Some more well-known fellow cat lovers (also known as ailurophiles) includes:

1. Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland had the Cheshire Cat)

2. T.S. Eliot (Macavity Award for mystery authors is named after his cat)

3. Raymond Chandler (and by extension PI Philip Marlowe)

4. Eartha Kitt (appropriately she of Catwoman fame)

5. Mark Twain (Huck and Tom liked cats)

6. Honest Abe (White House cat named Tabby)

7. Amy Carter (hers was named "Misty Malarky Ying Yang" Huh?)

8. Vanna White (has anyone heard her mention them on Wheel of Fortune?)

9. The Brontes (no wonder they're such famous writers!)

10. Lord Byron (the cats helped to settle his mercurial nature)

11. John Lennon (have I seen a photo with him holding a cat?)

12. Freddie Mercury (dedicated his debut solo LP to his kitties)

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Definitely recommend you take a fictional journey to Lake Charles."
Elizabeth A. White's Musings of an All Purpose Monkey