Famous Cats
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 Withdrawn entries and consolidated duplicates are excluded from this directory.
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Showing 60 of 485.
F.D.C. WillardDirectory summary
Actually called Chester, the cat of Jack H. Hetherington, who listed him as author of several physics papers from 1975 to 1980.
FaithDirectory summary
A London cat that took up residence in St Faith & St Augustine's church in wartime, and received a PDSA Silver Medal for her bravery in caring for her kitten...
FantomcatDirectory summary
A masked swashbuckling hero who joins the Detective Team after his release and is nicknamed Fantomcat.
FaronDirectory summary
: Lazy Cat that is carried around by Freida in the comic strip Peanuts.
Fat Freddie's CatDirectory summary
A cat from the comic strip Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
FelicetteDirectory summary
The first cat ever launched into space by the French Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherches de Medecine Aeronautique.
FeliciaDirectory summary
Game · Darkstalkers / Vampire (Capcom, arcade 1994)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Anthropomorphic cat-girl warrior from Capcom's 1994 Darkstalkers; an early example of the cat-girl design that later spread through anime and games.
FelixDirectory summary
Movie · Felix the Cat (Pat Sullivan / Otto Messmer)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
A cute, funny black and white cat created in the silent film era.
FiddleDirectory summary
One of the Jazz Cats in the Television The Friendly Giant, cat puppets who played music with the The Friendly Giant and his friends.
Figaro
Movie · Pinocchio and Disney shorts
Kitten in Disney’s Pinocchio who also appears in Disney animated shorts.
FindusDirectory summary
A cat who dresses up and talks with his old Swedish farmer, Pettson in the book Pettson and Findus.
FirestarDirectory summary
The main character for the first arc of Warriors books as well as a major supporting character for the subsequent arcs, he is a flame-colored tom with deep g...
FlossieDirectory summary
Real pet 1995 · Guinness World Records (oldest living cat)
An affectionate, easygoing senior cat who stayed playful well past her twenties.
Fluffy catDirectory summary
A cat from the Television program The Brady Bunch, appeared in the pilot episode only.
Fluffy catDirectory summary
Appeared in MASH Episode "Springtime".
FossDirectory summary
Belonging to Edward Lear; subject of many drawings, some published in The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat; inspired The Owl & the Pussycat.
FrancisDirectory summary
An irrepressibly curious house cat in the book Felidae, deduces that whoever is murdering the neighborhood tabbys has a warped mind and is attempting to bree...
Fred the Undercover KittyDirectory summary
A cat famous for assisting the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in 2006.
Freddy the CatDirectory summary
An alley cat whose object is to perform certain tasks within the homes of people in order to reach to his love Felicia.
Fritti TailchaserDirectory summary
Joins with friends Pouncequick and Roofshadow on an epic quest in the book Tailchaser's Song.
FritzDirectory summary
Comic · Fritz the Cat (Robert Crumb)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
The main character of the Fritz the Cat films and comics. He is a college-aged anthropomorphic cat, presumably living in the 1960s.
FurrballDirectory summary
A greyish-blue ragged looking cat from the animation Tiny Toon Adventures, with a bandage around his tail.
GarfiDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram / Bored Panda — viral coverage 2014+
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Turkish Persian cat photographed by his owner from 2014 onward; the byline "World's Angriest Cat" appeared in pet-aggregator coverage globally.
Garfield
Comic · Garfield
Comic-strip cat created by Jim Davis; Guinness dates the strip’s newspaper launch to June 1978.
GarnetDirectory summary
A pink Persian Cat from the animation Jewelpet who symbolizes love, and usually has a mature, feminine personality. She wears a red ribbon on her head and a...
General Sterling PriceDirectory summary
Movie · True Grit (Charles Portis novel; 1969 Hathaway...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Gray tomcat named after a Confederate Civil War general, belonging to 14-year-old Mattie Ross in Charles Portis's 1968 novel True Grit and both film adaptati...
GingerDirectory summary
A yellow tomcat in the book The Tale of Ginger and Pickles who ran a shop with his partner Pickles, a terrier.
GingerDirectory summary
A talking cat of Narnia in the book The Last Battle, a four-legged member of the triumvirate who cause civil war and real terror among his country-mates. Gin...
GoliathDirectory summary
Real pet · Garden Lodge, Kensington (Freddie Mercury house...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Black Persian kept by Freddie Mercury at Garden Lodge in Kensington; one of the cats pictured on the artwork of Queen's 1991 album Innuendo.
GooseDirectory summary
Movie · Captain Marvel (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck) / Marv...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Orange tabby Flerken in the 2019 film Captain Marvel — an alien species that resembles an Earth cat and stores the Tesseract in its stomach.
Great Rumpus CatDirectory summary
A hero in the world of the book and the musical in the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
GreeboDirectory summary
A foul-tempered, one-eyed grey tomcat in the book Discworld whose owner, Nanny Ogg, insists against all the evidence that he is a sweet, harmless kitten.
GriddleboneDirectory summary
A white fluffy Persian queen in the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats who first appears in the poem Growltiger's Last Stand, companion to Mungojerrie.
GrowltigerDirectory summary
A pirate cat in the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
Grumpy CatDirectory summary
Real name Tardar Sauce, an Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression.
Gumball WattersonDirectory summary
A blue preteen anthropomorphic cat who is the protagonist of The Amazing World of Gumball series.
GummitchDirectory summary
A superkitten in the book Space-Time for Springers, as he knew very well, with an I.Q. of about 160.
HairballDirectory summary
Comic 2009 · Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (Marvel Comics)
High-energy, bouncy, and faintly chaotic, with more enthusiasm than coordination. A born livewire who treats the furniture as a trampoline.
Hamilton the Hipster CatDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram (@hamilton_the_hipster_cat, 2012+)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
White cat with a distinctive black "mustache" facial marking; Bay Area Instagram fame 2012-onward.
Hamish McHamishDirectory summary
A long-haired ginger cat that was adopted by the citizens of the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and has had a statue built in his honour.
HamletDirectory summary
Real pet · Algonquin Hotel, Manhattan — house-cat traditio...
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Lineage name for the male cats kept at the Algonquin Hotel in midtown Manhattan since 1923; females in the tradition are named Matilda.
HankDirectory summary
A Maine Coon that ran for Senate in the state of Virginia in the 2012 US elections. He finished in third place behind winner Democrat Tim Kaine.
HappyDirectory summary
Tv · Fairy Tail (Hiro Mashima)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Happy is a small blue Exceed with a white underbelly in the animation Fairy Tail.
Harry CatDirectory summary
Friend and guide to New York City for Tucker Mouse and Chester Cricket in the novel The Cricket in Times Square.
HeacateDirectory summary
Appeared in 1966 Batman Movie as Catwoman pet cat.
HeathcliffDirectory summary
Comic · Heathcliff (George Gately comic strip)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Other felines from the strip include The Catfather.
Hello Kitty
Other 1974 · Hello Kitty (Sanrio)
Sanrio character introduced in 1974, with a November 1 birthday in her character profile.
HenriDirectory summary
Le Chat Noir, internet film noir "existential" cat.
HenriettaDirectory summary
The now-deceased cat of New York Times foreign correspondent Christopher S. Wren, made famous by the book, The Cat Who Covered the World.
Hershey the CatDirectory summary
A female black and white cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie Comics.
HimmyDirectory summary
The fattest cat on record who weighed 21.3 kg (46.8 lbs) at his death in 1986, from Cairns, Australia.
HodgeDirectory summary
Dr. Samuel Johnson's favourite cat, famously recorded in James Boswell's Life of Johnson, as shedding light on his owner's character.
Honey BeeDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram @blindhoneybees
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Blind rescue cat born in Fiji whose hiking and outdoor adventure photos in the Pacific Northwest built a sustained Instagram following from 2014 onward.
Huh CatDirectory summary
Internet 2023 · TikTok meme (Huh Cat)
Comes across as perpetually, endearingly confused, a cat who appears to be asking a question he will never get answered.
HumphreyDirectory summary
Historical · 10 Downing Street (UK Prime Minister's residence)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
A cat who took up residence at 10 Downing Street in during John Major's tenure as Prime Minister, and was retired to a new address shortly after Tony Blair c...
India "Willie" BushDirectory summary
US President George W. Bush's cat, named for Ruben Sierra "El Indio".
Iriss and AbyssDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram @sis.twins
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Saint Petersburg-based twin cats with mirrored heterochromatic eyes whose Instagram account @sis.twins drew international coverage in 2018.
IsisDirectory summary
Appeared in Star Trek TOS Episode "Assignment: Earth".
JackDirectory summary
A cat who was lost by American Airlines baggage handlers at John F Kennedy airport before Hurricane Irene.
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.