The Cat may refer to:

Nickname

Mathilde Carré Mathilde Carré (30 June 1908 in Le Creusot, France – 30 May 2007), née Mathilde Lucie Bélard and known as "La Chatte" ("The Cat"), was a French Resistance agent during World War II who betrayed the Franco-Polish resistance organization ...

(1910-2007), French spy, double and possibly triple agent *

Peter Bonetti Peter Philip Bonetti (27 September 1941 – 12 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. He was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes a ...

(1941–2020), English footballer *

Greg Cattrano Greg "The Cat" Cattrano (born August 6, 1975) is a retired lacrosse goaltender, who is recognized as one of the most successful and accomplished goaltenders in the history of the sport. High school career Cattrano played for Ward Melville High ...

(born 1975), American lacrosse player *

Ernest Miller Ernest Clifford Miller (born January 14, 1964) is an American actor and former professional wrestler who worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) better known by his ring name, Ernest "The Cat" Miller ...

(born 1964), American professional wrestler *

Félix Potvin Felix "The Cat" Potvin (born June 23, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Early career As a youth, Potvin played in the 1983 and 1984 Quebec International P ...

(born 1971), Canadian hockey player *

Carl Thompson (boxer) Adrian Carl Thompson (born 26 May 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2005. He held multiple championships at cruiserweight, including the WBO title between 1997 and 1999, and the IBO title twice between 20 ...

(born 1964), British boxer *

Emile Francis Emile Percival Francis (September 13, 1926 – February 19, 2022), nicknamed "The Cat", was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers f ...

(born 1926), Canadian hockey player, coach, and general manager, most notably of the New York Rangers *

Bogdan Lobonț Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț (; born 18 January 1978) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper, currently technical director at Liga III club CSM Olimpia Satu Mare. He amassed 86 appearances for the Rom ...

(born 1978), Romanian football player, now under contract with AS Roma *

Phil Tufnell Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is an English former international cricketer and current television and radio personality. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played in 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals ...

(born 1966), British television personality and former test cricketer for England *

Tony Meo Anthony Christian Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1989 British Open by defeating Dean Reynolds 13–6 in the final, and was runner-up to Steve Davis at the 1984 Classic. He won four World Doubles C ...

(born 1959), English snooker player *

Dave Gahan David Gahan ( ; né Callcott; born 9 May 1962) is an English singer best known as the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode since their formation in 1980. Noted for his commanding stage presence and unique baritone voice, Gahan was ...

(born 1962), English singer-songwriter *

Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (, ; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the unified champion (boxing), unified heavyweight championship since 2021, and the ''The Ring (magazine), Ring'' magazine title since 2022 ...

(born 1988), Ukrainian boxer *

Russell Westbrook Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, Westbrook made his NBA debut in 2008 and became a star as a member o ...

(born 1988), American professional basketball player

Film

* ''The Cat'' (1947 film), an Argentine film * ''The Cat'' (1956 film), a French-Spanish film * ''The Cat'' (1966 film), an American film * ''The Cat'' (1971 film), a French film * ''The Cat'' (1977 film), an Italian film * ''The Cat'' (1988 film), a German film * ''The Cat'' (1992 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Lam Ngai Kai * ''The Cat'' (2011 film), a South Korean film

Television

* ''

T.H.E. Cat ''T.H.E. Cat'' is an American television action drama that aired on NBC Fridays from 9:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. during the 1966–1967 television season.Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earl, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cab ...

'', a 1966–1967 TV series starring Robert Loggia * " The Cat/The Black Cat", an episode of ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' * The

Cat (Red Dwarf) The Cat, or simply Cat, is a fictional Character (arts), character in the British science fiction situation comedy, sitcom ''Red Dwarf''. He is played by Danny John-Jules. He is a descendant of Dave Lister's pregnant pet house cat Frankenstein, w ...

, a character in the TV show ''Red Dwarf''

Comics

* ''The Cat'', original title of a Marvel Comics series and character, later renamed

Tigra Tigra (Greer Grant Nelson) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Roy Thomas and artist Wally Wood (Marie Severin was then brought in to help layout the art), with her early adventur ...

* The Cat, alternate name for

Walter Hardy Walter Hardy is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a world-renowned cat burglar and the father of Felicia Hardy, also known as the Black Cat (Marvel Comics), Black Cat. In the adaptations '' ...

, a Marvel Comics character * The Cat, original name for

Catwoman Catwoman is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, she debuted as "the Cat" in ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' #1 (spring 1940). She has become one of the superhero Batman' ...

, a DC Comics character * The Cat, alternate name for

Shen Kuei Kaecilius Elloe Kaifi Kala Jennifer Kale Noble Kale Kaluu Kamikaze Kamran Kamran is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by G. Willow Wilson and Takeshi Miyazawa and fi ...

, a Marvel Comics character * The Cat, English name of the title character of the Belgian comic strip ''

Le Chat ''Le Chat'' (''Le Cat'' in English-language editions) is a Belgian comic strip, created by Philippe Geluck. Foremost published daily in the newspaper '' Le Soir'' from March 22, 1983, until March 23, 2013, it is since issued directly as complete ...

Ferry services

* HSC ''The Cat'' (renamed

HSC Hai Xia Hao HSC ''Hai Xia Hao'' is a passenger / vehicle ferry. It is a high speed catamaran built by the Tasmanian shipbuilder Incat. The ship was formerly known as ''The Cat''. History The vessel was constructed for Bay Ferries as ''The Cat'' and op ...

), formerly operated in the Gulf of Maine *

Bay Ferries Great Lakes Bay Ferries Great Lakes was a marketing name used by Bay Ferries Management Limited, a subsidiary of Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL). History In February 2005 Rochester Ferry Company LLC, a subsidiary of the City of Rochester, New York p ...

, in Lake Ontario * ''The Cat'', a marketing name of the HSC Incat 046 vessel, a ferry

Other uses

* ''The Cat'' (album), a 1964 jazz album by Jimmy Smith * The title character of the book ''

The Cat in the Hat ''The Cat in the Hat'' is a 1957 children's book written and illustrated by American author Dr. Seuss. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped top hat and a red bow tie. The Cat shows up at the house ...

'' and the movies * The Cat, a fictional character from the novel ''Animal Farm'' * An informal term for

Catawissa Creek Catawissa Creek (colloquially known as The Cat) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in t ...

* "The Cat", a guitar model manufactured by