• Marie Antoinette - 6 Angoras that survived her and were shipped to America on the boat that was supposed to carry her to safety.
• Fred Astaire - Black cat.
• Tallulah Bankhead - Lion cub.
• Kim Basinger - Demanded custody of her cats in her divorce.
• King Charles I - Black cat that died the day before the King was arrested.
• Robert de Niro - Several cats.
• King Edward VII - Several Manx cats.
• Teri Garr - Orange tabby.
• Laura Gilbert - Orange tabby.
• Melanie Griffith - Tabby and white cat.
• Charles Laughton - Kept strays.
• Robert E. Lee - Had several cats.
• Lenin - Owned a cat.
• Louis XV - White cat who came to his bedroom every morning and was allowed to play on the table at Royal Councils.
• Henri Matisse - Black cat.
• Freddie Mercury - Owned many cats throughout his life. His solo album Mr Bad Guy is dedicated to cat-lovers.
• Muhammad - Saved from an attack by a snake by a cat.
• Max Ophüls - White Persian.
• Petrarch - Had his cat embalmed in the 14th century.
• Pablo Picasso - Siamese.
• Maurice Ravel - Owned 30 - 40 cats.
• Edward G. Robinson - Siamese.
• Saint Gregory the Great - Often held his cat in his arms while he prayed.
• Stalin - Owned a cat.
• Elizabeth Taylor - Has owned several cats.
• James McNeill Whistler - Brown, gold and white mother cat and her kittens.
• Cardinal Thomas Wolsey - Large tabby cat.
• Franco Zeffirelli - Persian.

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