Sir Isaac Newton's cat, whose incessant desire to be let in or out allegedly drove him to devise the catflap.
Cc the cat, the first cloned pet.
Dinah, the actual cat of Alice Liddell.
Humphrey, a cat who took up residence at Downing Street in the early 1990s (named for the character of Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Minister).
India "Willie" Bush, US President George W. Bush's cat, named for Ruben Sierra "El Indio".
Muezza, the cat of Mohammed; the Prophet cut off his sleeve rather than disturb the cat, who was sleeping on it.
Pangur Ban, the cat who inspired an otherwise unknown 8th (or 9th) century Irish monk to write a poem cataloguing their similarities.
Socks, US President Bill Clinton's adopted stray cat, named by his daughter Chelsea.
Trim, beloved ship's cat of explorer Matthew Flinders, said to have been the first cat to circumnavigate the world.
List of fictional cats
List of historical animals