The group nickname Fab Five is a play on the Fab Four, a famous nickname for The Beatles. It has since been applied to the following:

The five most prominent Disney animated characters:

The members of 1980s pop band Duran Duran:

The hosts of the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, launched in 2003:

The rap crew "The Fab 5", founded in 1995:

The starters on the University of Michigan men's basketball team that reached the NCAA championship game as freshmen in 1992 and again as sophomores in 1993. NCAA sanctions caused most of their games to be forfeited after the fact:

The performance in Cedar Rapids, Iowa of the five Metro-area public varsity show choirs.

The five midfielders for Australian Football League club Brisbane Lions in 2001, 2002 and 2003:

The Fabulous Five (who predated the Beatles by more than a decade) were the starting players on the University of Kentucky men's basketball team that won the 1948 NCAA championship, as well as the gold medal in 1948 Olympic basketball:

The Hibs Famous Five was a group of forwards who played football for Edinburgh's Hibernian from 1949 to 1955:

The Fabulous Five was the nickname also given to the starting members of the University of Iowa's 1956 national runners-up basketball team. Members include:

The Thad Five is the highly touted 2006-07 men's basketball recruiting class for the Ohio State Buckeyes. It is named after OSU head coach Thad Matta:

The Don Five is the other highly touted 2006-07 men's basketball team Florida Gators, who defeated Ohio State in the NCAA final to win their second consecutive championship with the same starting five. It is named after UF head coach Billy Donovan: