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INDEX OF FAMOUS PEOPLE'S CATS |
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This is an Index of Cats that belonged to actual Famous People throughout history. This is not to be considered a complete list, nor can i account for the accuracy of all the information here (just some of it). |
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email misha lunchbox, Keeper of the Lists |
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THE INDEX...
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= New in March 2000!
= Added in May '99
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Abby | Polly Bergen | 9 | |
| * ® Agrippina | Agnes Reppelier | Author Repplier dedicated The Fireside Sphinx (1901) to her | 8 |
| * ® Ahmedabad | John Kenneth Galbraith | Its nickname "Ahmed" offended Islamic officials while Galbraith was U.S. ambassador to India, so he changed its name to "Gujarat" | 9 |
| * ® Ajax | Ella Wheeler Wilcox | Wilcox was a poet | 8 |
| * ® Alice | Martin Mull | 9 | |
| © All Ball | Koko | Koko the signing gorilla's pet kitten. | |
| * ® Allen | Jean Michel Jarre | 8 | |
| * ® Alley Cat | Ernest Hemingway | 9 | |
| * ® Amberson | George Booth | Cartoonist Booth originally called it "Ambrosia," until he found it was a boy | 8 |
| * ® Ambrosia | George Booth | What cartoonist Booth originally called "Amberson," before discovering it was a boy | 8 |
| * ® Andy | Sen. Ken Myer (FL) | Record-holder for longest non-lethal fall: 16 stories (the cat, not the senator) | 8 |
| * ® Apollinaris | Mark Twain | 8+9 | |
| * ® Ariel | Karl van Vechten | "Orange Persian" pet discussed in author van Vechten's The Tiger in the House | 8 |
| * ® Ashley | Vanna White | 9 | |
| * ® Asole | Joan van Ark | 9 | |
| * ® Atossa | Matthew Arnold | Three-legged pet featured in Arnold's poem Matthias, about the author's canary | 8 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Banjo | Ella Wheeler Wilcox | Wilcox was a poet | 8 |
| * ® Banquo | Agnes Reppelier | Reppelier was an author | 8 |
| * ® Banshee | Agnes Reppelier | Reppelier was an author | 8 |
| * ® Beelzebub | Mark Twain | 9 | |
| © Beethoven | Martha Stewart | Mom | |
| * ® Beppo | Jorge Luis Borges | Borges was an author | 8 |
| * ® Beppo | Lord Byron | One of five cats who traveled with him | 8 |
| * ® Big Red | Ann-Margret | 8+9 | |
| © Billy | Dedee Pfieffer | Owner Pfieffer is on For Your Love | Mom |
| * ® Bimbo | Paul Klee | Artist Klee's white long-haired cat; depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993 | 8 |
| * ® Bing Clawsby | Michael Feinstein | 9 | |
| * ® Bismarck | Florence Nightingale | Large Persian | 8 |
| * ® Blackie | Winston Churchill | 9 | |
| ® Blackie or Blacky | Calvin Coolidge | KSW 8+9 |
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| * ® Blacky | Matthew Arnold | Arnold was a poet | 8 |
| * ® Blatherskite | Mark Twain | 8+9 | |
| * ® Bob | Sir Winston Churchill | Black & white cat who waited for the PM at the steps | 8 |
| * © Bob | Bettty White | 9 | |
| * ® Boche | Anne Frank | An aggressive warehouse cat who was occupying the attic when the Franks arrived; derogatory slang for "German" | 8+9 |
| * ® Boise | Ernest Hemingway | 9 | |
| * ® Bona Marietta | Robert Southey | Southey was a poet | 8+9 |
| * ® Boy | Vivien Leigh | Sealpoint Siamese | 8 |
| * ® Buffalo Bill | Mark Twain | 9 | |
| © Bunny Kitty | Enrico Colantoni | Calico; owner Colantoni is on Just Shoot Me | Mom |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Cake | Warren Beatty | 8+9 | |
| * ® Calvin | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Maltese stray who took over Stowe's house & sat on her shoulders while she wrote | 8 |
| * ® Carl | Agnes Reppelier | Reppelier was an author | 8 |
| * ® Carream | Joan van Ark | White | 9 |
| ® Caruso | Roberta Flack | KSW 9 |
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| * ® Catarina | Edgar Allen Poe | Poe took her everywhere, and she frequently sat on his shoulder as he wrote; she inspired The Black Cat | 8+9 |
| * ® Chanoine | Victor Hugo | "The canon;" Anogora originally called "Gavroche;" renamed because it was so indolent | 8 |
| * ® Charles | Michael Joseph | Joseph was an author | 8 |
| * ® Charmain | Cleopatra | 9 | |
| * ® Charo | Yoko Ono | 9 | |
| * ® Childebrand | Théophile Gautier | Author Gautier's black & tan striped cat, mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Chilla | Paul Gallico | Ukrianian gray; owner Gallico is the author of The Abandoned | 9 |
| * ® Chin | Paul Gallico | Ukrianian gray; owner Gallico is the author of The Abandoned | 9 |
| * ® Chloe | Sally Gunnell | Tabby | 8 |
| * ® Chopin | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 9 | |
| * ® Cleo | Ronald Reagan | Tortoiseshell stray | 8 |
| * ® Cleopatra | Beryl Reid | One of many | 8 |
| * ® Cléopatre | Théophile Gautier | Eponine's daughter; liked to stand on 3 legs; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Cobby | Thomas Hardy | Blue Persian given to Hardy late in life; he vanished when Hardy died in 1928 | 8 |
| * ® Cody | Henri Sauguet | Composer's pet became ecstatic when it heard Debussy being played on the piano | 8 |
| * ® Columbine | Thomas Carlyle | Carlyle was an author | 8+9 |
| * ® Cookie | Sir Angus Wilson | A stray; the last of many pet cats in the author's life | 8 |
| * ® Crazy Christian | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
| * © Crushinto, or Crushy | Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer | Orange rescuee; owners Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) & Dyer (Action Girl) write for Space Ghost Coast to Coast | |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Dancer | Walter Cronkite | 9 | |
| * ® Del Boy | Frank Bruno | Bruno was a boxer | 8 |
| * ® Demi | Sally Gunnell | Black | 8 |
| * ® Dillinger | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
| * ® Dimly | Beryl Reid | One of many | 8 |
| * ® Disraeli | Florence Nightingale | Large Persian | 8 |
| * ® Dlinyenki | Alexander Borodin | Roughly translates from Russian as "longy;" a tabby, probably female | 8 |
| * ® Dolly | Tallulah Bankhead | 9 | |
| * ® Don Pierrot de Navarre | Théophile Gautier | Author Gautier's white cat who liked to steal his pen; fathered 3 black kittens; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Dweezil | Robert Wagner | He & Moon were gifts from Frank Zappa's children | 9 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Ecstasy | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
| * ® El c. | Joan van Ark | 9 | |
| * ® Elvis | John Lennon | 9 | |
| * ® Enjoras | Théophile Gautier | Black kitten born to white parents Don Pierrot & Séraphita; named for character in Les Miserables; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Eponine | Théophile Gautier | Black fur, green eyes; daughter of Don Pierrot & Séraphita; named for character in Les Miserables; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® F. Puss | Ernest Hemingway | Yellow-eyed cat so trusted that the Hemingways allowed him to babysit their infant; a.k.a. "Mr. Feather Puss" | 8 |
| * ® Fatima | Horace Walpole | Walpole was an author | 8 |
| * ® Fats | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
| * ® Feathers | Karl van Vechten | This Persian kitten was an inspiration for The Tiger in the House | 8 |
| * ® Félimare | Cardinal Richelieu | Striped like a tiger; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died | 8 |
| © Fellini | Gene Shallit | Maine coon cat; was rescued from a shelter in Pittsfield, MA | Mom |
| * ® Flower-Face | James Mason | Siamese talked about in Mason's The Cats in our Lives (1949) | 8 |
| * ® Folly | James & Pamela Mason | 9 | |
| * ® Foss | Edward Lear | Pet & subject of many drawings, some published in The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat; inspired The Owl & the Pussycat; Lear's death followed Foss' by 2 months | 8 |
| * ® Foxie | Brian Aldiss | Aldiss was an author | 8 |
| * ® Franchette | Colette | The author fictionalized her in ... | 8 |
| * ® Fred | R. Crumb | Inspiration for the infamous Fritz | 8 |
| * ® Friendless Brother | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
| * ® Fritzi | Paul Klee | Artist Klee's mackerel tabby; depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993 | 8 |
| F*ckchop | Trent Reznor | Reznor's "creative crutch" | anon |
| * ® Furhouse | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Gavroche | Théophile Gautier | Black kitten born to white parents Don Pierrot & Séraphita; named for character in Les Miserables; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Gavroche | Victor Hugo | Angora later renamed Chanoine ("the canon") because it was so indolent | 8 |
| * ® Gazette | Cardinal Richelieu | Described as "indiscreet;" one of many cats Richelieu had when he died | 8 |
| * ® General Butchkin | Iris Murdoch | Murdoch was an author | 8 |
| * ® George Pushdragon | T.S. Eliot | 8+9 | |
| * ® Giorgio | Peggy Guggenheim | 9 | |
| * ® Gladstone | Florence Nightingale | Large Persian | 8 |
| * ® Goody Two Eyes | Ella Wheeler Wilcox | Wilcox was a poet | 8 |
| * ® Gris-Gris | Charles de Gaulle | Gris is French for "gray" | 9 |
| * ® Gujarat | John Kenneth Galbraith | Originally named "Ahmedabad;" was renamed because its nickname "Ahmed" offended Islamic officials while Galbraith was U.S. ambassador to India | 9 |
| * ® Gypsy | Peggy Guggenheim | 9 | |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Hamilcar | Anatole France | 8 | |
| * ® Harold | Horace Walpole | Walpole was an author | 8 |
| * ® Hester | Andy Warhol | 8 | |
| * ® Hinse | Sir Walter Scott | Tomcat who tormented Scott's dogs until a bloodhound named Nimrod killed him in 1826 | 8 |
| © Hodge | Samuel Johnson | Johnson, an English lexicographer in the 1700's, would go to town himself to buy oysters for Hodge | CJE 7+8 |
| * ® Hurlyburlybuss | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Jackson | Brian Aldiss | Aldiss was an author | 8 |
| * ® James Taylor | George Booth | What cartoonist Booth originally called "Tata," before he found it was a girl | 8 |
| * ® Jeepers Creepers | Elizabeth Taylor | 9 | |
| * ® Jenny | Beryl Reid | One of many | 8 |
| * ® Jeoffry | Christopher Smart | Poet Smart's only companion during the several years he languished in solitary confinement in Bedlam | 8 |
| * ® Jock | Winston Churchill | Ginger kitten who stayed in Churchill's bed with him towards the end of his life; he was mentioned in the PM's will | 8+9 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Kapok | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| * ® Karoun | Jean Cocteau | Drôle de Ménage was dedicated to him. | 8 |
| * ® Kashka | Deirdre Hall | 9 | |
| * ® Kiki-la-Doucette | Colette | "Doucette" is French for "gentle one" | 8 |
| * ® Kro | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® La Chatte | Colette | French for "The (female) cat" | 8 |
| * ® La Chatte Dernière | Colette | French for "the last (female) cat" | 8 |
| * ® La Touteu | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| * ® Lady Arabella | John Spencer Churchill | When "Princess" arrived, Arabella was elevated to the rank of "Duchess of Catalunya and Countess of Barcelona" | 9 |
| * ® Langbourne | Jeremy Bentham | Over time, Langourne's name became The Reverend Sir John Langbourne, D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) | 8 |
| * ® Le Docteur | Alexandre Dumas | 8 | |
| * ® Leo | Ruskin Spear | Spear was an artist | 8 |
| * ® Lilly | Samuel Johnson | White kitling | 8 |
| © Little Teddy | Enrico Colantoni | Rescued stray; owner Colantoni is on Just Shoot Me | Mom |
| * ® Lord Nelson | Robert Southey | Over the years, Nelson went through the ranks of Lord, Baron, Viscount, & Earl for "services performed against the Rats" | 9 |
| * ® Louisa | Willaim Makepeace Thackeray | Thackeray was an author | 8 |
| * ® Lucifer | Cardinal Richelieu | Jet black; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died | 8 |
| * ® Ludovic le Cruel | Cardinal Richelieu | Savage rat-killer; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died | 8 |
| * ® Ludoviska | Cardinal Richelieu | Polish cat; one of many pets Richelieu had when he died | 8 |
| * ® Lulu | Beryl Reid | One of many | 8 |
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| * ® Macramé | Brian Aldiss | Aldiss was an author | 8 |
| * ® Madame Bianchi | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
| * ® Madame Catalini | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
| * ® Madame Ref | Ella Wheeler Wilcox | Wilcox was a poet | 8 |
| * ® Madame Théophile | Théophile Gautier | Red & white cat who liked to steal food from author Gautier's fork; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Madame Vanity | Michel de Montaigne | Montaigne was an author | 8 |
| * ® Magritte | Gloria Steinem | 9 | |
| * ® Manny | Ruskin Spear | Spear was an artist | 8 |
| * ® Marcus | James Dean | Siamese, gift from Elizabeth Taylor | 7 |
| * ® Margate | Winston Churchill | Black stray found on the steps of #10 Downing Street | 8+9 |
| * ® Marilyn Miste | Whitney Houston | 9 | |
| * ® Marmoutte Blanche | Pierre Loti | Black & white angora featured in author Loti's Lives of Two Cats | 8 |
| * ® Marmoutte Chinoise | Pierre Loti | Stowaway kitten from China featured in author Loti's Lives of Two Cats | 8 |
| * ® Master's Cat, The | Charles Dickens | The only of Williamina's kittens Dickens kept; she would snuff his reading candle to get attention | 8 |
| * ® Maurice | Jean-Claude Suarès | Named for artist Suarès' wife's lover, who was "not allowed on the bed either" | 8 |
| * ® McBum | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
| Meatball | Jane Pauley | KSW | |
| * ® Micette or Micetto | Pope Leo XII | Born in the Vatican; grayish-red with black stripes; lived among the Pope's robes | 8+9 |
| * ® Mimi-Paillon | Cardinal Richelieu | Angora; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642 | 8 |
| * © Mimsy | Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer | Formerly feral rescuee; owners Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) & Dyer (Action Girl) write for Space Ghost Coast to Coast | |
| * ® Mini-mini | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| * ® Minionne | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| * ® Minna Minna Mowbray | Michael Joseph | There was an entire chapter dedicated to her in Jospeh's book Cat's Company (1946) | 8 |
| * ® Minnaloushe | William Butler Yeats | From the poem The Cat and the Moon | 8 |
| * ® Minou | George Sand | Sand ate her breakfast from the same bowl as her cat | 8 |
| * ® Misha | Yoko Ono | 9 | |
| © Misty Malarky Ying Yang | Amy Carter | Siamese pet of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter | box 9 |
| * ® Mitsou | Marilyn Monroe | White Perisan | 9 |
| * ® Moon | Robert Wagner | She & Dweezil were gifts from Frank Zappa's children | 9 |
| * ® Moortje | Anne Frank | Miss Frank's pet who was left with neighbors when her family fled to the attic | 9 |
| * ® Mouche | Victor Hugo | French for "fly" (as in the insect) | 8 |
| * ® Mounard le Fougueux | Cardinal Richelieu | Described as "quarrelsome, capricious, & worldly;" one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642 | 8 |
| * ® Mouschi | Anne Frank | Came to live with the Franks in the attic; the pet of some family friends | 8+9 |
| * ® Mousetrap | Van Heflin | 8 | |
| © Mozart | Martha Stewart | Mom | |
| * ® Mr. Cat, or Mr. Kat | Sir Winston Churchill | Ginger tom also known as "Tango" | 8 |
| * ® Mr. Feather Puss | Ernest Hemingway | Yellow-eyed cat so trusted that the Hemingways allowed him to babysit their infant; a.k.a. "F. Puss" | 9 |
| © Mr. Jinx, or Jinxie | Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer | Owners Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) & Dyer (Action Girl), write for Space Ghost Coast to Coast | |
| * ® Mr. Peter Wells | H.G. Wells | 8+9 | |
| * ® Muezza | Mohammed | It it said that once when Mohammed was called to prayer, he cut off the sleeve of his robe rather than disturb his sleeping pet, who was nestled upon it | 8 |
| * ® Murphy | Bernadette Peters | 9 | |
| * ® Muscat | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| * ® Myobu No Omoto | Emperor Ichijo (Japan) | "Omoto, Lady-in-Waiting;" Ichijo once imprisoned the owner of a dog that chased his pet | 8 |
| * ® Mys | Paul Klee | Artist Klee's dark long-haired cat; depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993 | 8 |
| * ® Mysouff | Alexandre Dumas | Mysouff I & II; #2 was black & white and Dumas' favorite, even though it once ate all his exotic birds | 8 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Nelson | Winston Churchill | Black cat who sat in a chair next to Churchill in both the Cabinet & dining rooms; named after Lord Nelson but wasn't nearly as brave | 8+9 |
| * ® Nichols | Vivian Leigh | 9 | |
| * ® Nemo | PM Harold Wilson (UK) | Seal point Siamese that used to accompany the Wilsons on holiday | 8 |
| * ® Nero | Agnes Reppelier | Reppelier was an author | 8 |
| * ® New | Vivien Leigh | Named after "New Theater" | 8 |
| * ® Nickie | Brian Aldiss | Aldiss was an author | 8 |
| * ® Noilly Prat | T.S. Eliot | 8 | |
| * Norton | Peter Gethers | Scottish fold tabby fictionalized in novels The Cat Who Went to Paris & A Cat Abroad | KaP |
| * ® Nuggi | Paul Klee | Artist Klee's long-haired cat; depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993 | 8 |
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Number One thru Number Eight |
Beverley Nichols | Owned 7 Siamese cats all given numbers as names; "Six" was not used, #8's original name was "Oscar" | 8 |
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| NAME | OWNER | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Oliver | Thomas Huxley | Tabby pet of scientist who lived from 1825 to 1895 | 8 |
| * ® One and Only | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| © Onyx | Arthell Neville | ||
| * ® Oscar | Beverly Nichols | Nichols was an author | 8 |
| * ® Othello | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
| * ® Ovid | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
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| * ® Pascal | Anatole France | France was an author | 8 |
| * ® Patapan | Horace Walpole | Walpole was an author | 8 |
| * ® Patrocle | Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres | Ingres was an artist | 8 |
| * ® Pattipaws or Pettipaws | T.S. Eliot | 8+9 | |
| * ® Perruque | Cardinal Richelieu | As a kitten, she fell at Richelieu's feet from the wig ("perruque") of an academic named Racan | 8 |
| * ® Persian Snow | Erasmus Darwin | Darwin was a scientist, 1731-1802 | 8 |
| * ® Petiteu | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| * ® Pilar | Ernest Hemingway | 9 | |
| * ® Pinichette | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| * ® Pippo | Compton MacKenzie | One of the author's many pet cats | 8 |
| © Pixel, or Pixie | Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer | Owners Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) & Dyer (Action Girl), write for Space Ghost Coast to Coast | |
| * ® Polar Bear | Cleveland Amory | Amory wrote 3 books about him, incl. The Cat Who Came for Christmas | 9 |
| + ® Pony Boy | Richard Patrick | Abyssinian pet of guy from Filter | |
| * ® Poo Jones | Vivian Leigh | 9 | |
| Popcorn | Edward Djerejian | Pet of outgoing Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs | MEJ |
| * ® Poppet | Joe Namath | 9 | |
| * ® Poppy | Sally Gunnell | Tabby & white | 8 |
| * ® Princess Sophie Louise of Sweden | John Spencer Churchill | Long-haired tabby belonging to Winston's artist nephew | 9 |
| * ® Procope | Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres | Ingres was an artist | 8 |
| * ® Prudence | Pres. Georges Clemenceau (France) | Blue Persian | 8 |
| * ® Pudlenka | Karel Capek | Pulenka I, II, & III; #1 appeared on Capek's doorstep the day his tomcat died, had 26 kittens in her lifetime; #2 had 21 | 8 |
| * ® Pulcheria | Robert Southey | Southey was a poet | 8+9 |
| * ® Pulcinella | Domenico Scarlatti | She inspired The Cat's Fugue as she liked to walk up & down his keyboards | 8 |
| * ® Punky | Doris Day | One of 10+ Day rescued | 8 |
| * ® Purdoe | Samuel Butler | 8 | |
| * ® Pyewacket | Kim Novak | Starred with Novak in Bell Book and Candle | 9 |
| * ® Pyrame | Cardinal Richelieu | He & Thisbe were named after the mythological lovers because they slept together w/ paws intertwined | 8 |
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| * ® Racan | Cardinal Richelieu | Named for the academic out of whose wig he fell, as a kitten, at Richelieu's feet | 8 |
| * ® Reverend Wenceslas Muff, The | Sir Roy Strong (author) | Black tomcat | 8 |
| * ® Rhett Butler | Vanna White | 9 | |
| © Rita | Julia Sweeny | Black | |
| * ® Romeo | Peggy Guggenheim | 9 | |
| * ® Rubis sur l'Ongle | Cardinal Richelieu | Especially fond of milk; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642 | 8 |
| * ® Rumpel | Robert Southey | Full title was The Most Noble the Archduke Rumpelstizchen, marquis Macbum, Earle Tomemange, Baron Raticide, Waowler, and Skaratchi | 8 |
| * ® Rumpelstilzchen | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
| * ® Rybolov | Alexander Borodin | Russian for "fisherman;" a tabby | 8 |
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| * ® Sadie | James Mason | Siamese talked about in Mason's The Cats in our Lives (1949) | 8 |
| * ® Sam | Andy Warhol | 8 | |
| * ® Samantha | Helen Gurley Brown | 9 | |
| * ® Samson | Frank Bruno | Siamese pet of boxer | 8 |
| * ® Sans Lendemain | Peggy Guggenheim | Translates literally as "without (the) day after" | 9 |
| * ® Sara | Ronald Reagan | Tortoiseshell stray | 8 |
| * ® Sarah Snow | Kingsley Amis | She had green eyes & long white fur | 8 |
| * ® Sascha | Regis Philbin | 9 | |
| * ® Sascha | Yoko Ono | 9 | |
| * Satan | Mark Twain | CJE | |
| * ® Scratchaway | Thomas Hood | Hood was an English poet who lived from 1799 to 1845 | 9 |
| * ® Selima | Horace Walpole | Tortoiseshell tabby; drowned in a goldfish bowl, inspiring the poem Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes (1748) | 8 |
| * ® Señor | Stephanie Powers | He's blind | 9 |
| * ® Séraphita | Théophile Gautier | Author Gautier's white cat who had 3 black kittens w/ Don Pierrot; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Serpolet | Cardinal Richelieu | Fond of sunning himself in the window; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642 | 8 |
| © Shan | Susan Ford | Siamese pet of Gerald Ford's daughter | KSW 7-9 |
| * ® She | Linda Evans | 9 | |
| * ® Sheba | Sally Jessie Raphael | 9 | |
| © Sheba | Vivica A. Fox | Owner Fox is on Getting Personal | Mom |
| * ® Sheena | O.J. Simpson | 8+9 | |
| * ® Shuang-mei | Emperor Chu Hou-Tsung (China) | Her name meant "Frost-eyebrows" | 8 |
| * ® Siam | Rutherford B. Hayes | A gift from the American Consul in Bangkok; Siam was the first Siamese cat to reach the United States (1878) | 8 |
| * ® Silkhat | Van Heflin | 8 | |
| * ® Simpkin | Cecil Day-Lewis | Day-Lewis was a poet | 8 |
| * Sin | Mark Twain | CJE | |
| * ® Sir Thomas Dido | Robert Southey | Southey was a poet | 8 |
| * ® Sizi | Albert Schweitzer | Lived with Schweitzer at his clinic in Africa; though left-handed, he would write prescriptions with his right had when she was sleeping on his left arm | 8+9 |
| * ® Skunk | Ernest Hemingway | 9 | |
| © Slippers | Theodore Roosevelt | Gray tabby with 6 toes on each foot | KSW 7-9 |
| Smokey | Calvin Coolidge | Bobcat | KSW |
| © Snookie | Vivica A. Fox | Owner Fox is on Getting Personal | Mom |
| © Socks | Bill Clinton | ||
| + ® Soda Pop | Richard Patrick | Abyssinian pet of guy from Filter | |
| * ® Soumise | Cardinal Richelieu | Richelieu's favorite; one of many cats he had when he died | 8 |
| * ® Sour Mash | Mark Twain | 8+9 | |
| * ® Sylvia | Compton MacKenzie | One of author MacKenzie's many pet cats | 8 |
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| * © T.K. | Betty White | 9 | |
| * ® Tabby | Tad Lincoln | Tad was Abraham's son | 8+9 |
| * ® Tabitha Longclaws Tiddleywink | Thomas Hood | Scratchaway's mother | 9 |
| * ® Taffy | Christopher Morley | Theiving cat commemorated in Morley's 1929 poem In Honor of Taffy Topaz | 8 |
| * ® Taki | Raymond Chandler | Black Persian female; his "feline secretary" to whom he always read the first drafts of his muder mysteries | 8+9 |
| * ® Tammany | Mark Twain | 9 | |
| * ® Tango | Winston Churchill | Ginger tom also known as Mr. Cat or Mr. Kat | 8+9 |
| * ® Tantomile | T.S. Eliot | 8 | |
| * ® Tata | George Booth | Originally named "James Taylor," until author Booth found it was a girl | 8 |
| © Teeny | Martha Stewart | Mom | |
| * ® Thisbe | Cardinal Richelieu | She & Pyrame were named after the mythological lovers because they slept together w/ paws intertwined | 8 |
| * ® Thruster | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
| * ® Tiger | Charlotte & Emily Brontë | Played at Emily's feet while she wrote Wuthering Heights | 8 |
| © Tiger | Calvin Coolidge | Gray striped stray adopted by Coolidge, who used to walk around the White House with the cat draped around his neck; when he got lost, Coolidge went on the radio to appeal for help finding him | KSW 7+8 |
| * ® Tiger | Aaron Neville | 9 | |
| © Tigger | Vivica A. Fox | Owner Fox is on Getting Personal | Mom |
| * ® Timmy | Calvin Coolidge | Would allow Coolidge's canary to sleep between his paws | 8 |
| * ® Timothy | Dorothy L. Sayers | White cat who is mentioned in two of Sayers' poems: For Timothy & War Cat | 8 |
| © Toby | Dedee Pfieffer | Owner Pfieffer in on For Your Love | Mom |
| * ® Tom, Jr. | Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe | 9 | |
| © Tom Kitten | Caroline Kennedy | When he died in 1962, the press gave him an obituary notice | KSW 7-9 |
| © Tom Quartz | Theodore Roosevelt | Named after the cat in Roughing It by Mark Twain | KSW 7-9 |
| * ® Tommy | Alexander Borodin | Borodin was a composer | 8 |
| * ® Tommy | Anne Frank | An attic cat who was occupying the attic when Frank & her family arrived; he always won the fights Boche picked with him | 8 |
| * ® Tootoose | Compton MacKenzie | One of author MacKenzie's many pet cats | 8 |
| * ® Topaz | Tennessee Williams | 9 | |
| * ® Toune | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
| + Trim | Matthew Flinders | Owner Flinders was an Australian explorer | FAJ CJE |
| * ® Trixie | Ruskin Spear | Spear was an artist | 8 |
| * ® Trixie | The 3rd Earl of Southampton | After the Earl was put in the tower of London, Trixie allegedly found him & stayed with him there for the next 2 years | 8 |
| * ® Tuffy | Ann-Margret | 8+9 | |
| * ® Turkey | Janet Leigh | 8+9 | |
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| * ® Vashka | Czar Nicholas I | 9 | |
| © Verdi | Martha Stewart | Mom | |
| * ® Virgil | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 9 |
| © Vivaldi | Martha Stewart | Mom | |
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| * ® Weasel | Cindi Lauper | 9 | |
| © Weeny | Martha Stewart | Mom | |
| * ® White Heather | Queen Victoria | Black & white Persian the Queen had in her old age; upon her death became the pet of Edward VII | 8+9 |
| * ® Whitehead | Ernest Hemingway | 9 | |
| * ® Whitey | James & Pamela Mason | 9 | |
| * ® William | Charles Dickens | What "Williamina" was called until she had kittens | 8 |
| * ® Williamina | Charles Dickens | Called "William" until she had kittens, which she insisted on moving into Dickens' study | 8+9 |
| * ® Willy | Ernest Hemingway | One of 30 of his pet cats | 8 |
| * ® Windy | Guy Gibson | Gibson, a WWI dambuster, took Windy on many of his wartime missions | 8 |
| * ® Wiscus | T.S. Eliot | 8+9 | |
| * ® Woody | Jean Michel Jarre | 8 | |
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| * ® Yum-Yum | Brian Aldiss | Aldiss was an author | 8 |
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| * ® Zara | Horace Walpole | Walpole was an author | 8 |
| * ® Zizi | Théophile Gautier | Author Gautier's Angora who liked to walk up & down the piano keys; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime | 8 |
| * ® Zoë | Gabriel Rossetti | Poet Rossetti's black and white female | 8 |
| * ® Zombi, The | Robert Southey | Owner Southey was a poet | 8+9 |
| * ® Zoroaster | Mark Twain | 8+9 | |
| * ® Zwerg | Colette | Colette was an author | 8 |
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