The most historic naming for one of our cats has been 'Pippy', a black and white moggie, rescue cat who lived 21 years. She was named after a soft toy dog of my Mum's that I have inherited, which was given to her by her father in the 1920's. The toy was named after a British cartoon character 'Pip' of 'Pip, Squeak & Wilfred' (Before my time!).
We've had two cats named after our favourite English F1 world champion drivers, Lewis and Jenson. The latter was a huge cat and he had possibly the same condition as Carole's Pouce (Polydactyl) extra digit on each paw. Nearly all our cats have been rescue animals, even one of our Maine Coon pedigrees, prenamed 'Connie' who is currently ruling the roost. This is my photo of her created using 'Into the wild' mask from Jessica Dunn (Digital Scrapbook.com).