Famous Cats That Start With N
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 Withdrawn entries and consolidated duplicates are excluded from this directory.
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N2Directory summary
A "talking cat" who appeared on Animal Planet's "My Pet's Gone Viral" on March 31, 2013.
Nala CatDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram (@nala_cat, 2012–present)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Siamese-tabby mix rescued from a Los Angeles shelter; named most-followed cat on Instagram by Guinness World Records in 2020.
NanaDirectory summary
Book 2012 · The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
A wry, fiercely loyal former stray who narrates his own road trip with dry wit.
NansenDirectory summary
The ship's cat on board Belgica during the Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897–99.
NermalDirectory summary
The self-proclaimed "world's cutest kitten in the animation Garfield.
Nicole WattersonDirectory summary
A blue cat in the animation The Amazing World of Gumball, the mother of Gumball Watterson, and one of the main characters.
Nigger ManDirectory summary
A cat plays a pivotal role in the book The Rats in the Walls.
NikiDirectory summary
An Internet celebrity known for his humanlike behavior, facial expression and passion to pose for photo and video.
NitamaDirectory summary
Real pet · Kishi Station, Wakayama Electric Railway, Japan...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Calico stationmaster of Kishi Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway since 2015, succeeding the original mascot cat Tama.
Noboru WatayaDirectory summary
A cat from the book The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, later renamed Mackerel.
NoraDirectory summary
A gray tabby cat who plays the piano alongside her owner.
NortonDirectory summary
A Scottish fold tabby belonging to Peter Gethers; memorialized in novels The Cat Who Went to Paris, A Cat Abroad & The Cat Who'll Live Forever.
Nyan CatDirectory summary
Internet · Christopher Torres / "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!" m...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Animated pixellated cat with the body of a Pop-Tart, flying through space, and leaving a rainbow trail behind it.
Nyanko-senseiDirectory summary
Comic · Natsume's Book of Friends
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Beckoning-cat-shaped vessel inhabited by the powerful yokai Madara, bodyguard and drinking companion to Takashi Natsume in Yuki Midorikawa's manga.
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.