List of cats

This is a list of specific natural cats. For fictional cats refer to "List of fictional cats". For cat breeds, see List of cat breeds.

Cats famous in their own right

• Amy
• Farah, named after Farah Diba is traveling along with Seppe Slabbinck.
• All Ball, the first cat of Koko the gorilla.
• Amber, Laura Silberman's cat, who is 10 years old and loves Laura more than anything in the world.
• ""Amber"" Bailey's fat, old cat, who is currently 20 years old.
• Alex the Kitty, the second cat of Koko the gorilla.
• Baby, the world's oldest cat, born in 1970, died 30 March 2008.
• "Betsy', Lily Donato's cat.
• "Bell", a cat that was found in a ditch.
• Blackie, a cat that inherited 15 million British Pounds and thus became the richest cat in history.
• Casper, a cat that was famous for travelling on a No. 3 bus in Plymouth, and inspired the book, Casper the Commuting Cat.
• Catarina, Edgar Allan Poe's pet cat and the inspiration for his story The Black Cat.
• Catherine, My names Catherine but everyone calls me Cat and I rock.
• Chaplin, George Watsky's cat, as seen in "Pale Kid Raps Fast" and "Cheer Up Emo Cat."
• "Chris", a black and white cat given to Claire as a Christmas present from her godfather.
• Chessie, the mascot of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and later the Chessie System, whose slogan was "sleep like a kitten."
• Cullen, Laura Silberman's cat, looks like a black cat but is really a dark brown. Fluffy. Gives love bites.
• CC (Copy Cat, or Carbon Cat), the first cloned cat.
• Cusco, cared for by renowned therapist Ali Thompson.
• Dewey, the library cat from Spencer, Iowa. Born Nov 1987; abandoned at the Library in Jan 1988; died (euthanized) December 2006. Subject of a best-selling book, Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
• DJ Kitty, a cat that is seen on the projector during Tampa Bay Rays games "scratchin' a beat" with his paws on a turntable. Originally, the cat was made to be a playoff of Keyboard Cat, but the team later decided to update the cat's look, leading it to be a YouTube celebrity.
• Emily, an American cat who, after being lost, was found to have gone to France.
• Emmett, Viki Silberman's cat, named after Emmett from the Twilight series. Probably one of the best named animals ever for he is big and dumb and lovable.
• Faith, a 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.
• Frank, Grayson Kelly's mom's cat. Drastically overweight and hates Christmas.
• Fred the Undercover Kitty, a cat famous for assisting the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in 2006.
• 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).
• George, Kevin Corrigan's mom's cat.
• Gryffindor, Laura Silberman's cat, grey tabby who likes to roll over a lot.
• Madeleine, Clarissa's deceased cat
• Fritz, Juliette's stupidest cat alive
• 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, a cat who took up residence at 10 Downing Street in during John Major's tenure as Prime Minister, and was retired to a new address shortly after Tony Blair came to power - named for the character of Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister.
• Jenny, Grayson Kelly's cat. Pees on everything that does not belong to her owner.
• Kane, Laura Silberman's cat, goes by "Uboo" or "Kaner." Not named after Patrick Kane or Kevin Kane. Almost was a Stanley. Youngest cat in the house but runs the joint. Gives hugs.
• Kari, an internet celebrity.
• Keyboard Cat, an internet celebrity.
• Larry, the Downing Street cat from February 2011.
• Lewis, a cat who became infamous after being placed under house arrest.
• Little Nicky, first cloned animal for commercial reasons.
• Linus, a wonderful orange creature living and clawing in Louisville, KY
• Lucky, better known as "Old School" to her close circle of friends. A black cat that was loved by all, and loved all. She lived to be almost 20, leaving behind a lasting legacy of great memories, forum posts, and stories to passed down for generations to come.
• Macavity, the busdrivers' nickname of a British cat, white with different-coloured eyes, known for regularly catching the local bus by himself.
• Magellan, a cat currently residing in a house in Florida.
• Marshmallow, Laura Silberman's cat. Was a ginger. Probably has since passed away. Ran away when Laura's mom left the door open.
• Maru, Internet celebrity famous for his love of boxes.
• Matilda, resident cat of the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. The Algonquin has been best known as home to American wit Dorothy Parker and her circle. There have been nine cats who have called the Algonquin their home since the 1930s but not all have been female. All the males have been named Hamlet with deference to the actor John Barrymore and the females Matilda.
• Mike, (February 1909 - January 1929), who guarded the entrance to the British Museum
• Milo, the fictional tabby star/cat of the movie, "Milo and Otis" (1986); original Japanese film was titled "Koneko Monogatari."
• 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.
• Mouchi, the tabby cat who lived in the Secret Annex of Anne Frank's family. It was actually Peter VanDann's cat.
• Mrs. Chippy, cat on the Ernest Shackleton expedition.
• Nansen, the ship's cat on board Belgica during the Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897-99.
• Nora, a gray tabby cat who plays the piano along side her owner.
• Orangey, a cat featured in Breakfast at Tiffany's and other movies.
• Oscar, a cat fitted with bionic hind legs following an accident in 2009.
• 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.
• Oscar, the chillest cat ever.
• Pangur Bán, the cat who inspired an otherwise unknown 8th (or 9th) century Irish monk to write a poem cataloguing their similarities.
• Peter, the Lord's cat, the only animal to have an obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
• Pickles, A really sweet cat who lives at someones Grandma's house and almost died of a respiratory infection.
• Pyewacket, perhaps the most famous literary Siamese cat, featured in "Bell, Book and Candle".
• Red, a cat who became a millionaire in 2005.
• Richard
• Room 8, a 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)
• Rusik, the Russian police sniffer cat on Stavropol, who died in the line of duty fighting against illegal endangered sturgeon fish traffic on 2003.
• Sassy, Siamese or Himalayan, the feline star of the true-life Canadian adventure story, "Incredible Journey" (1963); later remade into "Homeward Bound: the Incredible Voyage" (1993) with Sally Field voicing the character of Sassy.
• Scarlett, 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.
• SH III, a Chinchilla Persian cat who appeared in Fancy Feast advertisements and the movies The Jerk and Scrooged.
• 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.
• Smudge, the Silberman's cat. Was a stray and adopted them. Has since passed away. Was one chill cat and drooled when happy.
• Socks, the White House cat. Black and white tuxedo pet cat of President Bill Clinton and his family, who moved into the White House in 1993 from the governor's mansion in Arkansas. Socks lived almost 20 years, from spring 1989 to February 2009 when he had to be euthanized after suffering cancer of the jaw.
• Sockington, a cat famous for his posts on Twitter the microblogging site.
• Stewie, Mymains Stewart Gilligan (aka Stewie), belonging to Robin Hendrickson and Erik Brandsness, Reno, Nevada, a Maine Coon that was named in October 2010, the new Guinness World Record holder for world's longest cat, measuring 48 1/2 inches.
• Tabatha (Tabby), Matthew and Deborah Durkin's cat.
• Tabby, Laura Silberman's cat, has since passed away. Loved scaring people and jumping out at them from under the dining room table.
• Tama, a calico cat who is the station master at Kinokawa, Wakayama railway station, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
• Thomasina, female tabby cat and subject of Paul Gallico's book, "Thomasina" which was then made into the movie, "The Three Lives of Thomasina" by the Walt Disney Studio (1964).
• Trim, the first cat to circumnavigate Australia. Belonged to Matthew Flinders.
• Tonto, feline co-star of the 1974 movie, "Harry and Tonto." 'Harry' was played by Art Carney; 'Tonto' was played by two cats.
• Twinkle, a cat from Lexington, Massachusetts who weighed more than the neighbor's Bichon Frise by a significant amount.
• The Unsinkable Sam, the most famous mascot of the British Royal Navy, was in turn the ship's cat of the Bismarck, HMS Cossack, and HMS Ark Royal and survived the torpedoeing of all three ships before being retired to a home on dry land.
• Wilberforce, Downing Street cat under four British Prime Ministers
• Winnie, who awakened a New Castle, Indiana family in April 2007 at 1 a.m. after detecting carbon monoxide in their home, saving the family's lives.
• Roxie, a black and white tuxedo cat that pukes every time she eats, but she still manages to weigh twenty pounds.
• Spot, McLellan family cat 1992-2011 (dead)
• Neko, McLellan family cat (not dead)
• Jesse, Madeline's first cat ever, he was of the grey variety (1997-2005)
• Winston 'Lardball' Stewart, Known to have abused the power of consuming food and in return has acquired the skill of rolling. (2011-present)

Pets of famous people

Famous pets of United States Presidents and their families

• India "Willie" Bush, US President George W. Bush's cat, named for Rubén Sierra "El Indio".
• Misty Malarky Ying Yang, a Siamese belonging to Amy Carter and former pet of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
• Socks, a stray cat adopted by the family of President Bill Clinton, named by his daughter Chelsea.

See also: List of United States Presidential pets

Famous pets of other famous people

• Andy, one of nine cats belonging to actress Jenna Fischer
• Bimbo, the cat belonging to Makarios III during his British-imposed time in exile in the Seychelles.
• Cheddar, who belongs to the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper.
• Delilah (Queen song), belonging to the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury; Mercury paid tribute to Delilah, a male tortoiseshell cat, on the Queen album, Innuendo.
• 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.
• Jellylorum was T. S. Eliot's own cat, immortalized in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the basis for the musical Cats.
• Jeoffry, the 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.
• Khouli-Khan, the cat of Thomas Anson is memorialized by the 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 on HMS Centurion.
• Minna Minna Mowbray, belonging to Michael Joseph; an entire chapter is dedicated to her in Cat's Company 1946.
• Mourka, belonging to George Balanchine and the subject of Mourka: the autobiography of a cat by Tanaquil LeClercq, Stein & Day, New York, 1964.
• Norton, a 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.
• 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
• Rupi, belonging to Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson; inspired title song of his 2004 solo album Rupi's Dance.
• Sadie, a Siamese belonging to James Mason; talked about in Mason's The Cats in our Lives (1949).
• Selima, a Tortoiseshell tabby belonging to Horace Walpole; drowned in a goldfish bowl, inspiring Thomas Gray's poem Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes (1748).
• Solomon, one of Lloyd Alexander's many cats, who inspired the premise of the book Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason And Gareth.
• 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.
• Taffy, belonging to Christopher Morley. Thieving cat commemorated in Morley's 1929 poem In Honor of Taffy Topaz.
• Ta-Miu,, the cat of Crown Prince Thutmose. After her death she was mummified and buried in a decorated sarcophagus.
• Timothy, a white cat belonging to Dorothy L. Sayers; mentioned in two poems: For Timothy and War Cat.

See also

• List of fictional cats
• Ship's cat