festival in Cancun, Mexico, and spent the first year and a half of knowing one another just being friends before they went on their first date. In November 2001, they went public with their relationship via a Vanity Fair shoot, yet the couple didn't make their first red carpet debut until 2004. They tied the knot in a very private ceremony on April 4th, 2008. 3. Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images This iconic acting duo first met when they were students at the Yale School of Drama back in the early 1980s. However, it wasn't until about 14 years later, when the pair reconnected in Los Angeles, that they began dating. Courtney and Angela went on to get married on October 12th, 1997. 4. LeBron and Savannah James Jc Olivera / Getty Images These high school sweethearts met in 2002 while LeBron was still playing basketball at high school in Akron and Savannah was a cheerleader at a rival school. He asked Savannah out to a basketball game, and that's where their relationship started. In 2004, a year after LeBron went to the league, the couple welcomed their first child. Seven years later, after welcoming another child and taking his talents to South Beach, LeBron proposed to Savannah in 2011. The pair married in a star-studded event on September 14th, 2013. 5. Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Taylor Hill / Getty Images The iconic NYC-born and raised pair first met through mutual friends in New York when they were teens, and she was totally uninterested in him. It wasn't until 2008, when the two reconnected on a collab for a music project, that they started talking again and eventually started dating later that same year. After two years of dating, in May 2010 they announced their engagement and pregnancy. The pair married on July 31st, 2010, in a private residence on the Mediterranean Sea. 6. Julius Tennon and Viola Davis Paras Griffin / Getty Images Julius and Viola first met on the set of the show City of Angels in 1999. Since Viola was new to the Los Angeles area, Julius offered to take her to Santa Monica Pier, but in an interview with People, Viola stated that personal issues she needed to work through caused her to be incredibly hesitant. Thankfully, they did end up dating, and after four years of growing their relationship, they tied the knot in a small wedding on June 23rd, 2003. 7. Denzel and Pauletta Washington Kevin Winter / Getty Images These two first met on the set of a TV movie named Wilma in 1977, but it wasn't until a year later that they started dating. The pair has a funny story about the retelling of their engagement when speaking to Access Hollywood. While Denzel remembers only proposing once, Pauletta had to hilariously set him straight and remind him that she had to decline not once, but twice. Luckily, things worked out, and the pair were married on June 25th, 1983. 8. Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson Sean Zanni / Getty Images This powerhouse acting couple met for the first time in 1970, during their college years, as members of the Morehouse-Spelman Players, where they performed together while Samuel was attending Morehouse and LaTanya was at Spelman. Despite running in different circles (Samuel was into movies while LaTanya was into theater), they still were able to kindle a wonderful relationship, and after a decade of dating, the couple tied the knot on August 8th, 1980. 9. Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union Taylor Hill / Getty Images Dwayne and Gabrielle met in 2007 when they were both asked to co-host a Super Bowl party - and stayed on opposite sides of the room. The pair had completely different ideas of fun that night (Gabrielle remembers it as Dwayne holding "Bible study" on his side of the room while her side was the life of the party), but it still brought the pair together. They made their first public debut in 2010, and following several years of dating, relationship struggles, and rekindling, they became engaged in December 2013. The pair got married on August 30th, 2014, in Miami. 10. Al Roker and Deborah Roberts Slaven Vlasic / Getty Images These two journalists met back in 1990 when Deborah joined Today at NBC as a correspondent. The pair didn't start dating until the summer of 1992, after Al's separation from his first wife. After agreeing to house sit for Deborah while she attended the Olympics, Al stocked her home with food, left her flowers and a note upon her return, and scored his first date within a week.