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This is a list of historical cats. Cats famous in their own right
- All Ball, the first cat of Koko the gorilla.
- Amber, one of two cats in the title role of the movie The Cat from Outer Space.[1]
- Andy, cat owned by Florida State Senator Ken Meyer that has the cat record for non-fatal fall. Andy fell 200 feet (60 m) and survived.[1]
- Ariel, the "Orange Persian" pet of author Carl Van Vechten, title character in the book The Tiger in the House.[1]
- Arthur the cat, British advertising icon who appeared in 309 advertisements, scooping cat food out of a can with his paw.[1]
- Binky, the cat that inspired Susan Becker's book All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat.[1]
- Blackberry, the first munchkin cat.[1]
- Blackie, a cat that inherited 15 million British Pounds and thus became the richest cat in history.[2]
- Boche, cat found by the family of Anne Frank in the attic in which they lived.[1]
- Bonkers, the cat from television's All My Children.[1]
- Bouhaki, a cat long alleged to be the first cat known to have a name.[1]
- Brownie, a housecat that inherited $415,000.00 when its owner Dr. William Grier died.[1]
- Burbank, Danny Glover's pet cat from Lethal Weapon.[1]
- Catarina, Edgar Allan Poe's pet cat and the inspiration for his story The Black Cat.[1]
- Chessie, the mascot of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and later the Chessie System, whose slogan was "sleep like a kitten."[1]
- Childebrand, from Theophile Gautier's book La Menagerie Intime.[1]
- Cleopatra, tawny-black cat from Gautier's La Menagerie Intime.[1]
- CopyCat (CC), the first cloned cat.
- Dagwood, Ping pong playing cat in newsreal clip of 4.24 episode of MASH.
- Dalton the Wonder Cat, author of My Litter Box Was Dirty..., television host.[1]
- Dick Marino, MTM's diminutive version of the MGM lion.[1]
- Docket, male cat belonging to British artist Tracy Emin, mentioned in her column in 'The Independent'[1]
- "Don Piano", an unidentified long-haired house cat so-nicknamed by internet fans that have viewed a video clip on the website YouTube of the cat's appearance on ABC-TV's America's Funniest Videos. The clip, multiple versions of which have been viewed on YouTube and other sites such as Google Video a total of over 1,000,000 times, depicts the cat making vocal sounds that are interpreted by subtitles to be a song or a poem, thought to be entitled "Oh Long Johnson".[3]
- Don Pierrot de Navarre, father and pen-stealer from Gautier's La Menagerie Intime.[1]
- Emily American cat who, after being lost, was found to have gone to France.[4]
- Enjoras, black kitten of white parents from Gautier's Le Menagerie Intime.[5]
- Eponine - cat with table manners like "one would like to see in many children" from Gautier's Le Menagerie Intime.[5]
- Fatty, 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.[6]
- F. D. C. Willard (Felis Domesticus Chester Willard). Named for his sire (Willard of Aspen, Colorado), Chester acquired a résumé of two research papers in low temperature physics after entering this unlikely field in collaboration with his keeper, J. H. Hetherington of the Michigan State University. Belatedly learning of a style rule for Phys. Rev. Lett. prohibiting the use of the authorial pronoun we in single-author papers, Hetherington solved the problem this presented to him by appending the name of his cat on the title page of a draft paper rather than by rewriting the body of the text. The dearth of word processing facilities in the mid-1970s made this a cost effective response.
- Feathers, Carl van Vechten's cat, the subject of the dedication to and the inspiration for the book The Tiger in the House.[5]
- Foss - Inspiration of the cat from "The Owl & the Pussycat" and of several of owner Edward Lear, who survived the cat by only two months.[5]
- Fred the Undercover Kitty, a cat famous for assisting the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office in 2006.
- Gavroche, from Gautier's Le Menagerie Intime.[5]
- Grampa, oldest domestic cat ever recorded, born in Austin, Texas, in 1964, died in 1998.[5]
- Hamlet, considered by Guinness to be "the world's most travelled cat." He flew approximately 600,000 kilometers because he managed to get stuck in a Canadian airplane for seven weeks.[2]
- Hamlet, long-time mascot of the Algonquin Hotel and title character of the book Algonquin Cat.[5]
- Harry, Cat who replaced Lucky in the role of Morris the cat.[5]
- Hellcat, like Brownie, a cat of Dr. William Grier left $415,000.00 in the doctor's estate.[5]
- 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, a neutered tabby who weighed 46 pounds, recorded in The Guinness Book of World Records.[5]
- 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 banished when Tony Blair came to power - named for the character of "Sir Humphrey Appleby" in Yes Minister.
- Inga, member of the crew at Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire until 1993, subject of magazine articles.[5]
- Jess, the black and white cat belonging to Postman Pat
- Jiji, the black cat in the anime "Kiki's Delivery Service".
- Jones/Jonesy, the name of Ripley's cat from the Alien and Aliens movies.
- Kallibunker, with his mother Serena, one of the two founders of the Cornish Rex breed.[5]
- Karoun, whom Jean Cocteau dedicated Drôle de Ménage to and described as "the king of cats".[5]
- Kaspar, wooden cat used at the Savoy Hotel in London to round out unlucky parties of thirteen.[5]
- Kiki-la-Doucette, Angora cat of Colette, fictionalized in Sept Dialogues de Bêtes.[5]
- Kinlee, founding father of the Devon Rex breed.[5]
- Lewis, a cat who became infamous after being placed under house arrest.
- Lily, Dr. Johnson's second favourite cat, after Hodge (q.v.)
- Little Nicky, first cloned animal for commercial reasons.
- Little Tyke, subject of Georges H. Westbrau's book Little Tyke: The True Story of a Gentle Vegetarian Lioness.[7]
- Macavity, busdrivers' nickname of a British cat, white with different-coloured eyes, known for regularly catching the local bus by himself.[8]
- Madame Théophile, cat of Gautier who liked to steal food off his fork.[9]
- Moortje, cat of Anne Frank's family who was left with neighbors when they fled the attic.[9]
- Mrs. Chippy, cat on Ernest Shackleton expedition
- Morris the Cat, one of Burt Reynolds' most beloved movie Co-stars, this finicky Commercial Mascot charmed his way into America's hearts with his calm demeanor and orange-striped style.[9]
- Morris II, successor of Morris, ran for president in 1988.[9]
- Mouschi, Pet of friends of Anne Frank's family, came to live with them in the attic.[9]
- Mrs. Poodles, first ever Siamese cat shown at an English cat show, in 1871.[9]
- 'Munchkinlane's Maggie Mae - munchkin cat who has appeared in several United States national media.[9]
- Nedjem, now regarded as the "first cat known to have had a name."[9]
- Nin, cat who replaced at Mount Washington Observatory, named for Anais Nin or short for "nincompoop".[9]
- Norton the cat, subject of three nonfiction books by author Peter Gethers.[9]
- Orangey cat featured in Breakfast at Tiffany's and other movies
- 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.[10]
- Pangur Bán, the cat who inspired an otherwise unknown 8th (or 9th) century Irish monk to write a poem cataloguing their similarities.
- Panther the Cat, cat known from the show Early Edition.
- Patsy, cat photographed with Charles Lindbergh in the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis just prior to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight.[9]
- Peake, Chessie's mate, the character is based upon an actual railroad stray.[9]
- Peter, the Lord's cat, the only animal to have an obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[11]
- Petronius the Arbiter, a. k. a. "Pete", the cat in Robert Heinlein's "The Door Into Summer".
- Piewacket, the cat in the movie "Bell, Book, and Candle".
- Poppa, 2nd heaviest cat ever, weighed in at 44.5 pounds at eleven years of age.[9]
- Port Phillip Cat, a large cat that inhabits the waters of the Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne, Australia) and whose favourite food is a Lemon Chicken Parma.
- Puss, cat that held the record for longest life, 36 years, until the lack of documentation caused the title to pass to Ma.[9]
- Rama, a siamese cat owned by students at Duke University, was actually at one point a PhD candidate in philosophy.
- Red, a cat who recently became a millionaire.[12]
- Room 8, an ageless 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 room of the school he was named for. (Ref. Los Angeles Times)
- Rumpler with Amber above, one of the two cats, with Amber, who played the title role in The Cat from Outer Space,[9]
- Rutterkin, black cat alleged to help its owner Joan Flower magically kills the sons and render the wife of the Earl of Rutland infertile in the 1600s.[9]
- Scarlett the cat 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.[13][14]
- Seraphita, pure white cat who loved perfume, mother of three of Gautier's cats with Don Pierrot.[14]
- SH III, Chinhilla Persian cat who appeared in Fancy Feast advertisements and the movies The Jerk and Scrooged.[14]
- 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.
- Sinh, founding father of the Birman breed. Legend says he was the pet of the High Priest Mun-Ha, and absorbed his soul when Mun-Ha was killed.[14]
- Sir Isaac Newton's cat, whose incessant desire to be let in or out allegedly drove him to devise the cat flap.
- Smokey, wild bobcat trapped and given to Calvin Coolidge as a gift.[7]
- Sneaky Pie Brown, co-author of Mrs. Murphy mystery series with Rita Mae Brown.[1]
- Snowy, who replaced Arthur in the advertisements and learned the same trick.[14]
- Spot, Data's cat in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Sugar, a cat who followed his human family 1,500 miles after they left him behind when they moved.[14]
- A cat who wandered on stage during the premiere of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, sending the audience into gales of laughter.
- Tarawood Antigone, a brown Burmese who holds the record for most kittens in one litter with nineteen.[14]
- Tibbles, singlehandedly wiped out the Stephens Island Wren.
- T.K., the feline companion of Tondayelo, an orangutan in a Florida zoo.
- Tiger, a long-haired Persian mixed breed who once held the record for heaviest cat at 43 pounds.[14]
- Tiki, cat who appeared in the movie Homeward Bound and the television series Caroline in the City.[14]
- Tinker Toy, a male blue point Himalayan who held the record through at least 1997 as smallest domestic cat known, at 2.75 inches tall and 7.5 long.[14]
- Tommy, the cat the family of Anne Frank found when they moved into the attic in 1942.[14]
- Tonto, who played one of the title characters in the movie Harry & Tonto.[14]
- Toonces, a fictional sketch character from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live.[14]
- Towser, cat that held the record for most mice killed (over 28,000) through at least 1997.[14]
- Trim, was the first cat to circumnavigate Australia. Belonged to Matthew Flinders.
- Tullia, cat appeared in the 1969 movie Eye of the Cat.[14]
- Tyler, played Kitty Kitty, the cat in the movie The War of the Roses.[14]
- 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.[14]
- Whitey, played Eve's cat in the movie Stage Door.[14]
- Willow, first pet on the television program Blue Peter to be "fixed."[14]
- Wimauma Masterpiece of Chalsu blue Persian male selected as Cats Magazine's first "Cat of the Year".[14]
- Winnie awakens a New Castle, Indiana family April 2007 at 1 A.M. after detecting carbon monoxide in their home, saving the family's lives.[1]
- Zizi, Angora cat of Theophile Gautier who enjoyed walking along the keys of a piano.[14]
Koko cuddling All Ball All Ball was the pet cat of Koko, the famous gorilla living in Woodside, California, who uses and understands American sign language. ...
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Pets of famous people Famous pets of United States Presidents and their families - Blackie or Blacky, belonging to Calvin Coolidge.
- Cleo, Tortoiseshell stray belonging to Ronald Reagan.
- India "Willie" Bush, US President George W. Bush's cat, named for Rubén Sierra "El Indio".
- Misty Malarky Ying Yang, Siamese belonging to Amy Carter and former pet of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
- Sara, Tortoiseshell stray belonging to Ronald Reagan.
- Siam, Siamese belonging to Rutherford B. Hayes. A gift from the American Consul in Bangkok; Siam was the first Siamese cat to reach the United States (1878).
- Slippers, gray polydactyl tabby belonging to Theodore Roosevelt.
- Socks, stray cat adopted by the family of President Bill Clinton, named by his daughter Chelsea.
- Tabby, belonging to Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son. Tabby was the first White House cat.
- Tom Kitten, belonging to Caroline Kennedy; when he died in 1962, the press gave him an obituary notice.
- Tom Quartz, belonging to Theodore Roosevelt; named after the cat in Roughing It by Mark Twain.
- Tiger, gray striped stray belonging to Calvin 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. {For a photograph see also [2].
- Timmy, belonging to Calvin Coolidge; would allow Coolidge's canary to sleep between his paws.
- See also the complete List of U.S. Presidential pets, famous and not so
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This is a list of pets belonging to various US Presidents and their families, while serving their term(s) in office. ...
Famous pets of other famous people - Abby, belonging to Polly Bergen.[15]
- Agrippina, Agnes Repplier's cat, whose book The Fireside Phoenix was dedicated to.[7]
- Ahmedabad, belonging to John Kenneth Galbraith. Its nickname "Ahmed" offended Islamic officials while Galbraith was U.S. ambassador to India, so he changed its name to Gujarat.[15]
- Ajax, Banjo, Goody Two Eyes, and Madame Ref belonging to Ella Wheeler Wilcox.[15]
- Alice, belonging to Martin Mull.[15]
- Allen, belonging to Jean Michel Jarre.[15]
- Amberson/Ambrosia, belonging to George Booth. Booth originally called it "Ambrosia," until he found it was a boy then called it "Amberson".[15]
- Apollinaris', Beelzebub, Blatherskite, Buffalo Bill, Sin, Sour Mash, Tammany, Zoroaster, etc belonging to Mark Twain.[15]
- Ariel, orange Persian belonging to Carl Van Vechten. Discussed in The Tiger in the House.[15]
- Ashley, belonging to Vanna White.[15]
- Asole, Carream(white cat), and El c. belonging to Joan van Ark.[15]
- Atossa, threE-Legged cat belonging to Matthew Arnold. Featured in his poem Matthias about the poet's canary. Other cats of his include Blacky.[15]
- Banquo, Banshee, Carl, and Nero belonging to Agnes Repplier.
- Beethoven, Mozart, Verdi, and Vivaldi belonging to Martha Stewart.[15]
- Beppo, belonging to Jorge Luis Borges.[15]
- Beppo, belonging to Lord Byron. One of five cats who traveled with him.[15]
- Big Red, belonging to Ann-Margret.[15]
- Billy, belonging to Dedee Pfeiffer.[15]
- Bimbo, white long-haired cat belonging to Paul Klee, depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993.[15]
- Bing Clawsby, belonging to Michael Feinstein.[15]
- Bismarck, large Persian belonging to Florence Nightingale.[15]
- Blackie, cat of Winston Churchill.[15]
- Bob, belonging to Betty White.
- Boche, belonging to Anne Frank. An aggressive warehouse cat who was occupying the attic when the Franks arrived; derogatory slang for "German."
- Bona Marietta, belonging to Robert Southey.
- Boy, Sealpoint Siamese belonging to Vivien Leigh.
- Bubbles, belonging to Emma Watson.
- Bunny Kitty, calico belonging to Enrico Colantoni.
- Cake, belonging to Warren Beatty.
- Calvin, Maltese stray belonging to Harriet Beecher Stowe; sat on her shoulders while she wrote.
- Caruso, belonging to Roberta Flack.
- Cat, first of three owned by Winston Churchill. Others were; Nelson a black cat that sat in a chair next to Churchill in both the Cabinet & dining rooms (named after Lord Nelson but wasn't nearly as brave) and afterwards Jock. Jock was a ginger kitten, Churchill called this cat his special assistant and mentioned Jock in his will. Blackie, Bob (black & white cat), Margate (black stray) and Mr. Cat also were his or his family's.
- Catarina, belonging to Edgar Allan Poe. Poe took her everywhere, and she frequently sat on his shoulder as he wrote; she inspired The Black Cat.
- Chanoine Anogora belonging to Victor Hugo; originally called Gavroche, renamed because it was so indolent.
- Charles, belonging to Michael Joseph.
- Charo, belonging to Yoko Ono.
- Cheddar, belonging to Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper.
- Cheeser, belonging to Jay Leno. [3]
- Childebrand, black & tan striped cat belonging to Théophile Gautier; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- Chilla and Chin; Two Ukrianian gray cats belonging to Paul Gallico.
- Chloe, Tabby belonging to Sally Gunnell.
- Chopin, belonging to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- Cleopatra, belonging to Beryl Reid.
- Cléopatre, belonging to Théophile Gautier; liked to stand on 3 legs; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- Cobby, Blue Persian belonging to Thomas Hardy; given to Hardy late in life, he vanished when Hardy died in 1928.
- Cody, belonging to Henri Sauguet; became ecstatic when it heard Debussy being played on the piano.
- Columbine, belonging to Thomas Carlyle.
- Cookie, a stray belonging to Sir Angus Wilson; the last of many pet cats in the author's life.
- Crushinto, or Crushy, Orange rescuee belonging to Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer.
- Dancer, belonging to Walter Cronkite.
- Del Boy, belonging to Frank Bruno.
- Delilah, Tom, Jerry, Oscar, Tiffany, Goliath, Miko, Romeo, and Lily; a number of cats belonging to the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury; Mercury paid tribute to Delilah, a male tortoiseshell cat, on the Queen album, Innuendo.
- Demi, clack cat belonging to Sally Gunnell.
- Dinah, the actual cat of Alice Liddell.
- Dimly, belonging to Beryl Reid; one of many.
- Disraeli, large Persian belonging to Florence Nightingale.
- Dlinyenki, tabby, probably female, belonging to Alexander Borodin; roughly translates as "longy" from Russian.
- Dolly, belonging to Tallulah Bankhead.
- Domino, belonging to Emma Watson.
- Don Pierrot de Navarre, white cat belonging to Théophile Gautier; liked to steal his pen, fathered three black kittens, mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- Dweezil, belonging to Robert Wagner; gift from Dweezil Zappa (see Moon below).
- Elvis, belonging to John Lennon.
- Enjoras, black kitten belonging to Théophile Gautier; born to white parents Don Pierrot & Séraphita; named for character in Les Miserables; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- Eponine, black fur, green eyed cat belonging to Théophile Gautier; daughter of Don Pierrot & Séraphita; named for character in Les Miserables; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- F. Puss (a.k.a. "Mr. Feather Puss"), Yellow-eyed cat belonging to Ernest Hemingway; so trusted that the Hemingways allowed him to babysit their infant. He had 30 cats in all. Among the others are Boise, Crazy Christian, Dillinger, Ecstasy,Fats,Friendless Brother, Furhouse, etc.
- Fatima, belonging to Horace Walpole.
- Feathers, Persian kitten belonging to Carl Van Vechten; inspiration for The Tiger in the House.
- Félimare, striped like a tiger, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died.
- Fellini, Maine coon belonging to Gene Shalit; rescued from a shelter in Pittsfield, MA.
- Flower-Face, Siamese belonging to James Mason; talked about in Mason's The Cats in our Lives 1949.
- Folly, belonging to James & Pamela Mason.
- Foss, belonging to Edward Lear; subject of many drawings, some published in The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat; inspired The Owl & the Pussycat; Lear buried Foss in his garden and died himself only two months later.
- Foxie, belonging to Brian Aldiss.
- Fred, belonging to R. Crumb; inspiration for the infamous Fritz.
- Fritzi, mackerel tabby belonging to Paul Klee; depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993.
- Fuckchop, belonging to Trent Reznor.
- Gavroche, black kitten belonging to Théophile Gautier; parents Don Pierrot & Séraphita; named for character in Les Miserables; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- Gavroche, Angora belonging to Victor Hugo; later renamed Chanoine ("the canon") because it was so indolent.
- Gazette, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. Described as "indiscreet;" one of many cats Richelieu had when he died.
- General Butchkin, belonging to Iris Murdoch.
- George Pushdragon, belonging to T.S. Eliot.
- Giorgio, belonging to Peggy Guggenheim.
- Gladstone, large Persian belonging to Florence Nightingale.
- Grimalkin, the American painter Benjamin West's cat.
- Gris-Gris, belonging to Charles de Gaulle. Gris is French for "gray"
- Guillaume-en-Egypte, belonging to Chris Marker; also blog correspondent for "Un Regard Moderne".
- Gypsy, belonging to Peggy Guggenheim.
- Jackson, belonging to Brian Aldiss.
- James Taylor, (see Tata).
- Jeepers Creepers, belonging to Elizabeth Taylor.
- Jellylorum was T. S. Eliot's own cat, immortalized in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the basis for the musical Cats.
- Jenny, belonging to Beryl Reid; one of many.
- Jeoffry was visionary poet Christopher Smart's cat, who is praised in his owner's poem Jubilate Agno (A Poem from Bedlam) (Jeoffry was Smart's only companion during his confinement in an asylum in 1762-63.) The famous Jeoffry extract was set to music by Benjamin Britten.
- Karoun, belonging to Jean Cocteau. Drôle de Ménage was dedicated to him.
- Kashka, belonging to Deirdre Hall.
- Kiki-la-Doucette, belonging to Colette. Doucette is French for "gentle one."
- Khouli-Khan, the cat of Thomas Anson is memorialized by the neoclassical "Cat's Monument" in the park at Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, unless the cat in question is the first cat to circumnavigate the globe in the company of Admiral George Anson on HMS Centurion
- La Chatte belonging to the writer Colette. The cat's name means The (female) cat in French and the name of her cat La Chatte Dernière means the last (female) cat in the same language. Other cats of hers include Kapok, Kro, La Touteu, Mini-mini, Minionne, Muscat, One and Only, Toune, Zwerg, and others.
- Lady Arabella, belonging to John Spencer Churchill. When Princess arrived, Arabella was elevated to the rank of "Duchess of Catalunya and Countess of Barcelona."
- Langbourne, belonging to Jeremy Bentham; over time, Langourne's name became The Reverend Sir John Langbourne, D.D. (Doctor of Divinity).
- Le Docteur, belonging to Alexandre Dumas, père.
- Leo, belonging to Ruskin Spear.
- Lilly, white kitling belonging to Samuel Johnson
- Lipstick, the second cat of Koko the gorilla.
- Little Teddy, rescued stray belonging to Enrico Colantoni.
- Lord Nelson, belonging to Robert Southey; over the years, Nelson went through the ranks of Lord, Baron, Viscount, & Earl for "services performed against the Rats."
- Louisa, belonging to William Makepeace Thackeray.
- Lucifer, jet black cat belonging to Cardinal Richelieu; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died.
- Luck, attributed name of King Charles I's black cat.
- Ludovic le Cruel, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. Savage rat-killer; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died.
- Ludoviska, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. Polish cat; one of many pets Richelieu had when he died.
- Lulu, belonging to Beryl Reid; one of many.
- Macramé, belonging to Brian Aldiss.
- Madame Théophile, red & white cat belonging to Théophile Gautier; liked to steal food from author Gautier's fork; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- Madame Vanity, belonging to Michel de Montaigne.
- Magritte, belonging to Gloria Steinem.
- Manny, belonging to Ruskin Spear.
- Marcel, belonging to Jeanne Beker.
- Marcus, Siamese belonging to James Dean; gift from Elizabeth Taylor.
- Marilyn Miste, belonging to Whitney Houston.
- Marmoutte Blanche, Black & white angora belonging to Pierre Loti; featured in Lives of Two Cats.
- Marmoutte Chinoise, belonging to Pierre Loti; stowaway kitten from China featured in Lives of Two Cats.
- Master's Cat, The, belonging to Charles Dickens. The only of Williamina's kittens Dickens kept; she would snuff his reading candle to get attention.
- Maurice, belonging to Jean-Claude Suarès. Named for artist Suarès' wife's lover, who was "not allowed on the bed either."
- Meatball, belonging to Jane Pauley.
- Micette or Micetto, grayish-red cat with black stripes (tabby) belonging to Pope Leo XII; born in the Vatican, lived among the Pope's robes.
- Mimi, belonging to Rosa Luxemburg.
- Mimi-Paillon, Angora belonging to Cardinal Richelieu; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642.
- Mimsy, belonging to Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer; formerly feral rescuee.
- Minna Minna Mowbray, belonging to Michael Joseph; an entire chapter is dedicated to her in Cat's Company 1946.
- Minou, belonging to George Sand; Sand ate her breakfast from the same bowl as her cat.
- Mirza Murad Alibeg, belonging to T.S. Eliot. More often called "The Musical Box" or "Cockalorum" because its given name was too long for the size of the apartment.
- Misha, belonging to Yoko Ono.
- Mitsou, white Perisan belonging to Marilyn Monroe.
- Moon, belonging to Robert Wagner; gift from Moon Unit Zappa (see Dweezil above).
- Moortje, belonging to Anne Frank; left with neighbors when her family fled to the attic.
- Morrissey, belonging to British comedian Russell Brand.
- Mouche, belonging to Victor Hugo; French for "fly" (as in the insect).
- Mounard le Fougueux, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu Described as "quarrelsome, capricious, & worldly;" one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642.
- Mourka, belonging to George Balanchine and the subject of Mourka: the autobiography of a cat by Tanaquil LeClercq, Stein & Day, NY, 1964.
- Mouschi, belonging to Anne Frank. The warehouse and office cat that came to live with the Franks in the attic; the pet of some family friends.
- Mousetrap, belonging to Van Heflin.
- Mr. Cat, belonging to Phyllis Diller.
- Mr. Jinx or Jinxie, belonging to Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer.
- Mr. Peter Wells, belonging to H.G. Wells.
- Muezza, belonging to Mohammed. It is 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.
- Murphy, belonging to Bernadette Peters.
- Myobu No Omoto, belonging to Emperor Ichijo of Japan; "Omoto, Lady-in-Waiting" ; Ichijo once imprisoned the owner of a dog that chased his pet.
- Mys, dark long-haired cat belonging to Paul Klee; depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993.
- Mysouff, belonging to Alexandre Dumas, père. There was a Mysouff I & Mysouff II - Mysouff II was black & white and Dumas' favorite, even though it once ate all his exotic birds.
- Nichols, belonging to Vivien Leigh.
- Nemo, Seal point Siamese belonging to PM Harold Wilson (UK); used to accompany the Wilsons on holiday.
- New, belonging to Vivien Leigh; named after "New Theater."
- Nickie, belonging to Brian Aldiss.
- Nigger Man, belonging to H. P. Lovecraft as a boy. Also a cat in his story "The Rats in the Walls."
- Nightlife, belonging to Charles Mingus.
- Noilly Prat, belonging to T.S. Eliot.
- Norton, Scottish fold tabby belonging to Peter Gethers; memorialized in novels The Cat Who Went to Paris, A Cat Abroad & The Cat Who'll Live Forever.
- Nuggi, long-haired cat belonging to Paul Klee; depicted in Marina Algerghini's Il Gatto Cosmico di Paul Klee, 1993.
- Numbers One through Eight, Siamese cats belonging to Beverley Nichols; owned 7 cats all given numbers as names; "Six" was not used, Eight's original name was "Oscar."
- Pascal, belonging to Anatole France.
- Patapan, belonging to Horace Walpole.
- Patrocle, belonging to Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.
- Patsy was Charles Lindbergh's cat and often went flying with him (but not on his famous flight of 1930)
- Pattipaws or Pettipaws, belonging to T.S. Eliot.
- Perruque, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu.As a kitten, she fell at Richelieu's feet from the wig ("perruque") of an academic named Racan.
- Persian Snow, belonging to Erasmus Darwin.
- Pippo, belonging to Compton MacKenzie; one of many pet cats.
- Pixel or Pixie, belonging to Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer.
- Polar Bear, the white cat adopted by writer and animal activist Cleveland Amory, and featured in The Cat Who Came for Christmas, The Cat and the Curmudgeon and The Best Cat Ever
- Pony Boy, Abyssinian belonging to Richard Patrick.
- Poo Jones, belonging to Vivien Leigh.
- Popcorn, belonging to Edward Djerejian
- Poppet, belonging to Joe Namath.
- Poppy, tabby & white belonging to Sally Gunnell.
- Princess Sophie Louise of Sweden, long-haired tabby belonging to John Spencer Churchill.
- Procope, belonging to Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.
- Prudence, blue Persian belonging to Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France.
- Pudlenka, belonging to Karel Capek. She had three cats named Pudlenka; Pudlenka 1 appeared on Capek's doorstep the day his tomcat died, had 26 kittens in her lifetime; Pudlenka 2 had 21.
- Pulcinella, belonging to Domenico Scarlatti; inspired The Cat's Fugue as she liked to walk up & down his keyboards.
- Punky, belonging to Doris Day; one of 10+ Day rescued
- Purdoe, belonging to Samuel Butler.
- Pyewacket, belonging to Kim Novak; starred with Novak in Bell Book and Candle.
- Pyrame, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. He & Thisbe were named after the mythological lovers because they slept together with paws intertwined.
- Racan, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. Named for the academic Racan out of whose wig he fell, as a kitten, at Richelieu's feet.
- Reverend Wenceslas Muff, The, black tomcat belonging to Sir Roy Strong.
- Rhett Butler, belonging to Vanna White.
- Rita, black cat belonging to Julia Sweeney.
- Romeo, belonging to Peggy Guggenheim.
- Rubis sur l'Ongle, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. Especially fond of milk; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642.
- Rumpel, belonging to Robert Southey. Full title was The Most Noble the Archduke Rumpelstizchen, marquis Macbum, Earle Tomemange, Baron Raticide, Waowler, and Skaratchi. Other cats of his include Madame Bianchi, Madame Catalini, Othello, Ovid, Pulcheria, Sir Thomas Dido, and The Zombie.
- Rupi, belonging to Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson; inspired title song of his 2004 solo album Rupi's Dance.
- Rybolov, tabby belonging to Alexander Borodin; Russian for "fisherman."
- Sadie, Siamese belonging to James Mason; talked about in Mason's The Cats in our Lives (1949).
- Sam, belonging to Andy Warhol.
- Samantha, belonging to Helen Gurley Brown.
- Samson, Siamese belonging to Frank Bruno.
- Sans Lendemain, belonging to Peggy Guggenheim; translates literally as "without (the) day after."
- Sara, belonging to Regis Philbin.
- Sarah Snow, white long-haired, green eyed cat belonging to Kingsley Amis.
- Sascha, belonging to Regis Philbin.
- Sascha, belonging to Yoko Ono.
- Scratchaway, belonging to Thomas Hood.
- Sebastian, belonging to Edan Cassidy & Lissa Daniels who was painted by Paula Gray.
- Selima, 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 Tub of Goldfishes (1748).
- Señor, blind cat belonging to Stefanie Powers.
- Séraphita, white cat belonging to Théophile Gautier; mentioned in La Ménagerie Intime.
- Serpolet, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu; fond of sunning himself in the window; one of many cats Richelieu had when he died in 1642.
- Shan, Siamese belonging to Susan Ford, Gerald Ford's daughter.
- She, belonging to Linda Evans.
- Sheba, belonging to Sally Jessy Raphaël.
- Sheba, belonging to Vivica A. Fox.
- Sheena, belonging to O.J. Simpson.
- Shuang-mei, belonging to Emperor Chu Hou-Tsung (China); her name meant "Frost-eyebrows."
- Silkhat, belonging to Van Heflin.
- Simpkin, belonging to Cecil Day-Lewis.
- Sizi, belonging to 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.
- Smokey, the third cat of Koko the gorilla.
- Smudge the Glasgow People's Palace cat.
- Snookie, belonging to Vivica A. Fox.
- Soda Pop, Abyssinian belonging to Richard Patrick.
- Solomon, One of Lloyd Alexander's many cats, who inspired the premise of the book Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason And Gareth.
- Soumise, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. Richelieu's favorite; one of many cats he had when he died.
- Sprite, 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 of pouncing on Calvin.[16]
- Sweetface, belonging to Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
- Sweet Pea, belonging to Jann Arden.
- Sylvia, belonging to Compton MacKenzie; one of many pet cats
- T.K., belonging to Betty White.
- Tabitha Longclaws Tiddleywink, belonging to Thomas Hood; scratchaway's mother.
- Taffy, belonging to Christopher Morley. Theiving cat commemorated in Morley's 1929 poem In Honor of Taffy Topaz.
- Taki, black, female Persian belonging to Raymond Chandler; his "feline secretary" to whom he always read the first drafts of his murder mysteries.
- Ta-Miu, the cat of Crown Prince Thutmose. After her death she was mummified and buried in a decorated sarcophagus.[17]
- Tantomile, belonging to T.S. Eliot.
- Tata, belonging to George Booth. Originally named "James Taylor," until Booth found it was a girl.
- Teeny, belonging to Martha Stewart.
- Theodor W. Adorno, belonging to Julio Cortazar.
- Thisbe, belonging to Cardinal Richelieu. She & Pyrame were named after the mythological lovers because they slept together with paws intertwined.
- Thruster, belonging to Ernest Hemingway; one of 30 of his pet cats.
- Tiger, belonging to Charlotte & Emily Brontë. Played at Emily's feet while she wrote Wuthering Heights.
- Tiger, belonging to Aaron Neville.
- Tigerlily, belonging to Molly Ringwald.
- Tigger, belonging to Vivica A. Fox.
- Timothy, white cat belonging to Dorothy L. Sayers; mentioned in two poems: For Timothy and War Cat.
- Toby, belonging to Dedee Pfeiffer.
- Tom, Jr., belonging to Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe.
- Tommy, belonging to Alexander Borodin.
- Tommy, belonging to Anne Frank. An attic cat who was occupying the attic when Frank and her family arrived; he always won the fights Boche picked with him.
- Tootoose, belonging to Compton MacKenzie; one of many pet cats.
- Topaz, belonging to Tennessee Williams.
- Trixie, belonging to Ruskin Spear.
- Trixie, belonging to the 3rd Earl of Southampton. After the Earl was put in the Tower of London for his role in the Essex Rebellion, Trixie allegedly found him and stayed with him there for the next two years.
- Tuffy, belonging to Ann-Margret.
- Turkey, belonging to Janet Leigh.
- Weasel, belonging to Cyndi Lauper.
- White Heather, black & white Persian belonging to Queen Victoria in her old age; upon her death became the pet of Edward VII.
- Whitey, belonging to James & Pamela Mason.
- William/Williamina, belonging to Charles Dickens; was "William" until she had kittens which she insisted on moving into Dickens' study.
- Willie, belonging to George Burns. Why was he so named?; explained Mr. Burns, "When you told the cat what to do, it was always a question of will he or won't he!!"
- Windy, belonging to Guy Gibson; as a WW II dambuster, Gibson took Windy on many of his wartime missions.
- Wiscus, belonging to T.S. Eliot.
- Woody, belonging to Jean Michel Jarre.
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Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ...
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 â July 1 , 1896) was an American abolitionist and novelist, whose Uncle Toms Cabin (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential, even in Britain. ...
Roberta Flack Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer. ...
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Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 â October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ...
Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced in French) (26 February 1802 â 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ...
Yoko Ono Lennon (å°é æ´å Ono YÅko (ONO YÅko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ...
Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas Politics Portal The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ...
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...
James Douglas Muir Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
Paul Gallico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897-July 15, 1976) was a fabulously successful U.S. novelist and short story writer. ...
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 â December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. ...
Beryl Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in industrial Manchester, England. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
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Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Henri Sauguet (1901 - 1989) was a French composer. ...
The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ...
Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson (August 11, 1913-1991) was a British novelist and short story writer, knighted for his services to literature. ...
Evan Dorkin is an American comics artist. ...
Sarah Dyer is a comic book writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late eighties and early nineties. ...
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. ...
Franklin Ray Bruno (born November 16, 1961) is an English former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1995. ...
Delilah was a song recorded by Queen on their 1991 album Innuendo. ...
Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 â 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ...
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A tortoiseshell (technically tortoiseshell-and-white) cat. ...
Innuendo is a 1991 album by English rock band Queen. ...
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Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4, 1852 â November 15, 1934) was the inspiration for childrens classic Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. ...
Beryl Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in industrial Manchester, England. ...
Embley Park, now a school, was the family home of Florence Nightingale. ...
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: , Aleksandr PorfireviÄ Borodin) (31 Oct. ...
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 â December 12, 1968) was an American actress, talk-show host and bonne vivante. ...
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson[1] (born 15 April 1990) is an English film actress who rose to fame playing the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
For other persons named Robert Wagner, see Robert Wagner (disambiguation). ...
Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a heavy metal guitarist. ...
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 â December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
Les Misérables is an 1862 novel by the famous French novelist Victor Hugo, set in the Parisian underworld. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
Les Misérables is an 1862 novel by the famous French novelist Victor Hugo, set in the Parisian underworld. ...
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 â July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ...
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 â March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ...
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 â December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. ...
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Gene Shalit Gene Shalit (born March 25, 1932 in New York City) is the film and book critic on NBCs The Today Show. ...
James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 â July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ...
Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 â July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ...
Edward Lear, 1812-1888 Eagle Owl, Edward Lear, 1837 Another Edward Lear owl, in his more familiar style Edward Lear (12 May 1812 â 29 January 1888) was an artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised. ...
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ...
Robert Crumb (born August 30, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an artist and illustrator who signs his work R. Crumb. Crumb was a founder of the underground comics movement, and is often regarded as the most prominant figure in that movement. ...
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Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced in French) (26 February 1802 â 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ...
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Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 â February 8, 1999) was an Irish-born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ...
Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ...
Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ...
Embley Park, now a school, was the family home of Florence Nightingale. ...
Self Portrait of Benjamin West, ca. ...
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Chris Marker (born July 29, 1921) is a French writer, photographer, film director, multimedia artist and documentary maker. ...
Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ...
Anatole France (April 16, 1844 â October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. ...
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 â March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ...
Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 â February 22, 1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who became a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. ...
For the first Premier of Saskatchewan see Thomas Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott (August 14, 1771 - September 21, 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe. ...
The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Hodge is the name of one of Samuel Johnsons cats, immortalized in a characteristically whimsical passage in James Boswells Life of Johnson: 1 The latter paragraph is used as the epigraph to Vladimir Nabokovs acclaimed poem/novel Pale Fire. ...
For other persons named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). ...
Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 â March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate. ...
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ...
For other persons named Elizabeth Taylor, see Elizabeth Taylor (disambiguation). ...
Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 â January 4, 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. ...
Old Possums Book of Practical Cats is a set of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. ...
Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ...
Beryl Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in industrial Manchester, England. ...
Smart Christopher Smart (April 11, 1722 â May 21, 1771) was an English poet. ...
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ...
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 â 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ...
Deidre Hall, featured on a Soap Opera Digest cover, dated February 3, 2004. ...
Colette Colette [1] [2] was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 â August 3, 1954). ...
Late Baroque classicizing: G. P. Pannini assembles the canon of Roman ruins and Roman sculpture into one vast imaginary gallery (1756) Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that...
Shugborough Hall in the 1820s. ...
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (April 23, 1697 - 1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe. ...
Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. ...
Colette Colette [1] [2] was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 â August 3, 1954). ...
John Spencer Churchill (1909-1992), nephew of Sir Winston Churchill, was an artist. ...
Jeremy Bentham (IPA: or ) (February 15, 1748 O.S. (February 26, 1748 N.S.) â June 6, 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. ...
Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 â December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. ...
Ruskin Spear (1911-1990) Born in Hammersmith England, he attended the local art school before going on to the Royal College of Art in 1930. ...
For other persons named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). ...
Koko (born July 4, 1971, in San Francisco, California) is the name of a gorilla trained by Dr. Francine Penny Patterson and other scientists at Stanford University to communicate with more than 1,000 signs based on American Sign Language, and understand approximately 2,000 words of spoken English. ...
Type species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 distribution of Gorilla Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling omnivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ...
Enrico Colantoni Enrico Colantoni (born February 14, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor who starred in the sitcom Just Shoot Me, playing the womanizing fashion photographer Elliot DiMauro. ...
Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 â March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate. ...
William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811 â December 24, 1863) was a British novelist of the 19th century. ...
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Beryl Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in industrial Manchester, England. ...
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne-Delecroix (IPA pronunciation: []) (February 28, 1533âSeptember 13, 1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. ...
Gloria Steinem at news conference, Womens Action Alliance, January 12, 1972 Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist icon, journalist and womens rights advocate. ...
Ruskin Spear (1911-1990) Born in Hammersmith England, he attended the local art school before going on to the Royal College of Art in 1930. ...
Jeanne Beker is a Canadian television personality and newspaper columnist, who covers fashion and lifestyle news for Citytv, FashionTelevisionChannel and The Globe and Mail. ...
For the film, see James Dean (film). ...
For other persons named Elizabeth Taylor, see Elizabeth Taylor (disambiguation). ...
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is a six-time Grammy award winning, American R&B singer, soprano, pianist, actress, film producer, and former model. ...
Portrait of Pierre Loti, by Henri Rousseau, 1891 Louis Marie Julien Viaud (January 14, 1850 - June 10, 1923) was a French sailor and writer, who used the pseudonym Pierre Loti. ...
Portrait of Pierre Loti, by Henri Rousseau, 1891 Louis Marie Julien Viaud (January 14, 1850 - June 10, 1923) was a French sailor and writer, who used the pseudonym Pierre Loti. ...
âDickensâ redirects here. ...
Jean-Claude Suarès is a New York graphic designer, photographer, illustrator and author. ...
Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television news anchor and journalist. ...
Pope Leo XII (August 22, 1760 â February 10, 1829), born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga, was Pope from 1823 to 1829. ...
Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg (March 5, 1870 or 1871 â January 15, 1919, in Polish Róża Luksemburg) was a Jewish Polish-born Marxist political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary. ...
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Evan Dorkin is an American comics artist. ...
Sarah Dyer is a comic book writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late eighties and early nineties. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
George Sand sewing, portrait by Eugène Delacroix (1838). ...
Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ...
Yoko Ono Lennon (å°é æ´å Ono YÅko (ONO YÅko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ...
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 â August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and pop icon. ...
For other persons named Robert Wagner, see Robert Wagner (disambiguation). ...
Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name Moon Zappa. ...
Moortje was Anne Franks cat that she had to leave with neighbours (who Anne refers to as Toosje K.) when she went into hiding with her family to escape Nazi persecution of Jews on July 6th, 1942. ...
Annelies Marie Anne Frank ( ) (June 12, 1929 â early March, 1945) was a European Jewish girl (born in Germany, stateless since 1941, but she claimed to be Dutch as she grew up in the Netherlands) who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during...
A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...
Russell Edward Brand [1] (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex)[2] is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. ...
Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced in French) (26 February 1802 â 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ...
For other uses, see Richelieu (disambiguation). ...
George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904âApril 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ...
Annelies Marie Anne Frank ( ) (June 12, 1929 â early March, 1945) was a European Jewish girl (born in Germany, stateless since 1941, but she claimed to be Dutch as she grew up in the Netherlands) who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during...
Actors Arlene Dahl and Van Heflin in Womans World Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. ...
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Evan Dorkin is an American comics artist. ...
Sarah Dyer is a comic book writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late eighties and early nineties. ...
H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ...
Muezza was the Prophet Muhammads favorite cat. ...
For other people named Muhammad, see Muhammad (disambiguation). ...
Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress and singer. ...
Ichijo can refer to: Emperor Ichijo of Japan (980-1011), the 66th Emperor of Japan. ...
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Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 â December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. ...
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 â July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. ...
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 â 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. ...
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 â July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. ...
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ...
This article is about the author. ...
Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 â January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. ...
Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ...
âKleeâ redirects here. ...
John Beverley Nichols (born September 9, 1898 in Bower Ashton, Bristol, died September 15, 1983 in Kingston, London), was an English writer, playwright, actor, novelist and composer. ...
Thomas Henry Huxley, FRS (4 May 1825 â 29 June 1895) [1] was an English biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his advocacy of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ...
Arthel Neville, born 20 October 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana is television personality. ...
John Beverley Nichols (born September 9, 1898 in Bower Ashton, Bristol, died September 15, 1983 in Kingston, London), was an English writer, playwright, actor, novelist and composer. ...
Anatole France (April 16, 1844 â October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. ...
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 â March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ...
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (pronounced (Ang, rhymes with bang, with a hint of the r, but the final es is not pronounced) (August 29, 1780 - January 14, 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. ...
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 â 26 August 1974), known as Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle, was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. ...
Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ...
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This article is about Erasmus Darwin who lived 1731â1802; for his descendants with the same name see Erasmus Darwin (disambiguation). ...
Sir (Edward Montague) Compton Mackenzie, (1883â1972), was an Scottish novelist. ...
Evan Dorkin is an American comics artist. ...
Sarah Dyer is a comic book writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late eighties and early nineties. ...
Cleveland Amory with his cat Polar Bear Cleveland Amory (1917 - October 14, 1998) was an author who devoted his life to promoting animal rights. ...
Richard Patrick is an American rock musician, born May 10, 1968 in Bay Village, Ohio. ...
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 â July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. ...
Edward P. Djerejian is a former US diplomat, currently Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. ...
Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943), also known as Broadway Joe, was an American football Hall of Fame quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League during the 1960s and 1970s. ...
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John Spencer Churchill (1909-1992), nephew of Sir Winston Churchill, was an artist. ...
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (pronounced (Ang, rhymes with bang, with a hint of the r, but the final es is not pronounced) (August 29, 1780 - January 14, 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. ...
Georges Clemenceau, by Nadar. ...
Karel Čapek. ...
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 â July 23, 1757) was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in Spain and Portugal. ...
Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. ...
Erewhon Hudibras, see Samuel Butler (poet). ...
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Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (sometimes mistakenly listed as marquis de Racan, although he never held this title) (Aubigné-Racan in the Sarthe, February 5, 1589 - Paris 1670) was a French aristocrat, soldier, poet, dramatist and (original) member of the Académie française. ...
Sir Roy Strong is an English arts curator, writer, broadcaster and garden designer. ...
Vanna White (born Vanna Marie Rosich on February 18, 1957 is a American television personality, best known as the hostess and puzzle board operator on the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune. ...
Julia Sweeney (born October 10, 1959 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actress and comedian who lives in Hollywood, California. ...
Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ...
For other uses, see Richelieu (disambiguation). ...
Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 â March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate. ...
Jethro Tull are a Grammy Award winning English rock band that formed in 1967-1968[1]. Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead flute work of front man Ian Anderson. ...
Anderson (far right) with Jethro Tull in a recent promotional photo. ...
Rupis Dance (2003) is a solo album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson. ...
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: , Aleksandr PorfireviÄ Borodin) (31 Oct. ...
James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 â July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ...
Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 â February 22, 1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who became a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. ...
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Franklin Ray Bruno (born November 16, 1961) is an English former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1995. ...
Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ...
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award-winning American television personality best known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, singer and presenter at various events. ...
Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 â October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ...
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award-winning American television personality best known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, singer and presenter at various events. ...
Yoko Ono Lennon (å°é æ´å Ono YÅko (ONO YÅko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ...
Thomas Hood Thomas Hood (May 23, 1799 - May 3, 1845) was a British humorist and poet. ...
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 â March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ...
Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 â July 30, 1771), was an English poet, classical scholar and professor of history at Cambridge University. ...
Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of...
Stefanie Powers with Robert Wagner Stefanie Powers (born Stefania Zofia Federkiewicz[1] on November 2, 1942) is an American stage and film actress and singer. ...
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 â October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ...
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Susan Ford Vance Bales (born July 6, 1957 in Washington, D.C.) is an American author, photojournalist, and drug addiction and cancer awareness advocate. ...
For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). ...
Linda Evans (born Linda Evanstad on November 18, 1942, in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television. ...
Sally Jessy Raphaël (born Sally Lowenthal on February 25, 1935 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American tabloid talk show host. ...
Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a film and television actress. ...
Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), commonly known as O. J. Simpson and also just by his initials O.J. and his nickname The Juice, is a retired American football player who achieved stardom at the collegiate and professional levels. ...
The Jiajing Emperor (September 16, 1507âJanuary 23, 1567) was the 11th emperor of China (Ming dynasty) between 1521-1567. ...
Actors Arlene Dahl and Van Heflin in Womans World Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. ...
Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) CBE (27 April 1904 â 22 May 1972) was a British poet, the British Poet Laureate from 1967 to 1972, and, under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, a mystery writer. ...
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Wild cats - Ba-tou, African wildcat and pet of Colette, from La Maison de Claudine.[7]
- the Champawat Tigress, a tiger which killed 439 people before being killed by famed hunter Jim Corbett.
- Chauncey, the cougar, (1964-1975), winner of the 1969 PATSY Award for his television commercial for Ford Motor Company.
- Chiquita, Josephine Baker's pet cheetah.
- 'Clarence the cross-eyed lion, from the Daktari television series.
- The Darkness, one of the two Tsavo maneaters that killed over 100 bridge builders in Kenya in 1898.[7]
- Dreyfus, advertising mascot of Dreyfus Financial Services.[7]
- Elsa the lioness, lion hand raised by Joy Adamson and featured in Born Free as well as her other books.[7]
- The Ghost, one of the Tsavo maneaters that killed over 100 bridge builders in Kenya in 1898.
- Heller, cougar who won the 1977 PATSY award for work on the Shazam! (TV series) television show.[7]
- Hubert, the Harris Lion, advertising mascot of Harris Bank.[7]
- Italia, Benito Mussolini's pet lioness.
- Kamuniak, Kenyan lioness who adopts oryx calves.
- Jackie, the second lion used as MGM's Leo the lion.
- Nissa, the leopard playing "Baby" in Bringing Up Baby.
- Neil, the lion who won the 1984 PATSY award for his film and television work.
- The Panar Leopard, killed 400 people before being shot by Jim Corbett.[7]
- Penny, the spotted leopard from Joy Adamson book The Spotted Sphinx.[7]
- Pippa, the cheetah from Joy Adamson's book Pippa the Cheetah and Her Cubs.[7]
- Raunchy, jaguar that won the 1964 PATSY award.[7]
- Rocky, bobcat that played the Mercury bobcat for a time.
- Slats, first lion to play Leo the Lion the MGM Pictures trademark/mascot.
- Smokey/Smoky, bobcat belonging to Calvin Coolidge; trapped wild in Tennessee and given to him as a gift.
- Tanner, the third lion used as MGM's Leo the Lion, appeared in all the Technicolor pictures. (Note: two other unnamed lions have taken on the role later).
- The Thak Tigress, man-eating tiger killed by Jim Corbett.[7]
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Species Oryx beisa Rüppell, 1835 Oryx dammah Cretzschmar, 1827 Oryx gazella (Linnaeus, 1758) Oryx leucoryx Pallas, 1766 An Oryx is one of three or four large antelope species of the genus Oryx, typically having long straight almost upright or swept back horns. ...
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Binomial name (Schreber, 1777) The Bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Metropolitan Area Area Ranked 36th - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²) - Width 120 miles (195 km) - Length 440 miles (710 km) - % water 2. ...
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