Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Famous Cats(Grumpy Cat,Lil Bub,etc.) &Of Famous People, Gorillas, Presidents


List of cats

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of specific natural cats. For fictional cats refer to "List of fictional cats". For cat breeds, see List of cat breeds.

Cats famous in their own right[edit]

  • Anfield Cat, a cat who became famous after wandering on to the Liverpool pitch during a football match. Currently has over 74,000 followers on Twitter.[1]
  • Baggage, a cat famous for lending its name to the hit British TV show Baggage, hosted by his owner, Gok Wan.[2] He also has a limited following on Twitter.[3]
  • Blackie, a cat that inherited 15 million British Pounds and thus became the richest cat in history.[4]
  • Blackie the Talking Cat, a "talking" cat who was exhibited (for donations) by an unemployed couple on the streets of Atlanta, Georgia. Blackie became the subject of a court case, Miles v. City Council of Augusta.
  • Bob, a ginger cat that was found injured and adopted by a London busker, James Bowen, in 2007. Bob's and Bowen's adventures together on the streets of London became the subject of a book, published in March 2012, A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man And His Cat Found Hope On The Streets.[5]
  • Brutus "The Morrisons Cat", is famous in his village of Saltney just outside Chester (UK) where he visits the Morrisons supermarket nearly every day. He currently has over 2200 followers on his Facebook page.[6]
  • Casper, (1997 - 14 January 2010) was a male domestic cat that was famous for travelling on a No. 3 bus in Plymouth, and inspired the book, Casper the Commuting Cat.[7][8]
  • Chase No Face, a cat who lost her face in an accident, and is now a therapy cat for people with disfigurements.[9]
  • Cherry Pop,"Jovan Cherry Pop of Mystichill", (1981–1995) was a pedigree Champion Persian who became the poster cat for the Broward Country Humane Society.[10] Money raised from Cherry Pop merchandise, events, and parties were donated to the Humane Society and other shelters, assisting in bringing attention to pet adoption for animals in need.[11]
  • Chessie, the mascot of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and later the Chessie System, whose slogan was "sleep like a kitten."
  • Choupette, the pet and muse of designer Karl Lagerfeld
  • Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion from the TV series Daktari that ran from 1966 to 1969.
  • CC (Copy Cat, or Carbon Cat), the first cloned cat.
  • Creme Puff, the world's oldest cat (1967–2005). Owned by Jake Perry.[12]
  • Dewey Readmore Books, the library cat from Spencer, Iowa. Born Nov 1987; abandoned at the Library in Jan 1988; died (euthanized) December 2006. Subject of a best-selling book, Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World[13]
  • Emily, an American cat who, after being lost, was found to have gone to France.[14]
  • Faith, a London cat that took up residence in St Faith & St Augustine's church (by St Paul's Cathedral) in wartime, and received a PDSA Silver Medal for her bravery in caring for her kitten when the church was bombed.[15]
  • Fred the Undercover Kitty, a cat famous for assisting the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in 2006.
  • Grumpy Cat (real name Tardar Sauce), an Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression.
  • Hank, 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.[16]
  • Heed, a cat considered by Guinness Book of World Records as potentially one of the world's smallest
  • Henri, le Chat Noir, internet film noir "existential" cat.[17]
  • Henrietta, the now-deceased cat of New York Times foreign correspondent Christopher S. Wren, made famous by the book, The Cat Who Covered the World (ISBN 0-684-87100-9 in one printing).
  • Himmy from Cairns, Australia the fattest cat on record who weighed 21.3 kg (46.8 lbs) at his death in 1986.[12][18]
  • Hodge, Dr. Samuel Johnson's favourite cat, famously recorded in James Boswell's Life of Johnson, as shedding light on his owner's character.
  • Humphrey, 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 came to power - named for the character of Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister.
  • Jack, a cat who was lost by American Airlines baggage handlers at John F Kennedy airport before Hurricane Irene.[19] He was found later but was severely dehydrated and malnourished after his 61 day ordeal[20] and was euthanized.[21][22]
  • Ketzel, the tuxedo cat who won a prize for his piano composition in 1997[23]
  • Keyboard Cat, an internet celebrity.
  • Larry, the Downing Street cat from February 2011.
  • Leo the Lion (MGM) has been the mascot since 1957 and was preceded by George, Tanner, Coffee, Telly, Jackie, and Slats, who first appeared in 1917.
  • Lewis, a cat who became infamous after being placed under house arrest.
  • Lil Bub, "perma-kitten" star of Lil Bub & Friendz.
  • Little Nicky, first cloned animal for commercial reasons.
  • Macavity, the busdrivers' nickname of a British cat, white with different-coloured eyes, known for regularly catching the local bus by himself.[24]
  • Maru, Internet celebrity famous for his love of boxes.
  • Marzipan (c.1992-2013), a calico cat who lived in the lobby of Astor Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. She was the theatre's unofficial mascot and was often seen sitting on the couches, waiting for the patrons to pat her as they left the cinema. She was also known to stroll in the cinema and watch the movies, or simply wander down the aisle and sit on patrons' laps.[25] She had her own Facebook fan page.[26]
  • Matilda, resident cat of the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. The Algonquin was for many years home to the Algonquin Round Table, consisting of such American wits asDorothy Parker, Alexander Woolcott, and Harpo Marx. There have been nine cats who have called the Algonquin their home since the 1930s, but not all have been female. All the males have been named Hamlet (in deference to the actor John Barrymore), and the females Matilda.[27]
  • Meow, once the world's heaviest cat.
  • Mike, (February 1909 - January 1929), who guarded the entrance to the British Museum
  • Morris the Cat, is the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food.
  • Mrs. Chippy, cat on the Ernest Shackleton expedition.
  • Nansen, the ship's cat on board Belgica during the Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897-99.
  • Nora, a gray tabby cat who plays the piano alongside her owner.
  • Orangey, a cat featured in Breakfast at Tiffany's and other movies.
  • Oscar, a cat fitted with bionic hind legs following an accident in 2009.
  • Oscar the hospice cat, written up in the New England Journal of Medicine for his uncanny ability to predict which patients will die by curling up to sleep with them hours before their death. To date he has been right 25 times.[28][29]
  • Pangur Bán, the cat who inspired an otherwise unknown 8th (or 9th) century Irish monk to write a poem cataloguing their similarities.
  • Peter, the Lord's cat, the only animal to have an obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[30]
  • Prince Chunk, a shorthair cat alleged to weigh forty-four pounds (two pounds short of the world record).
  • Red, a cat who became a millionaire in 2005.[31]
  • Room 8, a tomcat who would disappear during the summer and return at the start of the school year in September, to an elementary school near Elysian Park in Los Angeles, for years, to the classroom he was named for. (Ref. Los Angeles Times)
  • Rusik, the Russian police sniffer cat on Stavropol, who died in the line of duty fighting against illegal endangered sturgeon fish traffic on 2003.
  • Sassy, Siamese or Himalayan, the feline star of the true-life Canadian adventure story, "Incredible Journey" (1963); later remade into "Homeward Bound: the Incredible Voyage" (1993) with Sally Field voicing the character of Sassy.
  • Scarlett, 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. She became a famous example of the power of a mother's love.[32]
  • Senator Capitol Kitty, a resident of Capitol Park in Sacramento, CA and star of Sharon Davis's book "The Adventures of Capitol Kitty"
  • Simon, celebrated ship's cat of HMS 'Amethyst', the only cat to have won the PDSA's Dickin Medal, for his rat-catching and morale-boosting activities during the Yangtse Incident in 1949.
  • Smokey, the holder of the Guinness World Record for "Loudest purr by a domestic cat".[33]
  • Sockington, a cat famous for his posts on Twitter the microblogging site.
Socks the Cat, photographed in theWhite House Briefing Room.
  • Socks, (Socks Clinton-Currie). Was the official "First Cat" of the United States under U.S. President Bill Clinton.
  • Stewie, Guinness World Record holder for world's longest domestic cat from August 2010 until his death February 4, 2013.
  • Stubbs, a cat who was elected mayor of the town of Talkeetna, Alaska in 1997, as a write-in candidate.
  • Tama, a calico cat who is the station master at Kinokawa, Wakayama railway station, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
  • Thomasina, 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).
  • Tiddles, female tabby resident of the Ladies' toilet at Paddington Station, London. Thousands of passengers met her (including men, who were allowed in by permission for this sole purpose) and their donations fed her - unfortunately too generously, for her death in 1983 was mainly due to overeating (she weighed in at 32 lb).[citation needed]
  • Trim, the first cat to circumnavigate Australia. Belonged to Matthew Flinders.
  • Tonto, feline co-star of the movie Harry and Tonto (1974). 'Harry' was played by Art Carney; 'Tonto' was played by two cats.
  • The Unsinkable Sam, the most famous mascot of the British Royal Navy, was in turn the ship's cat of the Bismarck, HMS Cossack, and HMS Ark Royal and survived the torpedoeing of all three ships before being retired to a home on dry land.
  • Tsim Tung Brother Cream, is a cat who lives in a convenience store in Hong Kong. He has appeared in a book, and in advertising and on TV programs.
  • Tuxedo Stan, a cat who ran for mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia.[34]
  • Wilberforce, Downing Street cat under four British Prime Ministers
  • Willow, a cat lost from a Boulder, Colorado home, who was discovered 5 years later and 1,800 miles away in New York City. She survived owls, coyotes, criminals, and Manhattan traffic. She was reunited with her owners with the help of her microchip.[35]
  • Winnie, who awakened a New Castle, Indiana family in April 2007 at 1 a.m. after detecting carbon monoxide in their home, saving the family's lives.[36]

Pets of famous people[edit]

Famous pets of United States Presidents and their families[edit]

See also: United States presidential pets
See also: List of United States Presidential pets

Famous pets of other famous people[edit]

Famous pets of gorillas[edit]

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