Famous Cats That Start With K
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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Kamineko
Comic 1999 · Azumanga Daioh
Aloof, vindictive, and predatory; lunges to bite Sakaki's hand every time she approaches despite her gentle nature and obvious love of cats.
Karupin
Comic 1999 · Prince of Tennis
Affectionate, mischievous, and clingy with Ryoma; routinely escapes the Echizen home and turns up in school bags or on tennis court fences.
Kaspar
Historical 1926 · Savoy Hotel, London (Basil Ionides sculpture, 1...
Hand-carved lacquered-wood Art Deco figure used by the Savoy Hotel to defuse the 13-at-table superstition; given a chair, place setting, napkin, and served t...
Kater Murr
Book 1819 · Lebensansichten des Katers Murr (E.T.A. Hoffman...
Vain, pedantic, convinced of his own genius; writes essays on rats, love and aesthetics while plagiarising the manuscripts his pages were torn from.
Kay
A cat who studies martial arts in the game Legend of Kay, but when his school is shut down, he goes on a mission to rid the evil rulers' stranglehold on his...
Keanu
Movie 2016 · Keanu (2016 film)
An irresistibly cute kitten whose wide-eyed appeal disarms hardened criminals and turns gang members into doting softies the moment they lay eyes on him.
Keyboard Cat
Internet 2007 · Charlie Schmidt (owner / video creator)
Orange tabby Fatso whose original 1984 home video, uploaded to YouTube in 2007, became the meme used to "play off" failures of all kinds.
Khajiit
Game 1994 · The Elder Scrolls series (Bethesda Game Studios)
Trader-stereotyped race with seventeen furstock subspecies determined at birth by lunar phase.
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 th...
Kirara
Sango's faithful demon-cat companion who usually appears to be a small kitten-sized feline with two tails, but can become large enough to carry several passe...
Kitty
Tv · Scooby-Doo (Hanna-Barbera)
A Mutant Kitty exposed to be a disguise by villain kid Shirley after being caught by Scooby Doo gang.
Kitty
A housecat from the book Bad Kitty who wreaks havoc around her owner's home when she is in a bad mood. She has black fur and a white tuft of fur on her chest.
Kitty Galore
Former M.E.O.W.S. agent Ivana Clawyu in the film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.
Kitty Katswell
A female cat who is one of T.U.F.F.'s best agents. She is also Dudley's partner and best friend. Skilled in various fighting styles and use of firearms, shor...
Kitty Softpaws
Movie 2011 · Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Las...
A clever, confident, light-fingered thief who masks past hurt with sass and slowly opens up to partnership.
Koko
Book 1966 · The Cat Who Could Read Backwards and sequels (L...
Imperious, telepathically opinionated, drawn to bibliographies and crime evidence; communicates by knocking books off shelves and yowling on key.
Krazy Kat
Comic 1913 · Krazy Kat (George Herriman)
Black cat of indeterminate gender whose unrequited love for a brick-throwing mouse anchors the most-praised American comic strip of the early 20th century.
Kyo Sohma
A character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya. He transforms into an orange cat whenever he is hugged by a person of the opposite...
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.