Famous Cats That Start With H
A directory of 485 famous cats from movies, television, books, comics, the internet, history, and the real pets of public figures. 41 entries have an available article. The other entries remain as directory summaries or brief reference notes. Forty-four profiles have dated source reviews, including three short reference notes. The 116 expanded biographies awaiting individual source review are withheld; their legacy directory summaries remain labelled unchecked. Withdrawn entries and consolidated duplicates are excluded from this directory.
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HairballDirectory summary
Comic 2009 · Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (Marvel Comics)
High-energy, bouncy, and faintly chaotic, with more enthusiasm than coordination. A born livewire who treats the furniture as a trampoline.
Hamilton the Hipster CatDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram (@hamilton_the_hipster_cat, 2012+)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
White cat with a distinctive black "mustache" facial marking; Bay Area Instagram fame 2012-onward.
Hamish McHamishDirectory summary
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.
HamletDirectory summary
Real pet · Algonquin Hotel, Manhattan — house-cat traditio...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Lineage name for the male cats kept at the Algonquin Hotel in midtown Manhattan since 1923; females in the tradition are named Matilda.
HankDirectory summary
A Maine Coon that ran for Senate in the state of Virginia in the 2012 US elections. He finished in third place behind winner Democrat Tim Kaine.
HappyDirectory summary
Tv · Fairy Tail (Hiro Mashima)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Happy is a small blue Exceed with a white underbelly in the animation Fairy Tail.
Harry CatDirectory summary
Friend and guide to New York City for Tucker Mouse and Chester Cricket in the novel The Cricket in Times Square.
HeacateDirectory summary
Appeared in 1966 Batman Movie as Catwoman pet cat.
HeathcliffDirectory summary
Comic · Heathcliff (George Gately comic strip)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Other felines from the strip include The Catfather.
Hello Kitty
Other 1974 · Hello Kitty (Sanrio)
Sanrio character introduced in 1974, with a November 1 birthday in her character profile.
HenriDirectory summary
Le Chat Noir, internet film noir "existential" cat.
HenriettaDirectory summary
The now-deceased cat of New York Times foreign correspondent Christopher S. Wren, made famous by the book, The Cat Who Covered the World.
Hershey the CatDirectory summary
A female black and white cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie Comics.
HimmyDirectory summary
The fattest cat on record who weighed 21.3 kg (46.8 lbs) at his death in 1986, from Cairns, Australia.
HodgeDirectory summary
Dr. Samuel Johnson's favourite cat, famously recorded in James Boswell's Life of Johnson, as shedding light on his owner's character.
Honey BeeDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram @blindhoneybees
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Blind rescue cat born in Fiji whose hiking and outdoor adventure photos in the Pacific Northwest built a sustained Instagram following from 2014 onward.
Huh CatDirectory summary
Internet 2023 · TikTok meme (Huh Cat)
Comes across as perpetually, endearingly confused, a cat who appears to be asking a question he will never get answered.
HumphreyDirectory summary
Historical · 10 Downing Street (UK Prime Minister's residence)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
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 c...
About this encyclopedia
Entries cover both fictional cats (movies, books, comics, video games) and real ones (presidential pets, military mascots, internet celebrities, public-figure rescues). Legacy summaries still need individual source review. Unreviewed expanded biographies are withheld; short reference notes and summary-only detail pages carry noindex. The methodology explains the review scope. Have a famous cat we should add? Tell us.