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 Withdrawn entries and consolidated duplicates are excluded from this directory.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.
RhubarbDirectory summary
Movie · Rhubarb (Arthur Lubin film) / H. Allen Smith novel
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Ginger tomcat who inherits a major-league baseball team in the 1951 comedy Rhubarb, played by Orangey — Hollywood's first recurring feline star.
RibbyDirectory summary
A cat with a love for mouse pie in the book The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan, a good friend of the dog Duchess and cousin to Tabitha.
Riff RaffDirectory summary
Tv · Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats (DiC)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Streetwise alley-cat ringleader of the Catillac Cats gang on the syndicated cartoon Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats produced by DiC.
RitaDirectory summary
A little grey and white kitten with green eyes in the animation Animaniacs. In the her part, she sings a song when the going gets tough.
Room 8Directory summary
A tomcat who appeared at Elysian Heights Elementary School in Echo Park, California at the start of the school year, returning every day thereafter, before d...
RoverDirectory summary
A recurring character of the Animal Crossing series. Although his role varies in each game, his job primarily is to set up the character's time, date, gender...
RubbishDirectory summary
An overfed cat with a rectangle head in the animation Rubbish, King of the Jumble, who lives in the junk-filled attic of an old house.
RuffDirectory summary
Reddy's best friend in the animation The Ruff & Reddy Show.
Rum Tum TuggerDirectory summary
A cat from the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.
RumpelteazerDirectory summary
A cat from the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.
RupiDirectory summary
Belonging to Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson; inspired title song of his 2004 solo album Rupi's Dance.
RusikDirectory summary
The Russian police sniffer cat on Stavropol, who died in the line of duty fighting against illegal endangered sturgeon fish traffic in 2003.
SadieDirectory summary
A Siamese belonging to James Mason; talked about in Mason's The Cats in our Lives (1949).
SagwaDirectory summary
A kitten who gained her Siamese markings by accident in the book Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. She is capable of writing in Chinese with her tail.
Salem SaberhagenDirectory summary
Comic · Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Talking black cat from the comic book, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and the television series of the same name in 1996, as well as the Sabrina, the Animated Se...
SaltDirectory summary
Real pet · John Lennon household
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Black-and-white cat owned by John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon in the 1960s, half of the pair Salt and Pepper.
Sassy
Movie · Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (Disney)
Himalayan cat voiced by Sally Field in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.
Scarface ClawDirectory summary
A tough cat who scares Hairy Maclary and his canine companions in the book Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, and even scares himself.
ScarlettDirectory summary
Who in 1996 saved her kittens one by one from a fire in Brooklyn NY, suffering horrible burns in the process. Named Scarlett by the fireman who rescued her....
ScratchDirectory summary
An ordinary house cat who gains the ability summon any of his nine lives to help him out when he's in trouble in the comic strip Scratch9.
ScratchyDirectory summary
Appears in a The Itchy & Scratchy Show, a show-within-a-show.
SebastainDirectory summary
Snickering sidekick of Alexandria Cabot in the comic book and classic TV Cartoon series.
SebastianDirectory summary
Comic · Josie and the Pussycats (Archie Comics)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
A cat from the comic strip Josie and the Pussycats.
SelimaDirectory summary
A Tortoiseshell tabby belonging to Horace Walpole; drowned in a goldfish bowl, inspiring Thomas Gray's poem Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a...
Senator Capitol KittyDirectory summary
A resident of Capitol Park in Sacramento, CA and star of Sharon Davis's book "The Adventures of Capitol Kitty"
SenechalDirectory summary
Cubitus' next-door neighbor black-and-white tuxedo cat in the comic strip Cubitus.
Sergeant TibbsDirectory summary
Movie · One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Disney)
Cat who helps rescue the puppies in Disney’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
SeroDirectory summary
The political mascot of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP) who resides in the party's headquarters in Ankara.
ShanDirectory summary
US President Gerald Ford's cat, named by his daughter Susan.
SiDirectory summary
Movie · Lady and the Tramp (Disney)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
One of the unpleasant Siamese cats in the animation Lady and the Tramp, best remembered for their song.
Si and AmDirectory summary
Movie 1955 · Lady and the Tramp (1955), Walt Disney Productions
A sleek, scheming Siamese duo who glide through a house causing chaos and shifting the blame onto the family dog.
Simon
Historical · HMS Amethyst; PDSA Dickin Medal
HMS Amethyst ship’s cat awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal in 1949.
Simon's CatDirectory summary
Internet · Simon Tofield (Tandem Films)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
A cat who goes to extreme lengths to get his master to feed him in the animation Simon's Cat.
SimpkinDirectory summary
The Tailor's pet cat in the book The Tailor of Gloucester, who fetches an essential cherry-coloured silk twist, but angrily hides it after he finds the tailo...
Sissi the Red CatDirectory summary
An Italian cat who achieved celebrity by correctly picking the results of the 2014 World Cup matches in Brazil.
SkimbleshanksDirectory summary
A cat from the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
Skitty
Game · Pokémon
Pokémon number 0300; its standard form is Normal type and classified as Kitten.
Slinky MalinkiDirectory summary
The stalking and lurking adventurous cat who is a common cat during the day but becomes a thief as night falls.
Slippers
Historical · Theodore Roosevelt White House
Roosevelt family cat discussed by the White House Historical Association.
Small BobDirectory summary
Bob, AKA Iapetuse's skeleton cat in Tartarus. He is a dead cat, only made from bones. His image flickers, making him seem different at times.
SmokeyDirectory summary
The holder of the Guinness World Record for "Loudest purr by a domestic cat".
SmoothieDirectory summary
Internet · Instagram @smoothiethecat
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
British Longhair from the Netherlands whose Instagram account, started by owner Arvid van Boekel in 2015, made her widely captioned the most photogenic cat i...
Smudge
Real pet · Smudge; Woman Yelling at a Cat meme
White cat photographed at a dinner table and later included in the Woman Yelling at a Cat meme.
Smurf CatDirectory summary
Internet 2023 · TikTok meme (Shailushai), from Nate Hallinan's...
A surreal, wide-eyed blue meme creature that became shorthand for absurdist internet humor.
SnagglepussDirectory summary
Tv · The Yogi Bear Show (Hanna-Barbera)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Pink anthropomorphic mountain lion on Hanna-Barbera shorts who speaks in theatrical asides modeled on Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion delivery.
SnoopybabeDirectory summary
Internet · Weibo / Instagram (2013–2017)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Exotic Shorthair cat in Chengdu, China, viral on Weibo and Instagram 2013–2017 for unusually round face and dark eye-area markings.
SnowballDirectory summary
Real pet · Ernest Hemingway
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
The most famous of Ernest Hemingway's cats, who was polydactyl and lived with Hemingway at his house in Key West.
Snowball IIDirectory summary
Originally Snowball V, there have been many housecats in the show.
SnowbellDirectory summary
Movie · Stuart Little (Rob Minkoff film)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
The pet Persian white cat of the Little family who gradually warms up to Stuart in the film Stuart Little.
SockingtonDirectory summary
A cat famous for his posts on Twitter the microblogging site.
Socks
Real pet · Clinton family; White House
Tuxedo cat adopted by the Clinton family in Arkansas before their time at the White House.
SolangeDirectory summary
Siamese cat belonging to Edda Burber in the comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane.
SolomonDirectory summary
One of Lloyd Alexander's many cats, who inspired the premise of the book Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason And Gareth.
SpartaDirectory summary
Also known as Mean Kitty, a cat belonging to YouTube personality Cory Williams.
SpitzDirectory summary
An anthropomorphic yellow cat who is about the same size as Kat & Ana. He is always squinting, and he wears goggles and a blue jumpsuit which seems to be too...
SpotDirectory summary
Tv · Star Trek: The Next Generation (Paramount)
Legacy summary; expanded biography awaiting source review.
Data's Somali cat seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
SpotDirectory summary
Comic relief Sidekick to Henry the Janitor aka "Hong Kong Phooey"; Spot ended up doing most of the work and gets none of the credit.
SpriteDirectory summary
Belonging to Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes; she was used as inspiration for some of Hobbes' physical features and behaviors, such as his habit...
Squire GingivereDirectory summary
Squire Julian Gingivere was odd among cats in the fact that he was a vegetarian.
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.