Famous Cats and Cat Lovers

This page offers articles about cats that have made headlines and history, including record breakers, entertainers, ship cats, feline heroes, and more, as well as profiles of famous cat lovers and their quotations on cats. For more articles on cats and other animals, visit the main Animals page.

 

Famous Cat Articles

Famous Cats: Great Feline Achievements (Oscar, the death-predicting cat; Howie, the incredible journeying cat; Cuty Boy, the world's smartest cat; Scarlett, the heroic mother cat; and Macavity, the mysterious bus-riding cat)

Famous Cats: Feline Entertainers (circus performers, musicians, Internet stars, and more)

Famous Cats: Cats with Jobs (Library Ambassador Dewey Readmore Books; Stationmaster Tama; Mike the Museum Guard; Cat Mandu the Party Co-Leader, and Humphrey, Sybil, and Larry, Chief Mousers to the Cabinet)

Famous Cats: Ship Cats (Matthew Flinders Trim, Mrs. Chippy from Shackleton's Endurance, Unsinkable Sam, Simon of the HMS Amethyst, and others)

Cat Record Breakers (largest cat breeds, smallest cat breeds, fattest cat, tiniest cat, most kittens, most owned cats, most expensive cat, most money willed to a cat, best hunter, longest-lived cat, and more)

Hero Cats (profiles of cats that have risked their lives to save people, and cats that provide therapy and support to people and animals)

Cat History (how cats came to be domesticated, why cats became associated with Halloween and witchcraft, how persecution of cats increased the human death toll during the plague years, cats in ancient Egypt, and more)

Famous Cat Lovers (a list of famous cat lovers, along with quotations on cats)

Mythical Cat Breeds, Frauds, and Hoaxes (the truth behind various fictional, faked, and fraudulent cat breeds)

Colby Nolan - The Cat with an MBA Degree (profiles of Colby Nolan and other felines with fraudulent degrees and certificates)

Cat Called to Jury Duty (updated story about the cat that was asked to serve as a juror)

Cats That Have Adopted Animals of Other Species (feline foster mothers for puppies, pandas, and a baby squirrel that learned to purr)

Giant Cat Prince Chunk Finds Loving Home (the story of a 44-pound cat who landed on his feet)

Cloned Cats (information about feline clones including Copy Cat, Little Nicky, and the glow-in-the-dark cats; cloning controversy)

Christopher the Guardian Angel Cat (the story of a rescue cat that provides care and comfort to other cats at the shelter where he lives)

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