it is hard to get things done

[some_stars]

when Wikipedia has a "list of specific natural cats," including the subcategory "cats famous in their own right." I actually first found the category page "Individual cats," and I have clicked on almost every name in it. (There are some cats on the second list, like Dewey Readmore Books, whose entries on the first list don't link to their pages.)

My current favorite is either Dewey, for his name, or Hodge, who is not the only famous cat to get his own statue but probably the only one whose statue includes an oyster.

Comments

[kore]

These are totally my favourites: http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/faith.html http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/simon.html

Also OMFG SCARLETT. I remember seeing grown men break down and BAWL when this story broke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_%28cat%29

[some_stars]

awwww, Simon and his medal! I like that he did double duty as a therapy cat, too.

[rydra_wong]

Not on that list, but I am fond of Tomba the mountaineering cat.

ETA: I am also very fond of Wockle. No story attached, but clearly a cat of character.

[some_stars]

Mountaineering cat!!

Wockle is amazing. Ship's cats are always the greatest.

[petra]

The entry on Larry includes bonus Obama-petting-a-kitty and tongue-in-cheek reporting of the sort that makes me giggle hard enough to scare my cat (not listed).

[some_stars]

Obama petting a kitty! Oh my goodness.

The tongue-in-cheek reporting is possibly the best part of the whole category.

[surexit]

That icon is incredible.