List of historical cats

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Sir Isaac Newton's cat, whose incessant desire to be let in or out allegedly drove him to devise the catflap.
Mohammed's cat; the Prophet cut off his sleeve rather than disturb the cat, who was sleeping on it.

Dinah[?], the actual cat of Alice Liddell.
Humphrey[?], the cat of Downing Street.
India "Willie" Bush, US President George W. Bush's cat, named for Ruben Sierra "El Indio".
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.