Famous Cats That Start With J
An encyclopedia of 632 famous cats from movies, television, books, comics, the internet, history, and the real pets of public figures. 297 entries currently carry full extended biographies; the rest still show the short legacy summary while we work through the expansion.
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Jack
A cat who was lost by American Airlines baggage handlers at John F Kennedy airport before Hurricane Irene.
Jellylorum
Book 1939 · Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (T. S. Eliot)
Named after Eliot's own cat, recast in the musical as the gentle nurse-figure of the Jellicle tribe.
Jennie
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.
Jenny
A cat from the animation Bucky O'Hare, the attractive pilot of the Righteous Indignation, who belongs to an order of artificers.
Jeoffry
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).
Jibanyan
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.
Jiji
Movie 1989 · Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki / Studi...
Dry, talkative companion whose ability to speak with Kiki ends at the moment her childhood does.
Joe Grey
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...
Jólakötturinn
Historical · Icelandic folk tradition, recorded by Jón Árnas...
Predatory, vast, oddly fashion-conscious; punishes idleness rather than vice.
Jonesy
Movie 1979 · Alien (Ridley Scott film)
Orange tabby ship's cat who survives the Nostromo massacre alongside Ripley and remains the franchise's only completely uninjured original-crew survivor.
Jorts
Internet 2017 · Reddit r/AmItheAsshole — viral post January 2022
Slow-witted orange office tabby whose paired companion cat Jean is reportedly the more capable problem-solver.
Judd
Game 2015 · Splatoon
Sleepy, ceremonious, fair; raises a colored flag with theatrical paw flourish.
Julius
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.
Jupiter
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). Extended biographies are written one at a time and fact-checked against Wikipedia and primary sources — see /methodology. Have a famous cat we should add? Tell us.