This annotated list of individual monkeys includes monkeys who are in some way famous or notable. The list does not include notable apes or fictional primates.
Monkey actors Crystal – (brown capuchin) played in The Hangover Part II, Night at the Museum, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and as "Annie's Boobs" in Community.
Monkeys used in experiments
Miss Able (rhesus macaque) and Miss Baker (Peruvian squirrel monkey), both female – the first monkeys sent into space who survived the experience. They were launched on 28 May 1959 in the nose cone of a Jupiter AM-18 missile as a test of NASA's launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and procedures for retrieving astronauts after splashdown. Miss Able died a few days after the mission, but Miss Baker lived another 25 years. Albert I – (rhesus macaque) the first primate and first mammal launched on a rocket (a June 18, 1948 V-2 flight), although it did not reach space. Albert II – (rhesus macaque) the first primate and first mammal in space, June 14, 1949. Died upon hitting the ground due to a parachute failure ANDi – (rhesus macaque) the first genetic modified rhesus macaque, born at the Oregon Health & Science University Britches – (stump-tailed macaque) removed from his mother at birth, Britches was left alone with his eyes sewn shut as part of a study into blindness. He was rescued by the Animal Liberation Front, which publicized the condition he was found in, and the experiment was shut down. Gordo (also known as "Old Reliable") – (squirrel monkey) He was launched in the US Jupiter AM-13 Rocket in 1958, but was lost after a technical failure at the end of the mission. Miss Sam – (rhesus macaque) sent into space on Little Joe 1B under the Little Joe program on January 21, 1960. Semos – a nine-year-old male rhesus macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center who supplied the skin cells from which scientists were able to successfully derive embryonic stem cells. Tetra – a rhesus macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center who was the first cloned primate, created through splitting.
Other Corporal Jackie, a chacma baboon of the South African army Darwin, a Japanese macaque who earned notoriety as the "Ikea Monkey" Fred, a chacma baboon euthanized in March 2011. Fred had a reputation for stealing food anywhere he could, but when he turned too aggressive, he was caught and controversially euthanized. Jacco Macacco, was a fighting ape or monkey who was exhibited in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in London in the early 1820s.
Jack, known as Jack the Signalman [link removed]. This chacma baboon was reputed to have become an expert at working the railroad signals for the Cape Government Railway. Loon, a drill who lived at the San Diego Zoo and was trained to accept blood draws and insulin injections to treat his diabetes. Maggie the Monkey, a crab-eating macaque who predicted the results of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Natasha (monkey), a Celebes crested macaque near at the safari park zoo in Tel Aviv, Israel. Pockets Warhol, a capuchin monkey also housed at Story Book Farm Punch-kun, an orphaned Japanese macaque who lives at the Ichikawa City Zoo. In 2026, he gained viral attention on social media due to his attachment to a stuffed orangutan toy. Ramu, a rhesus macaque arrested and kept behind bars in India for 5 years on the charge of disturbing communal harmony. At the age of three, while under the care of a family, Ramu attacked some children. This sparked communal riots in the Jagannathpur village, ultimately leading to Ramu's arrest. Twelves (December 12, 2012 – March 20, 2018), a robust capuchin who was a pet monkey of Brazilian singer Latino. Xing Xing, a wild one-armed Tibetan macaque who resides in the Daliang Mountains of China, where she had gained iconicity from social media appearances.
See also List of fictional primates List of individual apes Monkeys and apes in space
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