Famous Cats That Start With T
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 Withdrawn entries and consolidated duplicates are excluded from this directory.
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Ta-MiuDirectory summary
The cat of Crown Prince Thutmose. After her death she was mummified and buried in a decorated sarcophagus.
TabDirectory summary
One of a gang of talking cats who live at Nuthanger Farm in the book Watership Down.
Tabby and DixieDirectory summary
Abraham Lincoln's cats. Lincoln once remarked that Dixie "is smarter than my whole cabinet."
Tabitha TwitchitDirectory summary
Book · The Tale of Tom Kitten (Beatrix Potter)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
The mother of three kittens in the book The Tale of Tom Kitten, who tries hard to cope with their mischievous behaviour.
Tad LazenbyDirectory summary
Black bowtie wearing Tuxedo cat head of "M.E.O.W.S." in the film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.
TaffyDirectory summary
Belonging to Christopher Morley. Thieving cat commemorated in Morley's 1929 poem In Honor of Taffy Topaz.
TamaDirectory summary
A calico cat who is the station master at Kinokawa, Wakayama railway station, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
TaoDirectory summary
A Siamese cat in the book The Incredible Journey who accompanies Luath, a Labrador Retriever, and Bodger, a Bull Terrier, on a 300-mile journey through the C...
Tao
Movie · The Incredible Journey (Disney, 1963)
Cat who travels with Bodger and Luath in Disney’s 1963 The Incredible Journey.
TaraDirectory summary
A family cat from Bakersfield, California who saved a four-year-old boy from a dog attack in 2014, and became a "viral Internet sensation" when household sur...
Tardar SauceDirectory summary
Internet · Tabatha Bundesen (owner)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
An Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression.
TatersDirectory summary
Internet 2023 · NASA Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) /...
A playful real-life pet whose laser-chasing antics were chosen precisely because cat videos are an internet staple — a light touch on a serious engineering d...
The CatDirectory summary
Movie · Coraline (Henry Selick / Neil Gaiman novella)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Unnamed black cat in Henry Selick's 2009 Coraline, voiced by Keith David and serving as Coraline's guide between the real world and the Other World.
The Cat in the HatDirectory summary
A mischievous anthropomorphic feline from Dr Seuss's book of the same name.
The KittenDirectory summary
A cat from the animation Simon's Cat, the Cat's flatmate who appears to be more intelligent than his older feline friend despite its young age.
The Rabbi's CatDirectory summary
A cat in the titled animation which obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in 1920s Algeria.
ThistleclawDirectory summary
An ambitious grey tom living in ThunderClan in the book Bluestar's Prophecy.
Thomas O'Malley
Movie · The Aristocats (Disney)
Alley cat who helps Duchess and her kittens in Disney’s The Aristocats.
ThomasinaDirectory summary
Book · Thomasina (Paul Gallico novel) → 1964 Disney ad...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Female tabby cat and subject of Paul Gallico's book, "Thomasina" which was made into the movie, "The Three Lives of Thomasina" by Walt Disney Studios (1964).
TiddlesDirectory summary
Female tabby resident of the Ladies' toilet at Paddington Station, London. Thousands of passengers met her and their donations fed her.
Tiffany TwoDirectory summary
The oldest living feline, aged 27 years, per Guinness World Records.
Tiger and BlackyDirectory summary
US President Calvin Coolidge's cats when he and his family lived in the White House. Coolidge was known for hiding the cats about the house, prior to and dur...
TimDirectory summary
A cat in the book Tim the Travelling Cat, who tries to make it back to its owner in Britain during the War.
TimothyDirectory summary
A white cat belonging to Dorothy L. Sayers; mentioned in two poems: For Timothy and War Cat.
TobermoryDirectory summary
A Beyond-cat of extraordinary intelligence, which is taught to talk, but knows too many personal facts about people and is all too willing to talk about them.
TomDirectory summary
Historical · Letters of Florence Nightingale, Wellcome Colle...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
One of Florence Nightingale's sixty-odd Persian cats at South Street, named after British prime ministers and statesmen of the 1860s.
Tom CatDirectory summary
Tv · Tom and Jerry (William Hanna and Joseph Barbera)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
An anthropomorphic grey blue cat in the animation Tom and Jerry who has a love-hate relationship with Jerry Mouse.
Tom KittenDirectory summary
Book · The Tale of Tom Kitten (Beatrix Potter)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
A curious but disobedient kitten in the children's stories "The Tale of Tom Kitten" and "The Roly Poly Pudding" by Beatrix Potter.
Tom KittenDirectory summary
Real pet · Caroline Kennedy / John F. Kennedy White House
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
US President John F. Kennedy's cat, and one of the 15 pets of the Kennedy family.
Tom PussDirectory summary
Comic · Tom Poes (Marten Toonder)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Rational counterpart to main character Oliver Bumble.
Tom Quartz
Historical · Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children
Roosevelt family kitten described in Theodore Roosevelt’s letter to Kermit dated 6 January 1903.
TontoDirectory summary
Movie · Harry and Tonto (Paul Mazursky)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Orange tabby companion to a 72-year-old widower in Paul Mazursky's 1974 road movie Harry and Tonto; the human lead won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
TooncesDirectory summary
Tv · Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Star of the reoccurring sketch Toonces The Cat Who Could Drive A Car in the Television Saturday Night Live.
Top CatDirectory summary
Tv · Top Cat (Hanna-Barbera)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
The yellow furred, laid back and clever main character in the animation Top Cat. He wears a purple hat and vest.
Toro InoueDirectory summary
Game · Doko Demo Issyo (Sony / SCEI, 1999+)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
White cartoon cat with red dot on forehead; Sony Japan's unofficial mascot since 1999, created for the PlayStation simulation Doko Demo Issyo.
TowserDirectory summary
Real pet · Glenturret Distillery, Crieff, Scotland (1963–1...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Long-haired tortoiseshell female at Glenturret Distillery, Scotland; Guinness World Record holder for mouse-killing at 28,899 over twenty-four years.
Trillion the Three-Headed LionDirectory summary
A large, three-headed lion that cannot swim in the book Beast Quest.
TrimDirectory summary
Historical · HMS Reliance / HMS Investigator (Matthew Flinders)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
The first cat to circumnavigate Australia. Belonged to Matthew Flinders.
TristramDirectory summary
One of the two cats belong to the narrator of a short fantasy story in the book The Hart.
Tsim Tung Brother CreamDirectory summary
A cat who lives in a convenience store in Hong Kong. He has appeared in a book, and in advertising and on TV programs.
TubbsDirectory summary
Game · Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector (Hit-Point, mobile)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Oversized white-with-orange-spots cat in the mobile game Neko Atsume (2014); known for hogging entire bowls of food and dispensing premium gold fish.
Tuxedo StanDirectory summary
A cat who ran for mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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.