List of individual cats

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This is a list of individual cats who have achieved some degree of popularity or notability.

Before the modern era

  • Nedjem or Nojem (Egyptian: nḏm "Sweet One" or "Sweetie"), 15th century BC. The cat of Puimre, second priest of Amun during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. Depicted on a damaged relief from Puimre's tomb, Nedjem is the earliest known cat to bear an individual name.{{cite book |last=Davies |first=Norman de Garis |date=1922 |title=The Tomb of Puyemrê at Thebes, Volume I: The Hall of Memories |series=Robb de Peyster Tytus Memorial Series II |location=New York |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |page=37 |isbn=978-1-61-981068-6}}{{Cite web |title=Kalamaja August |url=https://www.facebook.com/KalamajaAugust |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230711092611/https://www.facebook.com/KalamajaAugust |archive-date=2023-07-11 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-named-cat |title=First named cat |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=14 December 2022}}
  • Ta-Miu (Egyptian: tꜣ mjw "She-Cat"), 14th century BC. The cat of Crown Prince Thutmose, mummified after her death and buried in a decorated sarcophagus in Prince Thutmose's own tomb following his own early demise.{{cite book |last=Fletcher |first=Joann |title=Egypt's Sun King—Amenhotep III |date=2000 |publisher=Duncan Baird Publishers |isbn=1-900131-09-9 |location=London |page=112}}
  • Muezza, 7th century AD. The (possibly apocryphal) cat of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
  • Pangur Bán (Old Irish "White Pangur"; the meaning of the latter word is unclear), 8th–9th century AD. The cat of an otherwise unknown Irish monk, who wrote a poem cataloguing the similarities between the cat's character and his own.
  • Polleke (died ca. 1440-1460) is a 15th-century mummified cat that was discovered in 1906 inside the walls of the Grote Kerk in Breda, Netherlands. In 2025, the cat was officially named Polleke and returned to public display in the church.{{cite web |title=Na dik een eeuw terug in Grote Kerk Breda: een 600 jaar oude mummiekat|trans-title=600-year-old mummified cat returns to Grote Kerk Breda |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2571606-na-dik-een-eeuw-terug-in-grote-kerk-breda-een-600-jaar-oude-mummiekat |website=NOS |date=18 June 2025 |access-date=19 June 2025}}

Famous in own right

=Space flight=

  • Félicette, the only cat ever launched into space. Launched by the French Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherches de Médecine Aéronautique (CERMA) on 18 October 1963, Félicette was recovered alive after a 15-minute flight and a descent by parachute. Félicette had electrodes implanted into her brain, and the recorded neural impulses were transmitted back to Earth.Animals in space

=By country=

==Canada==

  • Tuxedo Stan, a cat who ran for mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/tuxedo-stan-purr-fect-candidate-mayor-halifax-145132912.html|website=yahoo! news |last=Blink |first=Thomas |date=17 September 2012 |title=Tuxedo Stan a purr-fect candidate for mayor of Halifax|access-date=14 June 2016}}

==Czech Republic==

  • Micka, Czech Republic's "First Cat" belonging to the President Petr Pavel

== Ecuador ==

  • Michi, also known as the Embassy Cat, Julian Assange's cat that lived with him in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London until Assange's arrest.{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=Matthew S. |title=The Mystery Of Julian Assange's Cat |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/12/712719377/the-mystery-of-julian-assanges-cat |website=npr.org |access-date=24 June 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Kaur |first1=Harmeet |title=Whatever happened to Julian Assange's cat? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/11/europe/julian-assange-cat-fate-gbr-intl-trnd/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=24 June 2023 |language=en |date=11 April 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Ap |first1=Tiffany |title='Counter-purrveillance': Julian Assange gets a kitten for company |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/10/europe/julian-assange-embassy-cat/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=24 June 2023 |language=en |date=10 May 2016}}{{cite web |title=Julian Assange given feline ultimatum by Ecuador |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45875134 |website=BBC News |access-date=24 June 2023 |date=16 October 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Thebault |first1=Reis |title=The mystery of Julian Assange's cat: Where will it go? What does it know? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/04/12/mystery-julian-assanges-cat-where-will-it-go-what-does-it-know/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=24 June 2023 |date=12 April 2019}}

== Estonia ==

  • August, a local celebrity receiving pets from and taking photos with locals and tourists living on the streets of Kalamaja.

== Indonesia ==

  • Bobby Kertanegara, a domestic shorthaired tabby cat, known for being the pet of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.{{cite news|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2024/10/21/all-about-bobby-kertanegara-indonesias-new-first-cat-that-joins-prabowo-as-he-takes-over-as-president-video/154323|title=All about Bobby Kertanegara, Indonesia’s new ‘first cat’ that joins Prabowo as he takes over as president|website=Malay Mail|last=A. R.|first=Zurairi|date=21 October 2024|access-date=3 July 2025}}

== Jersey ==

  • Oscar, a cat in Jersey fitted with 'bionic' hind limbs designed by vet Noel Fitzpatrick following an accident in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/jersey/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8762000/8762217.stm|title=A cat from Jersey has shot to fame as the 'bionic cat'|website=BBC|last=Morrison|first=Ryan|date=25 June 2010|access-date=3 July 2025}}

==Mexico==

  • Balam ~11 November 2015 ~ September 8 2024), an Oriental short hair Tabby who grew to fame on Instagram for his discussions with his owner Phaedra Barratt. Balam's fame launched the Balam Foundation, a rescue non profit dedicated to ending animal suffering in Mexico's most impoverished communities. By offering free sterilization to cats and dogs - as well as providing rescue, TNR, foster care, and adoption - we make a difference for the most vulnerable stray animals.

==New Zealand==

==Poland==

  • File:Gacek on the walk.jpg]]Gacek, a male domestic cat with tuxedo fur, who over the years 2020–2023 has become a prominent tourist attraction in the city of Szczecin, Poland, and received widespread attention from international media.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cat-gacek-poland-szczecin-b2447604.html|title=Fat street cat who was Polish city’s highest rated tourist attraction finds a new home|website=The Independent|last=Wildon|first=Chris|date=15 November 2023|access-date=23 June 2025}}

==Sweden==

  • Luffar-Lasse (Swedish: "Lasse the Vagabond"), an orange cat that gained notoriety for his daily excursions to the Öreby shopping center in Trollhättan, Sweden. His return home is usually done by hitchhiking in one of the shopping center's visitor's car. He became associated with the Swedish annual charity fundraiser Musikhjälpen of which he has brought in more than 2,000,000 SEK.{{cite web | URL=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/katten-luffar-lasses-bossa-i-musikhjalpen-drog-in-tva-miljoner-kan-vara-rekord|title=Katten ”Luffar-Lasses” bössa i Musikhjälpen drog in två miljoner – kan vara rekord (in Swedish)|publisher=Sveriges Television}} In 2024 he starred in the Slow television show "En helg med Luffar-Lasse"{{cite web | URL=https://www.svtplay.se/en-helg-med-luffar-lasse|title=En helg med Luffar-Lasse|publisher=Sveriges Television}} and a statue in his honor was erected close to his usual whereabouts at the Öreby shopping center.{{cite web | URL=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/har-far-katten-luffar-lasse-en-egen-rondell-i-trollhattan|title=Här får katten Luffar-Lasse en egen rondell i Trollhättan|publisher=Sveriges Television}}

==Taiwan==

  • Think Think and Ah Tsai, who belong to Tsai Ing-wen, the former President of Taiwan.{{cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/7-things-you-might-not-know-about-taiwans-newest-president/psd6j0m4v|title=7 things you might not know about Taiwan’s newest President|website=Special Broadcasting Service|last=Dwyer|first=Genevieve|date=18 January 2016|access-date=3 July 2025}}

==Turkey==

File:Tombili statue Istanbul.jpg in Istanbul]]

  • Gli, a cat from Istanbul best known for living in the Hagia Sophia.{{cite web |title=The beloved cat that called Istanbul's Hagia Sophia home has died |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/cat-aya-sofya-passed-away |website=Lonely Planet}}
  • Tombili, popular street cat from Istanbul who got a statue after his death.{{cite web |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbuls-phenomenal-cat-tombili-dies--102691 |title=Istanbul's phenomenal cat Tombili dies |website=Hürriyet Daily News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204120621/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbuls-phenomenal-cat-tombili-dies--102691 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |date=10 August 2016 |url-status=live}}
  • Şerafettin who resided in the headquarters of the Republican People's Party was a significant icon in Turkish politics before passing away at the age of 20.

==Russia==

  • Rusik, the Russian police sniffer cat in Stavropol, who died in the line of duty fighting against illegal endangered sturgeon fish traffic in 2003.

==Ukraine==

==United Kingdom==

  • Attlee, resident cat of the Speaker of the House of Commons, named for Prime Minister Clement Attlee{{cite news|title=Lindsay Hoyle introduces new Westminster cat named after Clement Attlee|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/20/lindsay-hoyle-introduces-new-westminster-cat-named-after-clement-attlee |author=Harry Taylor|periodical=The Guardian|date=20 June 2022}}
  • Chief Mousers to the British Cabinet Office: Freya, Humphrey, Larry, Peta, Peter, Peter II, Peter III, Sybil, Wilberforce
  • Bob (?–2020), a London street cat made famous in books and a film
  • Casper (1997–2010), a cat who regularly rode the bus on his own in Plymouth and had a book written about his story.
  • Catmando, joint leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party from 1999 to 2002
  • Gladstone, Chief Mouser of HM Treasury at Whitehall in London since 2016
  • Hamish McHamish (1999 – 11 September 2014), a long-haired ginger cat that was adopted by the citizens of the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, and has had a statue built in his honour.
  • Hodge, the "very fine cat" of Samuel Johnson{{citation |newspaper=The Times |title=Tip-top cats |page=3 |date=3 August 2024}}
  • Jock, the favourite cat of Winston Churchill in his later life. Named after Jock Colville who gave Churchill the cat for his 88th birthday. The National Trust now ensures that there is always a marmalade cat called Jock at Churchill's home, Chartwell.{{citation |last=Silverman |first=Laura |date=2020-07-20 |title=Meet the long line of ginger cats who've taken up residence in Winston Churchill's home |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pets/news-features/meet-long-line-ginger-cats-whove-taken-residence-winston-churchills/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
  • Nala, a cat popular with commuters, known for sitting on ticket barriers at Stevenage railway station
  • Nelson, Prime Minister Winston Churchill's cat, who resided at 10 Downing Street and elsewhere during the Blitz. Noted in Erik Larson's book The Splendid and the Vile and elsewhere.
  • Beerbohm, a cat that resided at the Gielgud Theatre in London.
  • Crimean Tom, a cat that helped British Army troops find food after the Siege of Sevastopol
  • 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.{{cite web |url = http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/faith.html |title = Faith, the London Church Cat |access-date = 16 February 2007 |last = Roberts |first = Patrick |work = Famous Felines |publisher = Purr 'n' Fur }}
  • Mike (1908 – January 1929), a cat who guarded the entrance to the British Museum.
  • Palmerston, Chief Mouser of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from 2016 to 2020
  • Peter, the Lord's cat, the only animal to have an obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.{{cite web |last =Lynch |first =Steven |title =Wisden's only animal |work = Cricinfo |publisher = Wisden |date = 14 June 2004 |url =http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/asksteven/content/story/139426.html |access-date = 16 February 2007}}
  • Simpkin, the traditional name of the mouser of Hertford College, Oxford, named after a character in the book The Tailor of Gloucester, by Beatrix Potter. The current incumbent, from 2017, is Simpkin IV.
  • Tibs the Great (November 1950 – December 1964) was the British Post Office's "number one cat" and kept the post office headquarters completely mouse-free during his 14 years of service.
  • Tiddles, tabby resident of the ladies' toilet at Paddington Station, London. Thousands of passengers met him and their donations fed him.
  • Tobermory Cat, a cat living in Tobermory, made famous by Angus Stewart.
  • Unsinkable Sam, the ship's cat that survived the sinking of the Bismarck, HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal.{{r|Times24}}

==United States==

  • US Presidential Cats: India "Willie" Bush (George W. Bush), Misty Malarky Ying Yang (Jimmy Carter), Puffins (Woodrow Wilson),{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Kate |title=The Pets of Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) |url=https://americacomesalive.com/2012/08/15/the-pets-of-woodrow-wilson-1856-1924/ |website=America Comes Alive |access-date=17 December 2018 |date=15 August 2012}} Shan (Gerald Ford's daughter, Susan),{{cite web |title=Ford Family White House Pets |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/pets.asp |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum}} Socks Clinton (Bill Clinton), Tabby and Dixie (Abraham Lincoln),{{cite web |date=9 January 2014 |title=Abraham Lincoln's Cats |website=Presidential Pet Museum |url=http://presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/abraham-lincoln-cats/ |access-date=14 June 2016}} Tiger and Blacky (Calvin Coolidge),{{cite web |last=Pietrusza |first=David |title="Wombats and Such": Calvin and Grace Coolidge and Their Pets |url=http://www.davidpietrusza.com/coolidge-pets.html |access-date=14 June 2016 |archive-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203004613/http://www.davidpietrusza.com/coolidge-pets.html |url-status=dead }} Willow (Joe Biden){{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Kate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/us/politics/biden-cat-willow.html|title=Relax, America: Willow, the White House Cat, Has Arrived|work=The New York Times|date=28 January 2022|accessdate=28 January 2022}}
  • Blackie the Talking Cat, a "talking" cat who was exhibited (for donations) by an unemployed couple on the streets of Augusta, Georgia. Blackie became the subject of a court case, Miles v. City Council of Augusta.
  • Blue, a Siamese cat taken hostage in Gresham, Oregon, in a grocery store in the United States in 1994.
  • Browser, Texas library cat{{Cite web |date=16 December 2016 |title=Library cat outlasts councilman that wanted him gone |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/library-cat-outlasts-councilman-that-wanted-him-gone/ |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}
  • Brünnhilde, a cat known for having her photos displayed by the Library of Congress.
  • CC (Copy Cat, or Carbon Cat), the first cloned cat.
  • Dusty the Klepto Kitty (US), notorious for being an expert night cat burglar.{{cite web |date=16 February 2011 |title=Dusty the Klepto Kitty is a one-cat crime wave |url=http://metro.co.uk/2011/02/16/klepto-kitty-dusty-the-cat-guilty-of-crime-spree-including-theft-of-bras-639345/ |access-date=28 March 2015 |website=Metro Web UK |publisher=Metro}}
  • Francine, a cat living in a Lowe's store in Richmond, Virginia.
  • F.D.C. Willard, or Felis Domesticus Chester Willard, a feline physicist, co-author and author, owned by Jack H. Hetherington.
  • Fred the Undercover Kitty, a cat famous for assisting the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in 2006.
  • Hank the Cat, a Maine Coon who ran for Senate in the commonwealth of Virginia in the 2012 US elections. He finished in third place behind winner Democrat Tim Kaine.{{cite web |title=Hank For Senate |url=http://hankforsenate.com |access-date=14 June 2016}}
  • Jack, a cat who was lost by American Airlines baggage handlers at John F. Kennedy International Airport before Hurricane Irene.{{Citation |last= Auletta|first= Kate|date=31 August 2011 |title=UPDATE: Jack The Cat, JFK Lost Cat, Stranded At Airport During Irene, American Airlines Launches Search |work=Global Pulse |publisher=Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/jack-the-cat-jfk-lost-cat_n_943071.html |access-date=15 November 2011}} He was found later but was severely dehydrated and malnourished after his 61-day ordeal{{Citation |last= Brady|first= Paul|date=26 October 2011 |title=Lost 'Jack The Cat' Finally Found At New York's JFK Airport |work=Global Pulse |publisher=Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/lost-jack-the-cat-finally_n_1032364.html |access-date=15 November 2011}} and was euthanized.{{Citation |last= Brady|first= Paul|date=7 November 2011 |title='Jack The Cat' Dies After 2 Months At Airport |work=Global Pulse |publisher=Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/07/jack-the-cat-dies-after-two-months_n_1079359.html |access-date=15 November 2011}}
  • Jorts, office pet whose persona was used by a Twitter account to support workers{{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Vivian |date=27 December 2021 |title=Jorts (and Jean) the Cat Continues To Be a Gift To Us All With Their Pro-Union Twitter Account |url=https://www.themarysue.com/jorts-and-jean-the-cat-pro-union-twitter-account/ |access-date=1 January 2022 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}
  • Lewis, a cat who became infamous after being placed under house arrest.
  • Little Nicky, the first commercially cloned pet.
  • Mayor Stubbs, a cat who was honorary mayor of the town of Talkeetna, Alaska, from 1997 until his death in 2017.
  • Nora, a gray tabby cat who apparently amuses herself by playing the piano.
  • 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 100+ times.{{Cite news |date=25 July 2007 |title=When death comes calling, so does Oscar the cat |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/25/death.cat.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview |accessdate=26 July 2007}}{{cite web |title=Does Oscar the cat predict death? - CNN.com |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/26/death.cat/index.html?iref=nextin |access-date=14 June 2016}}
  • Pot Roast, a cat that went viral on TikTok.
  • Room 8, a tomcat who appeared at Elysian Heights Elementary School in Echo Park, California, at the start of the school year in 1952, returning every day thereafter, before disappearing for the summer, only to return the following September. This behavior continued into the mid-1960s. (Ref. Los Angeles Times)
  • Scarlett, who in 1996 saved her kittens one by one from a fire in Brooklyn, New York, 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.{{cite web |title=Scarlett – Cat of the Century |url=http://www.moggies.co.uk/html/scarlett.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419054055/http://www.moggies.co.uk/html/scarlett.html |archive-date=19 April 2019 |access-date=16 February 2007 |work=Heroic Felines |publisher=Moggies}}

= On the Internet =

{{main|Cats and the Internet}}

File:Grumpy Cat (14556024763) (cropped).jpg, who was ranked as the world's richest cat]]

  • Grumpy Cat (US, real name Tardar Sauce), an Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression; died in 2019.
  • Henri, le Chat Noir, an internet film noir "existentialist" cat.{{cite web |url=http://www.henrilechatnoir.com/ |title=Henri, Le Chat Noir|access-date=27 December 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116021445/http://www.henrilechatnoir.com/}}
  • Jorts and Jean, cats in a viral 2021 Reddit post who became organized labor advocates on Twitter.{{Cite web |last=Kooser |first=Amanda |title=Jorts the cat: Everything you need to know about the internet's new favourite cat |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/internet/jorts-the-cat-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-internets-new-favourite-cat/ |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=CNET |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yip |first=Waiyee |title=How a fluffy orange cat named Jorts stole the internet's heart and became the pro-labor icon 2022 didn't know it needed |url=https://www.insider.com/jorts-jean-reddit-orange-cat-became-pro-labor-icon-twitter-2022-3 |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=Insider |language=en-US}}
  • Lil Bub (US), star of Lil Bub & Friendz
  • Longcat (Japan, real name Shiro), who became the subject of an Internet meme due to her length{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Adam |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/longcat-internet-meme-nobiko-japan-dies-age-cause-b528190.html | title=Longcat, the stretchy feline internet meme, has died aged 18 | date = 22 September 2020 | website=The Independent | access-date=16 May 2023 | archive-date=16 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516064724/https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/longcat-internet-meme-nobiko-japan-dies-age-cause-b528190.html | url-status=live}}
  • Maru (Japan), internet celebrity famous for his love of boxes.
  • Smudge (Canada), also known as "Table Cat", who became part of the woman yelling at a cat Internet meme in 2019. The meme consisted of a screencap of a woman pointing angrily from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills paired with a picture of Smudge at a dining table, seemingly looking confused.{{Cite web|last=Leskin |first=Paige |date=16 December 2019 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-yelling-at-cat-meme-taylor-amstrong-real-housewives-smudge-2019-12|title = How a cat named Smudge's distaste for salad created one of 2019's most popular memes| website=Business Insider }}
  • Sockington (US), a cat famous for his posts on Twitter.
  • Tara (US), a family cat from Bakersfield, California, who saved a four-year-old boy from a dog attack in 2014, and became a "viral Internet sensation" when household surveillance footage was published.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tara-the-hero-cat-video-goes-viral/|title=Tara the hero cat video goes viral|date=15 May 2014|work=CBS News}}
  • Tater Tot, a disabled orange kitten with "several malformations" including a cleft palate and "completely curly" legs. Became famous in 2023, for his mismatched splints and grumpy expression, Tater Tot died suddenly only weeks after making headlines for being a "tiny inspiration".{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/brave-kitten-born-without-working-limbs-tiny-inspiration-1814035|title=Brave Stray Kitten Born With Four Malformed Limbs Is 'Tiny Inspiration'|date=19 July 2023|work=Newsweek}}{{cite news|url=https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/utah-based-viral-kitten-tater-tot-dies-suddenly/|title=Utah-based viral kitten 'Tater Tot' dies suddenly|date=2 August 2023|work= ABC4 Utah}}
  • Zoe the Cat, PhD, a cat accredited by the American Psychotherapy Association, as part of a commentary about the state of accreditation within the industry by Dr. Steve Eichel.{{cite magazine|url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/01/believe-it-zoe-the-cat-phd/ |title=Believe It: Zoe the Cat, PhD. |magazine=Time |date=1 February 2011 |access-date=28 October 2018|last1=Fox |first1=Zoe }}

= In film and television =

= In literature =

{{See also|List of fictional cats in literature}}

  • Catarina (alternatively spelled Cattarina), Edgar Allan Poe's pet cat and the inspiration for his story "The Black Cat".{{cite journal|last=Weiss|first=Miriam|date=1965|title=Poe's Catterina

|journal=The Mississippi Quarterly|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|volume=19|issue=1|pages=29–33|jstor=26473589|oclc=9977761245|issn=0026-637X}}

  • Cleo (1982 - c. 2006), a black cat owned by author Helen Brown and her son Sam. Cleo featured in Brown’s 2010 bestselling novel Cleo.
  • Dewey Readmore Books, the library cat from Spencer, Iowa. Born Nov 1987; abandoned at the Library in January 1988; died (euthanized) December 2006. Subject of a best-selling 2008 book, Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-12-02-library-cat_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Dewey the cat dies in librarian's arms | date=2 December 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.{{cite book |last=Wren |first=Christopher S. |date=8 November 2000 |title=The Cat Who Covered the World |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0684871004}}
  • Hodge, Dr. Samuel Johnson's favourite cat, famously recorded in James Boswell's 1791 Life of Johnson, as shedding light on his owner's character.
  • Homer (1997-2013), blind cat and the subject of Homer's Odyssey, famous for saving his owner from a burglar.
  • Jeoffry, the visionary poet Christopher Smart's cat, who is praised as "surpassing in beauty" in his owner's poem "Jubilate Agno".{{cite book |last=Curry |first=Neil |author-link= |date=2005 |title=Christopher Smart |url= |location= |publisher=Northcote House Publishers |pages=7, 18, 29 |isbn=0746310234}} (Jeoffry was Smart's only companion during his confinement in an asylum in 1762–63.) The Jeoffry extract is set as a treble solo in the festival cantata, Rejoice in the Lamb Op 30, by Benjamin Britten.
  • Tao, male seal-point Siamese; inspiration for a main character in the 1961 novel, The Incredible Journey.

= In music =

  • Delilah, belonging to the Queen frontman Freddie Mercury; Mercury paid tribute to Delilah, a female calico cat, on the Queen album, Innuendo.

= World record holders =

  • Colonel Meow, a Himalayan-Persian mix who became famous on social media websites for his extremely long fur and scowling face. As of 2014, he holds the Guinness world record for longest hair on a cat (nine inches). Died 2014.
  • Creme Puff (1967–2005), Guinness World Records verified longest-lived cat, at just over 38 years; owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas{{cite book |year=2010 |title=Guinness World Records 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLYzvUvPL3MC&pg=PA320 |publisher=Bantam; Reprint edition |page=320 |isbn=978-0-553-59337-2 |quote=The oldest cat ever was Creme Puff, who was born on August 3, 1967 and lived until August 6, 2005—38 years 3 days in total. }}{{citation |title=Oldest cat ever |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-cat-ever |publisher=Guinness World Records Corporate |accessdate=20 April 2012}}
  • Flossie, Guinness World Records verified oldest cat alive ({{as of|2024|01|lc=y|post=)}}; born in 1995; owned by Victoria Green of Orpington, England.{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Vicki |last2=Shadijanova |first2=Diyora |date=5 January 2024 |title=Experience: I own the world's oldest living cat |url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/05/experience-i-own-the-worlds-oldest-living-cat |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=6 January 2024}}
  • Nala Cat, a slightly cross-eyed Siamese-tabby mix. With 4.3 million followers on Instagram and her own brand of cat food, her value was estimated to be $100 million in 2022, making her the richest cat in the world at that time.{{cite web |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/family/2022/03/01/the-top-10-richest-pets-in-the-world-revealed-which-one-has-a-net-worth-of-500-million/|title=The top 10 richest pets in the world revealed: which one has a net worth of $500 million?|first=Evelyn |last=Lau|date=1 March 2022|website=The National}}
  • Prince Chunk, a shorthair cat alleged to weigh forty-four pounds (two pounds short of the world record).
  • Stewie, Guinness World Record holder for world's longest domestic cat from August 2010 until his death on 4 February 2013.
  • Towser "The Mouser" (1963–1987) of Glenturret Distillery in Crieff, Scotland, holds the Guinness World Record for the most mice caught (28,899).{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/greatest-mouser/|title=Greatest mouser|access-date=14 June 2016}}

=On ships=

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= Railways =

  • Tama, a calico cat who was the station master at Kinokawa, Wakayama railway station, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan from 2007 to 2015.{{cite news|last1=Morris|first1=Hugh |date=5 February 2016|title=New cat stationmaster appointed at Japanese train station|newspaper=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/japan/11822684/New-cat-stationmaster-appointed-at-Japanese-train-station.html|access-date=14 June 2016}}

=Mascots=

  • Algonquin Hotel cats named Hamlet and Matilda, resident cats of the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. The Algonquin was for many years home to the Algonquin Round Table, consisting of such American wits as Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, and Harpo Marx. 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 (in deference to the actor John Barrymore), and the females Matilda.{{cite web |url=http://www.catchannel.com/magazines/catfancy/august-2009/meet-matilda-the-algonquin-hotel-cat.aspx|title=Meet Matilda, the Algonquin Hotel Cat|access-date=14 June 2016 |url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054755/http://www.catchannel.com/magazines/catfancy/august-2009/meet-matilda-the-algonquin-hotel-cat.aspx}}
  • Şero, the political mascot of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP), who resided in the party's headquarters in Ankara until his death in September 2024.
  • Smudge, "employed" for many years at the People's Palace, Glasgow, and a trade union member as a result.

Cats of famous people

  • Bimbo, the cat belonging to archbishop Makarios III during his year in exile in the Seychelles.{{cite book|author=Clark, Victoria |year=2000|title=Why angels fall: a journey through Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovo|location=Basingstoke|publisher=Macmillan Press Ltd|page=352}}
  • Choupette, the pet and muse of designer Karl Lagerfeld.
  • F.D.C. Willard, the pen name of Chester, the cat of Jack H. Hetherington, who listed the cat as co-author of several physics papers from 1975 to 1980.
  • 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

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  • Mademoiselle Fifi, (aka Paree) the cat of American aviator John Moisant. Fifi accompanied Moisant during the first aeroplane flight from London-to-Paris on 23 August 1910. After Moisant was killed at New Orleans in December 1910, a photo was published of Fifi attending Moisant's funeral, draped in mourning cover.{{cite web|url=https://vergue.com/post/85/Mademoiselle-Fifi-chatte-aviatrice-1911.html|title=Mademoiselle Fifi, chatte aviatrice, 1911|website=Bain News Service photographe collection, Vargue|language=fr|date=1911|access-date=24 June 2025}}
  • Olivia Benson, a Scottish Fold belonging to Taylor Swift.{{cite web|author1=Caitlin Petreycik|title=10 Reasons Why Taylor Swift's Cat Olivia Benson Has The Best Life Ever|url=http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a25274/taylor-swift-cat-olivia-benson-best-life-ever/|publisher=Seventeen magazine|access-date=14 June 2016|date=27 October 2014}} Olivia Benson's worth was estimated to be $97 million in 2023, making her the third-richest pet in the world.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-cat-olivia-benson-worth-97-million-1235193860/|title=Taylor Swift's Cat Olivia Benson Is Reportedly Worth $97 Million|magazine=Billboard|first=Hannah|last=Dailey|date=4 January 2023}}
  • Snacks, belonging to Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast. Snacks was featured on the cover of the band's debut album Crazy for You, and Snacks and Cosentino were featured together in a PETA ad campaign.{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/best_coast_explain_influence_of_snacks_cat|last=Lindsay |first=Cam |title=Best Coast Explain the Influence of Snacks the Cat|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca|date=6 August 2010 |access-date=10 December 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/09/best-coast-bethany-cosentino-snacks-cat-peta-adoption-ad/|last=Stutz |first=Colin |title=Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino and Snacks the Cat Cuddle Up for PETA Ad|date=17 September 2014|website=Spin|access-date=10 December 2019}}
  • Sprite, belonging to Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes; she was an inspiration for some of Hobbes' physical features and behaviors, such as his habit of pouncing on Calvin.{{cite book|author=Bill Watterson|title=The Complete Calvin and Hobbes|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|year=2005 |isbn=0-7407-4847-5}}

See also

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