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'{{Unencyclopedic}} {{example farm}} This is a '''list of specific natural cats'''. For fictional cats refer to "[[List of fictional cats]]". For [[cat breed]]s, see [[List of cat breeds]]. == Cats famous in their own right == *'''[[All Ball]]''', the first cat of [[Koko (gorilla)|Koko the gorilla]]. *'''Andy''', cat owned by [[Florida State Senate|Florida State Senator]] Ken Meyer that has the cat record for non-fatal fall. Andy fell 200 feet (60 m) and survived.<ref name="AD">[http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/cats-A-D.html Index of Famous Cats, A through D]</ref> *'''Ariel''', the "Orange Persian" pet of author [[Carl Van Vechten]], title character in the book ''The Tiger in the House''.<ref name="AD"/> *'''Arnold Shortzenlegger''', the Munchkin cat sold for $15,000, owned by Terri Harris of Munchkinlane Cattery. *'''Baby''', world's oldest cat, born in 1970, died 30 March 2008. [http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/home/related/17145371.html] *'''Billy Hayes''', New Zealand top show and advertisement cat featured in Jelly Meat in 2002 and 2003. *'''Binky''', the cat that inspired Susan Becker's book ''Pulling A Jack Move On My Cat #6''.<ref name="AD"/> *'''Blackberry''', the first [[munchkin cat]].<ref name="AD"/> *'''Blackie''', a cat that inherited 15 million British Pounds and thus became the richest cat in history.<ref name="records">{{cite web |title =Cat World Records |publisher =Cat-World |url =http://www.cat-world.com.au/CatRecords.htm |accessdate = 2007-02-16}}</ref> *'''Boche''', cat found by the family of [[Anne Frank]] in the attic in which they lived.<ref name="AD"/> *'''Boots''', the smallest known cat in the world.<ref name="AD"/> *'''Bouhaki''', a cat long alleged to be the first cat known to have a name.<ref name="AD"/> *'''Brownie''', a housecat that inherited $415,000.00 when its owner Dr. William Grier died.<ref name="AD"/> *'''Catarina''', [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s pet cat and the inspiration for his story ''[[The Black Cat (short story)|The Black Cat]]''.<ref name="AD"/> *'''Chessie''', the mascot of the [[Chesapeake & Ohio Railway]], and later the [[Chessie System]], whose slogan was "sleep like a kitten."<ref name="AD"/> *'''Cinnamon''', an Abysssian cat whose genome was sequenced *'''[[CC (cat)|CC]] (Copy Cat, or Carbon Cat)''', the first cloned cat. *'''Dalton the Wonder Cat''', author of ''My Litter Box Was Dirty...'', television host.<ref name="AD"/> *'''[[Dewey Readmore Books]]''', the highly gregarious long-haired orange tabby cat of the Spencer Public Library ([[Spencer, Iowa]]), c. November 18, 1987-November 29, 2006, age 19. Library mascot January 18, 1988-November 29, 2006. *'''Dick Marino''', [[MTM Enterprises]]'s diminutive version of the [[MGM lion]].<ref name="AD"/> *'''"Don Piano"''', an unidentified long-haired house cat so-nicknamed by internet fans that have viewed a video clip on the website [[YouTube]] of the cat's appearance on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[America's Funniest Videos]]''. The clip, multiple versions of which have been viewed on YouTube and other sites such as [[Google Video]] a total of over 1,000,000 times, depicts the cat making vocal sounds that are interpreted by subtitles to be a song or a poem, thought to be entitled "Oh Long Johnson".<ref>{{cite news |title= America's Funniest Home Video-Cat|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4sB--s5ROU|publisher= [[YouTube]]|date= 2006-10-03 |accessdate=2007-06-18}}</ref> *'''Emily''' American cat who, after being lost, was found to have gone to France.<ref>{{cite news |title= Lost cat found in France|url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/10/29/2003277871|work= World News Quick Take |publisher= [[Taipei Times]]|date= 2005-10-29 |accessdate=2007-02-16}}</ref> *'''Faith''', London cat that took up residence in St Faith & St Augustine's church (by St Paul's Cathedral) in wartime, and received a PDSA Silver Medal for her bravery in caring for her kitten when the church was bombed.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/faith.html |title = Faith, the London Church Cat |accessdate = 2007-02-16 |last = Roberts |first = Patrick |work = Famous Felines |publisher = Purr 'n' Fur }}</ref> *'''Fatso''', cat featured in the [[Keyboard Cat]] [[internet meme]]. *'''Feathers''', [[Carl van Vechten]]'s cat, the subject of the dedication to and the inspiration for the book ''The Tiger in the House''.<ref name="EL">[http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/cats-E-L.html Index of Famous Cats, E through L]</ref> *'''Floyd''' - Beloved pet of Adam Horovitz, aka [[Ad-Rock]] of the [[Beastie Boys]] *'''Foss''' - Inspiration of the cat from "The Owl & the Pussycat" and of several of owner [[Edward Lear]], who survived the cat by only two months.<ref name="EL"/> *'''[[Fred the Undercover Kitty]]''', a cat famous for assisting the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in 2006. *'''Geoffrey''', the cat of schizophrenic English poet Christopher "Kit" Smart, celebrated in the ''For I Will Consider my Cat Geoffrey'' section of the poem ''Jubilate Agno'' (written 1758-1763). *'''Grampa''', oldest domestic cat ever recorded, born in [[Austin, Texas]], in 1964, died in 1998.<ref name="EL"/> *'''Hamlet''', considered by Guinness to be "the world's most travelled cat." He flew approximately 600,000 kilometers because he managed to get stuck in a Canadian airplane for seven weeks.<ref name="records"/> *'''Hamlet''', long-time mascot of the [[Algonquin Hotel]] and title character of the book ''Algonquin Cat''.<ref name="EL"/> *'''Harry''', cat who replaced '''Lucky''' in the role of [[Morris the Cat]].<ref name="EL"/> *'''Hellcat''', like Brownie, a cat of Dr. William Grier left $415,000.00 in the doctor's estate.<ref name="EL"/> *'''Henrietta''', the now-deceased cat of ''New York Times'' foreign correspondent [[Christopher S. Wren]], made famous by the book ''[[The Cat Who Covered the World]]'' (ISBN 0-684-87100-9 in one printing). *'''[[Himmy]]''', a neutered tabby who weighed 46 pounds, recorded in ''The Guinness Book of World Records''.<ref name="EL"/> *'''[[Hodge (cat)|Hodge]]''', [[Dr. Samuel Johnson]]'s favourite cat, famously recorded in [[James Boswell]]'s ''[[Life of Johnson]]'', as shedding light on his owner's character. *'''[[Humphrey (cat)|Humphrey]]''', a cat who took up residence at [[10 Downing Street]] in during [[John Major]]'s tenure as [[Prime Minister]], and was banished when [[Tony Blair]] came to power - named for the character of "[[Humphrey Appleby|Sir Humphrey Appleby]]" in ''[[Yes Minister]]''. *'''Inga''', member of the crew at Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire until 1993, subject of magazine articles.<ref name="EL"/> *'''Jess''', the black and white cat belonging to [[Postman Pat]]. *'''Kallibunker''', with his mother Serena, one of the two founders of the [[Cornish Rex]] breed.<ref name="EL"/> *'''Karoun''', whom [[Jean Cocteau]] dedicated ''Drôle de Ménage'' to and described as "the king of cats".<ref name="EL"/> *'''Kaspar''', wooden cat used at the [[Savoy Hotel]] in London to round out unlucky parties of thirteen.<ref name="EL"/> *'''Kiki-la-Doucette''', [[Angora cat]] of [[Colette]], fictionalized in ''Sept Dialogues de Bêtes''.<ref name="EL"/> *'''Kinlee''', founding father of the [[Devon Rex]] breed.<ref name="EL"/> *'''[[Lewis (cat)|Lewis]]''', a cat who became infamous after being placed under house arrest. *'''[[Lily]]''', Dr. Johnson's second favourite cat, after Hodge. (q.v.) *'''[[Little Nicky (cat)|Little Nicky]]''', first cloned animal for commercial reasons. *'''Little Tyke''', subject of Georges H. Westbrau's book ''Little Tyke: The True Story of a Gentle Vegetarian Lioness''.<ref name="wild"> [http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/wildcats.html#index Index of Famous (Wild) Cats]</ref> *'''[[Liz Lemon]]''', of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Jumps off of walls. *'''[[Macavity (cat)|Macavity]]''', busdrivers' nickname of a British cat, white with different-coloured eyes, known for regularly catching the local bus by himself.<ref>{{cite news |title= Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=447527&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true|work= News (Online) |publisher= [[Daily Mail]]|date= 2007-04-09 |accessdate=2007-04-10}}</ref> *'''Madame Théophile''', cat of Gautier who liked to steal food off his fork.<ref name="MR">[http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/cats-E-L.html Index of Famous Cats, M through R]</ref> *'''Midnight''', a cat belonging to Bernice and Roy Rodgers. He saved the life of their daughter, Stacey, by crying into her baby monitor when she had a viral infection in her lungs, and was thus unable to cry in pain. *'''[[Mike (cat)|Mike]]''' (February 1909 - January 1929) who guarded the entrance to the [[British Museum]] *'''Moortje''', cat of [[Anne Frank]]'s family who was left with neighbors when they fled the attic.<ref name="MR"/> *'''[[Morris the Cat]]''', one of [[Burt Reynolds]]' most beloved movie co-stars, this finicky ''Commercial Mascot'' charmed his way into America's hearts with his calm demeanor and orange-striped style.<ref name="MR"/> *'''Morris II''', successor of Morris, ran for president in 1988.<ref name="MR"/> *'''Mouschi''', pet of friends of [[Anne Frank]]'s family, came to live with them in the attic.<ref name="MR"/> *'''[[Mrs. Chippy]]''', cat on the [[Ernest Shackleton]] expedition. *'''Mrs. Poodles''', first ever [[Siamese cat]] shown at an English cat show, in 1871.<ref name="MR"/> *'''Munchkinlane's Maggie Mae''', a [[munchkin cat]] who has appeared in several United States national media outlets.<ref name="MR"/> *'''Nedjem''', now regarded as the "first cat known to have had a name."<ref name="MR"/> *'''Nin''', cat who replaced at Mount Washington Observatory, named for [[Anaïs Nin]] or short for "nincompoop".<ref name="MR"/> *'''[[Nora (cat)|Nora]]''', gray tabby cat who plays the piano along side her owner. *'''Norton the cat''', subject of three nonfiction books by author [[Peter Gethers]].<ref name="MR"/> *'''Nuts''', cat who was documented to follow multistep directions and spontaneously engage in multistep tasks.<ref name="MR"/> *'''[[Orangey]]''', cat featured in ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' and other movies. *'''[[Oscar (cat)|Oscar]]''' the hospice cat, written up in the New England Journal of Medicine for his uncanny ability to predict which patients will die by curling up to sleep with them hours before their death. To date he has been right 25 times.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/25/death.cat.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview When death comes calling, so does Oscar the cat] from CNN.Com updated 6:04 p.m. EDT, Wed July 25, 2007. Accessed July 26, 2007</ref> *'''[[Pangur Bán]]''', the cat who inspired an otherwise unknown 8th (or 9th) century Irish monk to write a poem cataloguing their similarities. *'''Patsy''', cat photographed with [[Charles Lindbergh]] in the cockpit of the [[Spirit of St. Louis]] just prior to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight.<ref name="MR"/> *'''Peake''', Chessie's mate, the character is based upon an actual railroad stray.<ref name="MR"/> *'''[[Peter, the Lord's cat]]''', the only animal to have an obituary in ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last =Lynch |first =Steven |title =Wisden's only animal |work = [[Cricinfo]] |publisher = [[Wisden]] |date = 2004-06-14 |url =http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/asksteven/content/story/139426.html |accessdate = 2007-02-16}}</ref> *'''Phoebe Boyle''', Famous cat on Bebo *'''Pyewacket''', Cat of Ginny in "Bell, Book, and Candle" *'''Poppa''', 2nd heaviest cat ever, weighed in at 44.5 pounds at eleven years of age.<ref name="MR"/> *'''Port Phillip Cat''', a large cat that inhabits the waters of the [[Port Phillip Bay]] ([[Melbourne]], Australia) and whose favourite food is a Lemon Chicken Parma. *'''Puss''', cat that held the record for longest life, 36 years, until the lack of documentation caused the title to pass to '''Ma'''.<ref name="MR"/> *'''Rama''', a siamese cat owned by students at [[Duke University]], was actually at one point a PhD candidate in philosophy. *'''Red''', a cat who recently became a millionaire.<ref>{{cite news |title= Canadian cat becomes millionaire |url= http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/624831|work=[[ONE News]]|publisher= [[Television New Zealand]]|date= 2005-11-05|accessdate= 2007-02-16}}</ref> *'''[[Room 8]]''', an ageless tomcat who would disappear during the summer and return at the start of the school year in September, to an elementary school near Elysian Park in Los Angeles, for years, to the room of the school he was named for. (Ref. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'') *'''Rumpler''' with Amber above, one of the two cats, with Amber, who played the title role in ''[[The Cat from Outer Space]]'',<ref name="MR"/> *'''Rutterkin''', black cat alleged to help its owner Joan Flower magically kills the sons and render the wife of the [[Earl of Rutland]] [[infertile]] in the 1600s.<ref name="MR"/> *'''[[Scarlett the cat]]''' who in 1996 saved her kittens one by one from a fire in Brooklyn NY, suffering horrible burns in the process. Named Scarlett by the fireman who rescued her. She became a famous example of the power of a mother's love.<ref>{{cite web |title = Scarlett - Cat of the Century |work = Heroic Felines |publisher = Moggies |url =http://www.moggies.co.uk/html/scarlett.html |accessdate = 2007-02-16}}</ref><ref name="SZ">[http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/cats-S-Z.html Index of Famous Cats, S through Z]</ref> *'''Seraphita''', pure white cat who loved perfume, mother of three of Gautier's cats with Don Pierrot.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''[[SH III]]''', Chinchilla Persian cat who appeared in [[Fancy Feast]] advertisements and the movies ''[[The Jerk]]'' and ''[[Scrooged]]''.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''[[Simon (Amethyst's cat)|Simon]]''', celebrated ship's cat of HMS 'Amethyst', the only cat to have won the PDSA's [[Dickin Medal]], for his rat-catching and morale-boosting activities during the Yangtse Incident in 1949. *'''Sinh''', founding father of the [[Birman]] breed. Legend says he was the pet of the High Priest Mun-Ha, and absorbed his soul when Mun-Ha was killed.<ref name="SZ"/> *[[Isaac Newton|Sir Isaac Newton]]'s cat, whose incessant desire to be let in or out allegedly drove him to devise the [[cat flap]]. *'''Smokey''', wild bobcat trapped and given to [[Calvin Coolidge]] as a gift.<ref name="wild"/> *'''Sneaky Pie Brown''', co-author of Mrs. Murphy mystery series with Rita Mae Brown.<ref name="AD"/> * '''Snowball''', the [[polydactyl cat]] of [[Ernest Hemingway]]. *'''Snowy''', who replaced '''Arthur''' in the advertisements and learned the same trick.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''[[Sockington]]''', a cat famous for his posts on [[Twitter]] the [[microblogging]] site. *'''Sugar''', a cat who followed his human family 1,500 miles after they left him behind when they moved.<ref name="SZ"/> *A cat who wandered on stage during the premiere of [[Gioacchino Rossini|Rossini]]'s ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'', sending the audience into gales of laughter. *'''[[Tama (cat)|Tama]]''', a [[Tortoiseshell cat|calico]] cat who is the [[station master]] at [[Kinokawa, Wakayama]] railway station, [[Wakayama Prefecture]], Japan. *'''Tarawood Antigone''', a brown [[Burmese (cat)|Burmese]] who holds the record for most kittens in one litter with nineteen.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Tibbles''', singlehandedly wiped out the [[Stephens Island Wren]]. *'''[http://photos.emeraldcoast.com/nherald.showalbum.db.php?aID=105&pNum=1 T.K.]''', the feline companion of [http://www.zoo-world.us/index.html Tondayelo], an orangutan in a Florida zoo. *'''Tiger''', a long-haired [[Persian cat|Persian]] mixed breed who once held the record for heaviest cat at 43 pounds.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Tiki''', cat who appeared in the movie ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' and the television series ''[[Caroline in the City]]''.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Tinker Toy''', a male blue point Himalayan who held the record through at least 1997 as smallest domestic cat known, at 2.75'' inches tall and 7.5'' long.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Tommy''', the cat the family of [[Anne Frank]] found when they moved into the attic in 1942.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Tonto''', who played one of the title characters in the movie ''[[Harry and Tonto]]''.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Towser''', cat that held the record for most mice killed (over 28,000) through at least 1997.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''[[Trim (cat)|Trim]]''', was the first cat to circumnavigate Australia. Belonged to [[Matthew Flinders]]. *'''Tullia''', cat appeared in the 1969 movie ''[[Eye of the Cat]]''.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Tyler''', played Kitty Kitty, the cat in the movie ''[[The War of the Roses (film)|The War of the Roses]]''.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''The [[Unsinkable Sam]]''', the most famous mascot of the British Royal Navy, was in turn the ship's cat of the {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}}, {{HMS|Cossack}}, and {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} and survived the torpedoeing of all three ships before being retired to a home on dry land.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Whitey''', played Eve's cat in the movie ''[[Stage Door]]''.<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Wimauma Masterpiece of Chalsu''' blue [[Persian cat|Persian]] male selected as [[Cats Magazine]]'s first "Cat of the Year".<ref name="SZ"/> *'''Winnie''' awakens a [[New Castle, Indiana]] family April 2007 at 1 a.m. after detecting carbon monoxide in their home, saving the family's lives.[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264399,00.html] == Pets of famous people == === Famous pets of United States Presidents and their families === * '''Blackie or Blacky''', belonging to [[Calvin Coolidge]]. * '''Cleo''', Tortoiseshell stray belonging to [[Ronald Reagan]]. * '''[[India (cat)|India "Willie" Bush]]''', US President [[George W. Bush]]'s cat, named for [[Rubén Sierra]] "El Indio". * '''[[Misty Malarky Ying Yang]]''', Siamese belonging to [[Amy Carter]] and former pet of former U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]]. * '''Sara''', Tortoiseshell stray belonging to [[Ronald Reagan]]. * '''Shan''', [[Susan Ford]]'s Siamese cat. * '''Siam''', Siamese belonging to [[Rutherford B. Hayes]]. A gift from the American Consul in [[Bangkok]]; Siam was the first Siamese cat to reach the United States (1878). * '''Slippers''', gray [[polydactyl]] tabby belonging to [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. * '''[[Socks (cat)|Socks]]''', stray cat adopted by the family of President [[Bill Clinton]], named by his daughter [[Chelsea Clinton|Chelsea]]. * '''Tabby''', belonging to [[Tad Lincoln|Thomas "Tad" Lincoln]], [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s son. Tabby was the first White House cat. * '''Tom Kitten''', belonging to [[Caroline Kennedy]]; when he died in 1962, the press gave him an obituary notice. * '''Tom Quartz''', belonging to [[Theodore Roosevelt]]; named after the cat in ''Roughing It'' by [[Mark Twain]]. * '''Tiger''', gray striped stray belonging to [[Calvin Coolidge]], who used to walk around the [[White House]] with the cat draped around his neck; when he got lost, Coolidge went on the radio to appeal for help finding him. {For a photograph see also [http://presidentialpetmuseum.com/Pets/Tige-cat.htm]. * '''Timmy''', belonging to [[Calvin Coolidge]]; would allow Coolidge's canary to sleep between his paws. :''See also: [[List of United States Presidential pets]]'' === Famous pets of other famous people === * '''Abby''', belonging to [[Polly Bergen]].<ref name="famous">[http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/petcats.html Index of Famous People's Cats]</ref> * '''Agrippina''', [[Agnes Repplier]]'s cat, whose book ''The Fireside Phoenix'' was dedicated to.<ref name="wild"/> * '''Ahmedabad''', belonging to [[John Kenneth Galbraith]]. Its nickname "Ahmed" offended Islamic officials while Galbraith was U.S. ambassador to India, so he changed its name to '''Gujarat'''.<ref name="famous"/> * '''Ajax''', '''Banjo''', '''Goody Two Eyes''', and '''Madame Ref''' belonging to [[Ella Wheeler Wilcox]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Alice''', belonging to [[Martin Mull]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Allen''', belonging to [[Jean Michel Jarre]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Amberson'''/'''Ambrosia''', belonging to [[George Booth (cartoonist)|George Booth]]. Booth originally called it "Ambrosia", until he found it was a boy then called it "Amberson".<ref name="famous"/> * '''Andy''', one of nine cats belonging to actress [[Jenna Fischer]]<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20225502,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn Jenna Fischer: A Little Crazy About Cats]</ref> * '''Apollinaris''', '''Beelzebub''', '''Blatherskite''', '''Buffalo Bill''', '''Sin''', '''Sour Mash''', ''Tammany''', '''Zoroaster''', etc belonging to [[Mark Twain]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Ariel''', orange Persian belonging to [[Carl Van Vechten]]. Discussed in ''The Tiger in the House.''<ref name="famous"/> * '''Ashley''', belonging to [[Vanna White]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Asole''', '''Carream''' (white cat), and '''El c.''' belonging to [[Joan van Ark]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Atossa''', three-Legged cat belonging to [[Matthew Arnold]]. Featured in his poem ''Matthias'' about the poet's [[canary]]. Other cats of his include '''Blacky'''.<ref name="famous"/> * '''Banquo''', '''Banshee''', '''Carl''', and '''Nero''' belonging to [[Agnes Repplier]]. * '''Bellman''', belonging to Axel Eklöv. * '''Beethoven''', '''Mozart''', '''Verdi''', and '''Vivaldi''' belonging to [[Martha Stewart]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Beppo''', belonging to [[Jorge Luis Borges]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Beppo''', belonging to [[Lord Byron]]. One of five cats who traveled with him.<ref name="famous"/> * '''Big Red''', belonging to [[Ann-Margret]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Billy''', belonging to [[Dedee Pfeiffer]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Bimbo''', white long-haired cat belonging to [[Paul Klee]], depicted in ''Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee'', 1993.<ref name="famous"/> * '''Bing Clawsby''', belonging to [[Michael Feinstein]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Bismarck''', large Persian belonging to [[Florence Nightingale]].<ref name="famous"/> *'''Blackie''', cat of [[Winston Churchill]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Bob''', belonging to [[Betty White]]. * '''Boche''', belonging to [[Anne Frank]]. An aggressive warehouse cat who was occupying the attic when the Franks arrived; derogatory slang for "German." * '''Bona Marietta''', belonging to [[Robert Southey]]. * '''Boy''', [[Siamese|Sealpoint Siamese]] belonging to [[Vivien Leigh]]. * '''Bubbles''', belonging to [[Emma Watson]]. * '''Buchka''', belonging to Tilen/Arks. Faraon * '''Bunny Kitty''', calico belonging to [[Enrico Colantoni]]. [[Image:Astaire and Carlyle.jpg|right|thumb|120px|Fred Astaire and Carlyle in 1962. ''Photo: John Swope, Time-Life Pictures.'']] * '''Cake''', belonging to [[Warren Beatty]]. * '''Calvin''', Maltese stray belonging to [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]; sat on her shoulders while she wrote. * '''Carlyle''', Siamese given to [[Fred Astaire]] by [[Kim Novak]], his co-star in ''[[The Notorious Landlady]]'' (1962). Astaire named the cat after Novak's character in that film. The cat was photographed with Astaire by John Swope for [[Time Life|Time Life Pictures]] in 1962. Carlyle went on to appear with Astaire in an episode of ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' entitled ''Think Pretty'' which aired on October 2, 1964. * '''Caruso''', belonging to [[Roberta Flack]]. * '''Cat''', first of three owned by [[Winston Churchill]]. Others were; '''Nelson''' a black cat that sat in a chair next to Churchill in both the Cabinet & dining rooms (named after [[Lord Nelson]] but wasn't nearly as brave) and afterwards Jock. Jock was a ginger kitten, Churchill called this cat his special assistant and mentioned Jock in his will. '''Blackie''', '''Bob''' (black & white cat), '''Margate''' (black stray) and Mr. Cat also were his or his family's. * '''Catarina''', belonging to [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. Poe took her everywhere, and she frequently sat on his shoulder as he wrote; she inspired ''The Black Cat''. * '''Chanoine''' Anogora belonging to [[Victor Hugo]]; originally called '''Gavroche''', renamed because it was so indolent. * '''Charles''', belonging to [[Michael Joseph]]. * '''Charo''', belonging to [[Yoko Ono]]. *'''Cheddar''', belonging to [[Prime Minister of Canada]] [[Stephen Harper]]. [http://pm.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=74] * '''Cheeses''', belonging to [[Jay Leno]]. * '''Childebrand''', black & tan striped cat belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; mentioned in ''Ménagerie intime''. * '''Chilla''' and '''Chin'''; Two Ukrainian gray cats belonging to [[Paul Gallico]]. * '''Chinaski''', '''Kakarookee''', '''Fluff Master''', and '''Bobo''', all of which belong to breakcore artist [[Venetian Snares]]. He dedicated the entire ''[[Songs About My Cats]]'' album to them and he later paid tribute to Chinaski in the song "Chinaski R.I.P." on the [[Planet Mu]] compilation ''[[Sacred Symbols Of Mu]]''. * '''Chloe''', Tabby belonging to [[Sally Gunnell]]. * '''Chopin''', belonging to [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]. * '''Cleopatra''', belonging to [[Beryl Reid]]. * '''Cléopatre''', belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; liked to stand on 3 legs; mentioned in ''Ménagerie intime''. * '''Cobby''', Blue Persian belonging to [[Thomas Hardy]]; given to Hardy late in life, he vanished when Hardy died in 1928. * '''Cody''', belonging to [[Henri Sauguet]]; became ecstatic when it heard Debussy being played on the piano. * '''Collins''', a blue-point Himalayan cat owned by [[Don Imus]] * '''Columbine''', belonging to [[Thomas Carlyle]]. * '''Cookie''', a stray belonging to [[Sir Angus Wilson]]; the last of many pet cats in the author's life. * '''Crushinto, or Crushy''', Orange rescuee belonging to [[Evan Dorkin]] & [[Sarah Dyer]]. * '''Dancer''', belonging to [[Walter Cronkite]]. * '''Del Boy''', belonging to [[Frank Bruno]]. * '''[[Delilah (Queen song)]]''', '''Tom''', '''Jerry''', '''Oscar''', '''Tiffany''', '''Goliath''', '''Miko''', '''Romeo''', and '''Lily'''; a number of cats belonging to the late [[Queen (band)|Queen]] frontman [[Freddie Mercury]]; Mercury paid tribute to Delilah, a male [[tortoiseshell cat]], on the Queen album, ''[[Innuendo (album)|Innuendo]]''. * '''Demi''', clack cat belonging to [[Sally Gunnell]]. * '''Dinah''', the actual cat of [[Alice Liddell]]. * '''Dimly''', belonging to [[Beryl Reid]]; one of many. * '''Disraeli''', large Persian belonging to [[Florence Nightingale]]. * '''Dlinyenki''', tabby, probably female, belonging to [[Alexander Borodin]]; roughly translates as "longy" from [[Russian (language)|Russian]]. *'''Docket''', male cat belonging to British artist Tracy Emin, mentioned in her column in 'The Independent'<ref name="AD"/> * '''Dolly''', belonging to [[Tallulah Bankhead]]. * '''Domino''', belonging to [[Emma Watson]]. * '''Don Pierrot de Navarre''', white cat belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; liked to steal his pen, fathered three black kittens, mentioned in ''Ménagerie intime''. * '''Dweezil''', belonging to [[Robert Wagner]]; gift from [[Dweezil Zappa]] (see '''Moon''' below). * '''Elvis''', belonging to [[John Lennon]]. * '''Enjoras''', black kitten belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; born to white parents '''Don Pierrot''' & '''Séraphita'''; named for character in ''[[Les Misérables]]''; mentioned in ''Ménagerie Intime''. * '''Eponine''', black fur, green eyed cat belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; daughter of '''Don Pierrot''' & '''Séraphita'''; named for character in ''[[Les Misérables]]''; mentioned in ''Ménagerie Intime''. * '''F. Puss''' (a.k.a. "Mr. Feather Puss"), Yellow-eyed cat belonging to [[Ernest Hemingway]]; so trusted that the Hemingways allowed him to babysit their infant. He had 30 cats in all. Among the others are '''Boise''', '''Crazy Christian''', '''Dillinger''', '''Ecstasy''', '''Fats''', '''Friendless Brother''', '''Furhouse''', etc. * '''Fatima''', belonging to [[Horace Walpole]]. * '''Feathers''', Persian kitten belonging to [[Carl Van Vechten]]; inspiration for ''The Tiger in the House''. * '''Félimare''', striped like a tiger, belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died. * '''Fellini''', Maine coon belonging to [[Gene Shalit]]; rescued from a shelter in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. * '''Fevel''', '''Zero''', and unknown named cats belonging to [[Amy Lee]].<ref name="famous"/> * '''Flower-Face''', Siamese belonging to [[James Mason]]; talked about in Mason's ''The Cats in our Lives'' 1949. * '''Folly''', belonging to [[James Mason|James & Pamela Mason]]. * '''Foss''', belonging to [[Edward Lear]]; subject of many drawings, some published in ''The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat''; inspired ''The Owl & the Pussycat''; Lear buried Foss in his garden and died himself only two months later. * '''Foxie''', belonging to [[Brian Aldiss]]. * '''Fred''', belonging to [[R. Crumb]]; inspiration for the infamous Fritz. * '''Fritzi''', mackerel tabby belonging to [[Paul Klee]]; depicted in Marina Algerghini's ''Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee'', 1993. * '''Gavroche''', black kitten belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; parents '''Don Pierrot''' & '''Séraphita'''; named for character in ''Les Misérables''; mentioned in ''Ménagerie intime''. * '''Gavroche''', Angora belonging to [[Victor Hugo]]; later renamed Chanoine ("the canon") because it was so indolent. * '''Gazette''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. Described as "indiscreet;" one of many cats Richelieu had when he died. * '''General Butchkin''', belonging to [[Iris Murdoch]]. * '''George Pushdragon''', belonging to [[T. S. Eliot]]. * '''Giorgio''', belonging to [[Peggy Guggenheim]]. * '''Gladstone''', large Persian belonging to [[Florence Nightingale]]. * '''Gorgo''', siamese belonging to [[Franklin Vincent Zappa]]. * '''Grimalkin''', belonging to Nostradamus, and also the American painter [[Benjamin West]]'s cat. * '''Gris-Gris''', belonging to [[Charles de Gaulle]]. ''Gris'' is French for "gray" * '''Guillaume-en-Egypte''', belonging to [[Chris Marker]]; also blog correspondent for "Un Regard Moderne". * '''Gypsy''', belonging to [[Peggy Guggenheim]]. * '''Hamilcar''', belonging to [[Anatole France]]. * '''Harold''', belonging to [[Horace Walpole]]. * '''Hester''', belonging to [[Andy Warhol]]. * '''Hinse''', tomcat belonging to [[Sir Walter Scott]]; tormented Scott's dogs until a bloodhound named Nimrod killed him in 1826. * '''[[Hodge the Cat|Hodge]]''', the cat belonging to Dr [[Samuel Johnson]]. Johnson would go to town himself to buy oysters for Hodge. * '''Honey Bear''', one of nine cats belonging to [[Jenna Fischer]]. * '''Hurlyburlybuss''', belonging to [[Robert Southey]]. * '''Ishtar''' and '''Moris''', belonging to [[María Martha Fernández]] and [[Eduardo Fort]]. * '''Jackson''', belonging to [[Brian Aldiss]]. * '''James Taylor''', (see Tata). * '''Jeepers Creepers''', belonging to [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. * '''Jellylorum''' was [[T. S. Eliot]]'s own cat, immortalized in ''[[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats]]'', the basis for the musical ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''. * '''Jenny''', belonging to [[Beryl Reid]]; one of many. * '''Jeoffry''' was visionary poet [[Christopher Smart]]'s cat, who is praised in his owner's poem ''Jubilate Agno (A Poem from Bedlam)'' (Jeoffry was Smart's only companion during his confinement in an asylum in 1762-63.) The famous Jeoffry extract was set to music by [[Benjamin Britten]]. * '''Karoun''', belonging to [[Jean Cocteau]]. ''Drôle de Ménage'' was dedicated to him. * '''Kashka''', belonging to [[Deirdre Hall]]. * '''Kiki-la-Doucette''', belonging to [[Colette]]. ''Doucette'' is French for "gentle one" * '''Khouli-Khan''', the cat of [[Thomas Anson (MP)|Thomas Anson]] is memorialized by the [[neoclassicism|neoclassical]] "Cat's Monument" in the park at [[Shugborough Hall]], Staffordshire, unless the cat in question is the '''first cat to circumnavigate the globe''' in the company of Admiral [[George Anson, 1st Baron Anson|George Anson]] on {{HMS|Centurion|1732|6}}. ** [http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=97&text=0 Staffordshire Past track website] * '''La Chatte''' belonging to the writer [[Colette]]. The cat's name means ''The (female) cat'' in French and the name of her cat '''La Chatte Dernière''' means ''the last (female) cat'' in the same language. Other cats of hers include '''Kapok''', '''Kro''', '''La Touteu''', '''Mini-mini''', '''Minionne''', '''Muscat''', '''One and Only''', '''Toune''', '''Zwerg''', and others. * '''Lady Arabella''', belonging to [[John Spencer Churchill]]. When '''Princess''' arrived, '''Arabella''' was elevated to the rank of "Duchess of Catalunya and Countess of Barcelona." * '''Langbourne''', belonging to [[Jeremy Bentham]]; over time, Langourne's name became ''The Reverend Sir John Langbourne, D.D. (Doctor of Divinity)''. * '''Le Docteur''', belonging to [[Alexandre Dumas, père]]. * '''Leo''', belonging to [[Ruskin Spear]]. * '''Lilly''', white kitling belonging to [[Samuel Johnson]] * '''Lipstick''', the second cat of [[Koko (gorilla)|Koko]] the [[gorilla]]. * '''Little Teddy''', rescued stray belonging to [[Enrico Colantoni]]. * '''Lord Nelson''', belonging to [[Robert Southey]]; over the years, '''Nelson''' went through the ranks of Lord, Baron, Viscount, & Earl for "services performed against the Rats." * '''Louisa''', belonging to [[William Makepeace Thackeray]]. * '''Lucifer''', jet black cat belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died. * '''Luck''', attributed name of King Charles I's black cat. * '''Ludovic le Cruel''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. Savage rat-killer; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died. * '''Ludoviska''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. Polish cat; one of many pets Richelieu had when he died. * '''Lulu''', belonging to [[Beryl Reid]]; one of many. * '''Macak''', belonging to [[Nikola Tesla]]; called by him "The Magnificent Macak". * '''Macramé''', belonging to [[Brian Aldiss]]. * '''Madame Théophile''', red & white cat belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; liked to steal food from author Gautier's fork; mentioned in ''Ménagerie intime''. * '''Madame Vanity''', belonging to [[Michel de Montaigne]]. * '''Madeleine, Siamese belongiong to Jean Cocteau * '''Magritte''', belonging to [[Gloria Steinem]]. * '''Manny''', belonging to [[Ruskin Spear]]. * '''Marcel''', belonging to [[Jeanne Beker]]. * '''Marcus''', Siamese belonging to [[James Dean]]; gift from [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. * '''Marilyn Miste''', belonging to [[Whitney Houston]]. * '''Marmoutte Blanche''', Black & white angora belonging to [[Pierre Loti]]; featured in ''Lives of Two Cats''. * '''Marmoutte Chinoise''', belonging to [[Pierre Loti]]; stowaway kitten from China featured in ''Lives of Two Cats''. * '''Master's Cat, The''', belonging to [[Charles Dickens]]. The only of Williamina's kittens Dickens kept; she would snuff his reading candle to get attention. * '''Maurice''', belonging to [[Jean-Claude Suarès]]. Named for artist Suarès' wife's lover, who was "not allowed on the bed either." * '''Meatball''', belonging to [[Jane Pauley]]. * '''Micette''' or '''Micetto''', grayish-red cat with black stripes (tabby) belonging to [[Pope Leo XII]]; born in the Vatican, lived among the Pope's robes. * '''Mimi''', belonging to [[Rosa Luxemburg]]. * '''Mimi-Paillon''', Angora belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642. * '''Mimsy''', belonging to [[Evan Dorkin]] & [[Sarah Dyer]]; formerly feral rescuee. * '''Minna Minna Mowbray''', belonging to [[Michael Joseph]]; an entire chapter is dedicated to her in ''Cat's Company'' 1946. * '''Minou''', belonging to [[George Sand]]; Sand ate her breakfast from the same bowl as her cat. * '''Mirza Murad Alibeg''', belonging to [[T. S. Eliot]]. More often called "The Musical Box" or "Cockalorum" because its given name was too long for the size of the apartment. * '''Misha''', belonging to [[Yoko Ono]]. *''' Mithras''' White cat belonging to Jocelyn Toynbee, (1897-1985), historian of Roman art, and dedicatee of her book, 'Animals in Roman Life and Art'. * '''Mitsou''', white Perisan belonging to [[Marilyn Monroe]]. * '''Moon''', belonging to [[Robert Wagner]]; gift from [[Moon Unit Zappa]] (see Dweezil above). * '''[[Moortje]]''', belonging to [[Anne Frank]]; left with neighbors when her family fled to the attic. * '''Morrissey''', belonging to British [[comedian]] [[Russell Brand]]. * '''Mouche''', belonging to [[Victor Hugo]]; [[French (language)|French]] for "fly" (as in the insect). * '''Mounard le Fougueux''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]] Described as "quarrelsome, capricious, & worldly;" one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642. * '''Mourka''', belonging to [[George Balanchine]] and the subject of ''Mourka: the autobiography of a cat'' by Tanaquil LeClercq, Stein & Day, New York, 1964. * '''Mouschi''', belonging to [[Anne Frank]]. The warehouse and office cat that came to live with the Franks in the attic; the pet of some family friends. Literally means 'pussy'. * '''Mousetrap''', belonging to [[Van Heflin]]. * '''Mr. Cat''', belonging to [[Phyllis Diller]]. * '''Mr. Jinx''' or '''Jinxie''', belonging to [[Evan Dorkin]] & [[Sarah Dyer]]. * '''Mr. Peter Wells''', belonging to [[H.G. Wells]]. * '''[[Muezza]]''', belonging to [[Mohammed]]. It is said that once when Mohammed was called to prayer, he cut off the sleeve of his robe rather than disturb his sleeping pet, who was nestled upon it. * '''Murphy''', belonging to [[Bernadette Peters]]. * '''Myobu No Omoto''', belonging to [[Emperor Ichijō]] of Japan; "Omoto, Lady-in-Waiting" ; Ichijo once imprisoned the owner of a dog that chased his pet. * '''Mys''', dark long-haired cat belonging to [[Paul Klee]]; depicted in ''Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee'', 1993. * '''Mysouff''', belonging to [[Alexandre Dumas, père]]. There was a Mysouff I & Mysouff II - Mysouff II was black & white and Dumas' favorite, even though it once ate all his exotic birds. * '''Nichols''', belonging to [[Vivien Leigh]]. * '''Nemo''', Seal point Siamese belonging to PM [[Harold Wilson]] (UK); used to accompany the Wilsons on holiday. * '''Nervil''', belonging to [[Angie Mason]]; rolls over, waves "Hi", plays fetch and has done over $12000 in damage so far. * '''New''', belonging to [[Vivien Leigh]]; named after "New Theater." * '''Nickie''', belonging to [[Brian Aldiss]]. * '''Nigger Man''', belonging to [[H. P. Lovecraft]] as a boy. Also a cat in his story "The Rats in the Walls." * '''Nightlife''', belonging to [[Charles Mingus]]. * '''Noilly Prat''', belonging to [[T. S. Eliot]]. * '''Norton''', Scottish fold tabby belonging to [[Peter Gethers]]; memorialized in novels ''The Cat Who Went to Paris'', ''A Cat Abroad'' & ''The Cat Who'll Live Forever.'' * '''Nuggi''', long-haired cat belonging to [[Paul Klee]]; depicted in ''Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee'', 1993. * Numbers '''One''' through '''Eight''', Siamese cats belonging to [[Beverley Nichols]]; owned 7 cats all given numbers as names; "Six" was not used, Eight's original name was "Oscar." * '''Old Foss''' (see Foss). * '''Oliver''', tabby belonging to [[Thomas Huxley]]. * '''Onyx''', belonging to [[Arthel Neville]]. * '''Oscar''', belonging to [[Beverley Nichols]]. * '''Pascal''', belonging to [[Anatole France]]. * '''Patapan''', belonging to [[Horace Walpole]]. * '''Patrocle''', belonging to [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres]]. * '''Patsy''' was [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s cat and often went flying with him (but not on his famous flight of 1927) * '''Pattipaws''' or '''Pettipaws''', belonging to [[T. S. Eliot]]. * '''Perruque''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. As a kitten, she fell at Richelieu's feet from the wig ("perruque") of an academic named Racan. * '''Persian Snow''', belonging to [[Erasmus Darwin]]. * '''Pippo''', belonging to [[Compton MacKenzie]]; one of many pet cats. * '''Pixel''' or '''Pixie''', belonging to [[Evan Dorkin]] & [[Sarah Dyer]]. * '''Polar Bear''', the white cat adopted by writer and animal activist [[Cleveland Amory]], and featured in ''[[The Cat Who Came for Christmas]]'', ''[[The Cat and the Curmudgeon]]'' and ''[[The Best Cat Ever]]'' * '''Pony Boy''', Abyssinian belonging to [[Richard Patrick]]. * '''Poo Jones''', belonging to [[Vivien Leigh]]. * '''Popcorn''', belonging to [[Edward Djerejian]] * '''Poppet''', belonging to [[Joe Namath]]. * '''Poppy''', tabby & white belonging to [[Sally Gunnell]]. * '''Poushkin''', belonging to [[W. N. P. Barbellion]]. * '''Princess Sophie Louise of Sweden''', long-haired tabby belonging to [[John Spencer Churchill]]. * '''Procope''', belonging to [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres]]. * '''Prudence''', blue Persian belonging to Prime Minister [[Georges Clemenceau]] of France. * '''Pudlenka''', belonging to [[Karel Čapek]]. She had three cats named Pudlenka; Pudlenka 1 appeared on Capek's doorstep the day his tomcat died, had 26 kittens in her lifetime; Pudlenka 2 had 21. * '''Pulcinella''', belonging to [[Domenico Scarlatti]]; inspired ''The Cat's Fugue'' as she liked to walk up & down his keyboards. * '''Punky''', belonging to [[Doris Day]]; one of 10+ Day rescued * '''Purdoe''', belonging to [[Samuel Butler (novelist)|Samuel Butler]]. * '''Pyewacket''', belonging to [[Kim Novak]]; starred with Novak in ''Bell Book and Candle''. * '''Pyrame''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. He & Thisbe were named after the mythological lovers because they slept together with paws intertwined. * '''Racan''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. Named for the academic [[Racan]] out of whose wig he fell, as a kitten, at Richelieu's feet. * '''Rajah the Magnifi-CAT''', cat belonging to the composer [[Alan Hovhaness]]. * '''Reverend Wenceslas Muff, The''', black tomcat belonging to Sir [[Roy Strong]]. * '''Rhett Butler''', belonging to [[Vanna White]]. * '''Rita''', black cat belonging to [[Julia Sweeney]]. * '''Romeo''', belonging to [[Peggy Guggenheim]]. * '''Rubis sur l'Ongle''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. Especially fond of milk; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642. * '''Rumpel''', belonging to [[Robert Southey]]. Full title was '''The Most Noble the Archduke Rumpelstizchen, marquis Macbum, Earle Tomemange, Baron Raticide, Waowler, and Skaratchi'''. Other cats of his include '''Madame Bianchi''', '''Madame Catalini''', '''Othello''', '''Ovid''', '''Pulcheria''', '''Sir Thomas Dido''', and '''The Zombie.''' * '''Rupi''', belonging to [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] leader [[Ian Anderson (singer and musician)|Ian Anderson]]; inspired title song of his 2004 solo album [[Rupi's Dance]]. * '''Rybolov''', tabby belonging to [[Alexander Borodin]]; [[Russian (language)|Russian]] for "fisherman." * '''Sadie''', Siamese belonging to [[James Mason]]; talked about in Mason's ''The Cats in our Lives'' (1949). * '''Sam''', belonging to [[Andy Warhol]]. * '''Samantha''', belonging to [[Helen Gurley Brown]]. * '''Samson''', Siamese belonging to [[Frank Bruno]]. * '''Sans Lendemain''', belonging to [[Peggy Guggenheim]]; translates literally as "without (the) day after." * '''Sara''', belonging to [[Regis Philbin]]. * '''Sarah Snow''', white long-haired, green eyed cat belonging to [[Kingsley Amis]]. * '''Sascha''', belonging to [[Regis Philbin]]. * '''Sascha''', belonging to [[Yoko Ono]]. * '''Scratchaway''', belonging to [[Thomas Hood]]. * '''Sebastian''', belonging to [[Edan Cassidy]] & [[Lissa Daniels]] who was painted by [[Paula Gray]]. * '''Selima''', Tortoiseshell tabby belonging to [[Horace Walpole]]; drowned in a goldfish bowl, inspiring [[Thomas Gray]]'s poem [http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem885.html ''Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes''] (1748). * '''Señor''', blind cat belonging to [[Stefanie Powers]]. * '''Séraphita''', white cat belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]]; mentioned in ''Ménagerie intime''. * '''Serpolet''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]; fond of sunning himself in the window; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642. * '''Shan''', Siamese belonging to [[Susan Ford]], [[Gerald Ford]]'s daughter. * '''She''', belonging to [[Linda Evans]]. * '''Sheba''', belonging to [[Sally Jessy Raphaël]]. * '''Sheba''', belonging to [[Vivica A. Fox]]. * '''Sheena''', belonging to [[O.J. Simpson]]. * '''Shuang-mei''', belonging to Emperor [[Chu Hou-Tsung]] (China); her name meant "Frost-eyebrows." * '''Silkhat''', belonging to [[Van Heflin]]. * '''Simpkin''', belonging to [[Cecil Day-Lewis]]. * '''Sizi''', belonging to [[Albert Schweitzer]]. Lived with Schweitzer at his clinic in Africa; though left-handed, he would write prescriptions with his right hand when she was sleeping on his left arm. * '''Smokey''', the third cat of [[Koko (gorilla)|Koko]] the [[gorilla]]. * '''[[Smudge (cat)|Smudge]]''' the Glasgow People's Palace cat. * '''Snookie''', belonging to [[Vivica A. Fox]]. * '''Soda Pop''', Abyssinian belonging to [[Richard Patrick]]. * '''Solomon''', One of [[Lloyd Alexander]]'s many cats, who inspired the premise of the book ''[[Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason And Gareth]]''. * '''Soumise''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. Richelieu's favorite; one of many cats he had when he died. * '''Sprite''', belonging to [[Bill Watterson]], creator of [[Calvin and Hobbes]]; she was used as inspiration for some of Hobbes' physical features and behaviors, such as his habit of pouncing on Calvin.<ref>Bill Watterson: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005) ISBN 0740748475</ref> * '''Sugar Marie''', belonging to J&F * '''Sweetface''', belonging to Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of [[Sonic Youth]]. * '''Sweet Pea''', belonging to [[Jann Arden]]. * '''Sylvia''', belonging to [[Compton MacKenzie]]; one of many pet cats * '''T.K.''', belonging to [[Betty White]]. * '''Tabitha Longclaws Tiddleywink''', belonging to [[Thomas Hood]]; scratchaway's mother. * '''Taffy''', belonging to [[Christopher Morley]]. Thieving cat commemorated in Morley's 1929 poem ''In Honor of Taffy Topaz''. * '''Taki''', black, female [[Persian (cat)|Persian]] belonging to [[Raymond Chandler]]; his "feline secretary" to whom he always read the first drafts of his murder mysteries. * '''Ta-Miu,''' the cat of [[Crown Prince Thutmose]]. After her death she was mummified and buried in a decorated sarcophagus.<ref>Joann Fletcher: Egypt's Sun King – Amenhotep III (Duncan Baird Publishers, London, 2000) ISBN 1-900131-09-9, p.112</ref> * '''Tantomile''', belonging to [[T. S. Eliot]]. * '''Tata''', belonging to [[George Booth (cartoonist)|George Booth]]. Originally named "James Taylor", until Booth found it was a girl. * '''Teeny''', belonging to [[Martha Stewart]]. * '''Theodor W. Adorno''', belonging to [[Julio Cortázar]]. * '''Thisbe''', belonging to [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. She & Pyrame were named after the mythological lovers because they slept together with paws intertwined. * '''Thruster''', belonging to [[Ernest Hemingway]]; one of 30 of his pet cats. * '''Tiger''', belonging to Charlotte & [[Emily Brontë]]. Played at Emily's feet while she wrote Wuthering Heights''. * '''Tiger''', belonging to [[Aaron Neville]]. * '''Tigerlily''', belonging to [[Molly Ringwald]]. * '''Tigger''', belonging to [[Vivica A. Fox]]. * '''Timothy''', white cat belonging to [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]; mentioned in two poems: ''For Timothy'' and ''War Cat''. * '''Toby''', belonging to [[Dedee Pfeiffer]]. * '''Tom, Jr.''', belonging to [[Harriet Beecher Stowe|Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe]]. * '''Tommy''', belonging to [[Alexander Borodin]]. * '''Tommy''', belonging to [[Anne Frank]]. An attic cat who was occupying the attic when Frank and her family arrived; he always won the fights ''Boche'' picked with him. * '''Tootoose''', belonging to [[Compton MacKenzie]]; one of many pet cats. * '''Topaz''', belonging to [[Tennessee Williams]]. *'''[[Trim (cat)|Trim]]''', belonging to [[Matthew Flinders]] which accompanied his master on his voyages of exploration. Trim became the first cat to circumnavigate the Australian continent and Tasmania. * '''Trixie''', belonging to [[Ruskin Spear]]. * '''Trixie''', belonging to the [[Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton|3rd Earl of Southampton]]. After the Earl was put in the [[Tower of London]] for his role in the [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex|Essex Rebellion]], Trixie allegedly found him and stayed with him there for the next two years. * '''Tuffy''', belonging to [[Ann-Margret]]. * '''Turkey''', belonging to [[Janet Leigh]]. * '''Vashka''', belonging to [[Nicholas I of Russia|Czar Nicholas I]]. * '''Virgil''', belonging to [[Robert Southey]]. *'''Weasel''', belonging to [[Cyndi Lauper]]. *'''White Heather''', black & white Persian belonging to [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] in her old age; upon her death became the pet of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]]. *'''Whitey''', belonging to [[James Mason|James & Pamela Mason]]. *'''William/Williamina''', belonging to [[Charles Dickens]]; was "William" until she had kittens which she insisted on moving into Dickens' study. *'''Willie''', belonging to [[George Burns]]. *'''Windy''', belonging to [[Guy Gibson]]; as a WW II dambuster, Gibson took Windy on many of his wartime missions. *'''Wiscus''', belonging to [[T. S. Eliot]]. *'''Woody''', belonging to [[Jean Michel Jarre]]. * '''Yum-Yum''', belonging to [[Brian Aldiss]] * '''Zara''', belonging to [[Horace Walpole]]. * '''Zero''', belonging to [[Billie Joe Armstrong]]. * '''Zizi''', [[Angora cat]] belonging to [[Théophile Gautier]] who enjoyed walking along the keys of a [[piano]]<ref name="SZ"/>; mentioned in ''Ménagerie intime''. * '''Zoë''', black and white female cat belonging to [[Gabriele Rossetti]]. === Unnamed === * [[Marie Antoinette]] had 6 Angoras that survived her and were shipped to America on the boat that was supposed to carry her to safety. * [[Tallulah Bankhead]]'s lion cub. * [[Kim Basinger]] demanded custody of her cats in her divorce. * [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]'s lucky black cat that died the day before the King was arrested. See 'Luck' below. * [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]]'s several Manx cats. * [[Jenna Fischer]] reportedly has nine cats and volunteers for a Los Angeles-area non-profit organization called Kitten Rescue. * [[Robert E. Lee]] had several cats the he referred to often in letters to his family. * [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]]'s white cat who came to his bedroom every morning and was allowed to play on the table at Royal Councils. * [[Freddie Mercury]] owned many cats throughout his life. His solo album ''Mr Bad Guy'' is dedicated to cat-lovers all over the world. * [[Muhammad]] was saved from an attack of a poisonous snake by a cat. * [[Petrarch]] had his pet embalmed in the 14th century. * [[Saint Gregory the Great]] He greatly enjoyed holding his cat in his arms while he prayed. * [[Dick Whittington and His Cat|Dick Whittington's cat]] - early [[Lord Mayor of the City of London]] - stories of him and his legendary cat survive to this day in [[pantomime]]. * [[Marilyn Manson]]'s white cat who is alleged to be the only one to see him without his makeup in the morning. === Thought experiment cats === * [[Schrödinger's cat]] === Pets my mother owns === *'''Mittens''', tabby. *'''Patches''', black cat with white patch on left paw. *'''Sir cuddles''', black cat. *'''Puss in boots''', white cat with black paws. == Wild cats == *'''Ba-tou''', African wildcat and pet of Colette, from ''La Maison de Claudine''.<ref name="wild"/> *'''Bruce Biteabit''', an [[ocelot]] belonging to the character of Honey West (played by [[Anne Francis]]) on TV. *'''[[Champawat Tiger|the Champawat Tigress]]''', a tiger which killed 439 people before being killed by famed hunter [[Jim Corbett (hunter)|Jim Corbett]]. *'''Chauncey''', the [[cougar]], (1964-1975), winner of the 1969 [[PATSY Award]] for his [[television commercial]] for [[Ford Motor Company]]. *'''Chiquita''', [[Josephine Baker]]'s pet cheetah. *'''[[Christian the Lion]]''', The "London Lion" of John Rendall and Anthony Bourke, made famous from video depicting their reunion a year after having been released into the wild. *'''Clarence the cross-eyed lion'''', from the ''[[Daktari]]'' television series. *'''The Darkness''', one of the two [[Tsavo maneaters]] that killed over 100 bridge builders in Kenya in 1898.<ref name="wild"/> *'''Dreyfus''', advertising mascot of [[Dreyfus Financial Services]].<ref name="wild"/> * '''[[Elsa the lioness]]''', lion hand raised by [[Joy Adamson]] and featured in ''[[Born Free]]'' as well as her other books.<ref name="wild"/> *'''The Ghost''', one of the [[Tsavo maneaters]] that killed over 100 bridge builders in Kenya in 1898. *'''Heller''', cougar who won the 1977 PATSY award for work on the [[Shazam! (TV series)]] television show.<ref name="wild"/> *''Hubert, the Harris Lion'', advertising mascot of Harris Bank.<ref name="wild"/> * '''Italia''', [[Benito Mussolini]]'s pet lioness. * '''[[Kamunyak]]''', [[Kenya]]n lioness who adopts [[oryx]] calves. *'''Jackie''', the second lion used as [[MGM]]'s Leo the lion. *'''[[Eye of the Leopard|Legadema]]''', The life and growth of a eight days old female leopard cub. *'''Nissa''', the leopard playing "Baby" in [[Bringing Up Baby]]. *'''Neil''', the lion who won the 1984 PATSY award for his film and television work. *'''[[Panar Leopard|The Panar Leopard]]''', killed 400 people before being shot by [[Jim Corbett (hunter)|Jim Corbett]].<ref name="wild"/> *'''Penny''', the spotted leopard from Joy Adamson book ''The Spotted Sphinx''.<ref name="wild"/> *'''Pippa''', the cheetah from Joy Adamson's book ''Pippa the Cheetah and Her Cubs''.<ref name="wild"/> *'''Raunchy''', jaguar that won the 1964 PATSY award.<ref name="wild"/> *'''Rocky''', bobcat that played the [[Mercury (automobile)|Mercury]] bobcat for a time. * '''Slats''', first lion to play ''Leo the Lion'' the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM Pictures]] trademark/mascot. * '''Smokey/Smoky''', [[bobcat]] belonging to [[Calvin Coolidge]]; trapped wild in [[Tennessee]] and given to him as a gift. *'''Tanner''', the third lion used as [[MGM]]'s ''Leo the Lion'', appeared in all the [[Technicolor]] pictures. (Note: two other unnamed lions have taken on the role later). *'''The Thak Tigress''', man-eating tiger killed by [[Jim Corbett (hunter)|Jim Corbett]].<ref name="wild"/> *'''Zion''', From the television documentary [[The Lion Man]], a Barbary lion known as the tamest lion in the world and hand raised by [[Craig Busch]]. == See also == *[[List of fictional cats]] == References == {{reflist|3}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cats}} [[Category:Famous cats| ]] [[Category:Lists of historical animals]] [[fr:Liste des chats célèbres]] [[hu:Híres macskák listája]]'