Famous Cats That Start With J
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 Withdrawn entries and consolidated duplicates are excluded from this directory.
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JackDirectory summary
A cat who was lost by American Airlines baggage handlers at John F Kennedy airport before Hurricane Irene.
JakeDirectory summary
An cat-like alien from the film The Cat from Outer Space.
JakeDirectory summary
The smaller member of the SWAT Kats, who is a mechanical genius.
JellylorumDirectory summary
A cat from the book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
JellylorumDirectory summary
Book · Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (T. S. Eliot)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
T. S. Eliot's own cat, immortalized in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the basis for the musical Cats.
JennieDirectory summary
A young boy named Peter is transformed into a cat after an accident, and is taken in by Jennie and taught the ways of cats in the book Jennie.
JennyDirectory summary
A cat from the animation Bucky O'Hare, the attractive pilot of the Righteous Indignation, who belongs to an order of artificers.
JennyanydotsDirectory summary
Another cat from the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
JeoffryDirectory summary
The visionary poet Christopher Smart's cat, who is praised as "surpassing in beauty" in his owner's poem Jubilate Agno (A Poem from Bedlam).
JessDirectory summary
Pat's black and white cat who goes everywhere with him in the animated TV series Postman Pat.
JibanyanDirectory summary
Game 2013 · Yo-kai Watch (Level-5, Nintendo); video game fr...
A lazy, chocolate-bar-loving slacker who naps constantly but springs into furious action when his friends are threatened.
JijiDirectory summary
Movie · Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki / Studi...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Sardonic black cat and familiar to the young witch Kiki in the 1989 Studio Ghibli film Kiki's Delivery Service.
Joe GreyDirectory summary
A talking gray-and-white tomcat in the book Cat on the Edge that has solved various murders and other crimes with the help of his mate Dulcie. He has a docke...
JólakötturinnDirectory summary
Historical · Icelandic folk tradition, recorded by Jón Árnas...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
The Icelandic Yule Cat of folklore, a monstrous black feline said to roam the snow at Christmas and eat anyone without new clothes.
JonesyDirectory summary
Movie · Alien (Ridley Scott film)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
A cat with orange fur who serves as mascot aboard the Nostromo in the film Alien. He and Ellen Ripley are the only survivors of their mission to planet LV-426.
JuliusDirectory summary
A tuxedo cat who serves as a sidekick to Alice in the animation Alice Comedies. He was the first recurring cartoon character created by Walt Disney.
JupiterDirectory summary
A cat from the book The Deptford Mice, worshipped as the Lord of All by the rats, feared like a dark god of the sewers.
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.