Ape actors

• Bam – orangutan; played Precious on the soap opera
  Soap opera
  A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
  
   Passions
  Passions
  Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
  
  
• Bill Hutson - gorilla originating from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, known to be brought to various pubs in the local area by its owner.
• Çarli — chimp; starred in the live-action movie The Jungle Book
  The Jungle Book (1994 film)
  Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 Disney film based on the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and is a live-action remake of the 1967 film The Jungle Book. The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli and Cary Elwes as his main adversary. It was...
  
  (1994) and in the Turkish
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
   television series Çarli before retiring to Monkey World
  Monkey World
  Monkey World is a ape and monkey sanctuary and rescue centre near Wool, Dorset, England...
  
  , Dorset
  Dorset
  Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
  
  , UK.
• C.J. (or Manis
  Manis (actor)
  Manis was the trained orangutan who played Clyde, Clint Eastwood's orangutan sidekick from the 1978 box office hit Every Which Way But Loose. Its 1980 sequel, Any Which Way You Can , did not feature Manis, as he had grown too much between productions...
  
  ; sources differ) — orangutan; played Clyde in the Clint Eastwood
  Clint Eastwood
  Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
  
   action-comedy film Every Which Way But Loose (1978).
• Clair — chimp; played Livingston in the movie comedy Delicatessen
  Delicatessen (film)
  Delicatessen is a 1991 French black comedy film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon and Karin Viard. It is set in an apartment building in a post-apocalyptic France of an ambiguous time period. The story focuses on the tenants of the building and their desperate...
  
  (1991).
• Evie (short for Evolution) — chimp; played robot dog
  Robot dog
  Robotic dogs are robots designed to resemble dogs in appearance and behavior, usually incorporating canine characteristics such as barking or tail-wagging...
  
   Daggit in the original 1979 Battlestar Galactica
  Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
  Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson. It starred Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict and ran for one season in 1978–79. After cancellation, its story was continued in 1980 as Galactica 1980 with Adama, Lieutenant Boomer and...
  
  television series.
• J. Fred Muggs
  J. Fred Muggs
  J. Fred Muggs is a chimpanzee that was the mascot for NBC's Today Show from 1953 to 1957.The show debuted in 1952, with amiable host Dave Garroway. The show was in trouble initially; the addition of J. Fred Muggs boosted ratings and helped win advertisers...
  
   (born 1952) — chimp; "co-host" with Dave Garroway
  Dave Garroway
  David Cunningham "Dave" Garroway was the founding host of NBC's Today from 1952 to 1961. His easygoing, relaxed, and relaxing style belied a battle with depression that may have contributed to the end of his days as a leading television personality—and, eventually, his life...
  
   on NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
  's Today Show in the 1950s.
• Kwanza (aka Kwan) — gorilla; played "Sidney" in the romance movie Return to Me
  Return to Me
  Return to Me is a romantic movie rated PG. Return to Me was directed by Bonnie Hunt and starred David Duchovny as Bob and Minnie Driver as Grace...
  
  (2000) with Minnie Driver
  Minnie Driver
  Minnie Driver is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, as well as for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches.- Early life...
  
   & David Duchovny
  David Duchovny
  David William Duchovny is an American actor, writer and director. He has won Golden Globe awards for his work as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files and as Hank Moody on Californication.-Early life:...
  
  . Kwan currently lives at Lincoln Park Zoo
  Lincoln Park Zoo
  Lincoln Park Zoo is a free zoo located in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, making it one of the oldest zoos in the nation. The zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums ....
  
   in Chicago.
• Mowgli — chimp; guest on CNBC
  CNBC
  CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
  
  's Dennis Miller Live
  Dennis Miller Live
  Dennis Miller Live is a weekly talk show on HBO, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. The show ran 215 episodes from 1994 to 2002, and received five Emmy awards, plus an additional 11 Emmy nominations...
  
  and on Monk
  Monk (TV series)
  Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...
  
  

• Pankun
  Pankun
  Pan-kun is a young chimpanzee in Japan often featured on the NTV television show "Tensai! Shimura Dōbutsuen" and the TBS program "Dōbutsu Kisō Tengai!"...
  
   — adorable chimp; featured in Japanese TV shows "Tensai! Shimura Dobutsu-en" (aka Genius! Shimura Zoo) and the TBS program "Dobutsu Kiso Tengai!" (Unbelievable Animals!) with bulldog James.
• Peggy — chimp; played Bonzo in the 1951 movie comedy Bedtime for Bonzo
  Bedtime for Bonzo
  Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova, starring future U.S. President Ronald Reagan. It revolves around the attempts of the central character, Professor Peter Boyd , to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the "nature versus nurture" question...
  
  , co-starring Ronald Reagan
  Ronald Reagan
  Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
  
  . Sequel, Bonzo Goes to College
  Bonzo Goes to College
  Bonzo Goes to College is the sequel to Bedtime for Bonzo. Like that film, it was directed by Frederick De Cordova but has a different cast and writers....
  
  
• Project X ape actors — This 1987 film, a science fiction
  Science fiction
  Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
  
   suspense-drama about military
  Military
  A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
  
   animal experimentation, directed by Jonathan Kaplan
  Jonathan Kaplan
  Jonathan Kaplan is an American film producer and director.Kaplan was born in Paris, France. He is the son of film composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin; the nephew of actor Van Heflin. He is the brother of actresses Nora Heflin and Mady Kaplan...
  
  , starred Matthew Broderick
  Matthew Broderick
  Matthew Broderick is an American film and stage actor who, among other roles, played the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Adult Simba in The Lion King film series, and Leo Bloom in the film and Broadway productions of The Producers.He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his...
  
  , Helen Hunt
  Helen Hunt
  Helen Elizabeth Hunt is an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom Mad About You for seven years, before being cast in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets...
  
  , and a multitude of ape actors:
  • Arthur — chimp; played Winston
  • Clafu — chimp; played Spike
  • Harry — chimp; played Ginger
  • Karanja — chimp; played Goliath
  • Lucy — chimp; played Razzberry
  • Luke — chimp; played Bluebeard
  • Lulu — chimp; played Ethel
  • Mousie — chimp; played New Recruit
  • Okko — chimp; played Goofy
  • Willie — chimp; played Virgil (film's animal star)
• Sam (born 1989-2010) — orangutan; played Dunston in the 1995 movie comedy Dunston Checks In
  Dunston Checks In
  Dunston Checks In is a 1996 film starring Jason Alexander, Eric Lloyd, Faye Dunaway, Rupert Everett, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and introducing Sam the Orangutan as Dunston...
  
  ; trained by Larry Madrid
• Zippie — chimp; rollerskater (U.S. television in the 1950s)
• Tango — orangutan; played Suzanne in Kevin Smith
  Kevin Smith
  Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...
  
  's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 American action adventure comedy film written, directed by, and starring Kevin Smith as Silent Bob, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks...
  
  (2001).
• Jonah - chimp; he is the twin of Jacob who both appeared as Pericles in Planet of the Apes (2001 film)
  Planet of the Apes (2001 film)
  Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction film, based on Pierre Boulle's novel and a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren. It tells the...
  
  and also they played the Trunk Monkey, also along with Tango in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 American action adventure comedy film written, directed by, and starring Kevin Smith as Silent Bob, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks...
  
  .
• Jacob- chimp; The twin of Jonah who also played Perhiclese in Planet of the Apes (2001 film)
  Planet of the Apes (2001 film)
  Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction film, based on Pierre Boulle's novel and a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren. It tells the...
  
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• Mikey – chimpanzee. Manchurian Candidate (2005), Saturday Night Live (2005) World Series of Poker (2006)
• Travis the Chimp - Gained fame through parts he had in commercials (Old Navy
  Old Navy
  Old Navy is an American clothing brand as well as a chain of stores owned by Gap, Inc., with corporate operations in San Francisco and San Bruno, California. It is one of the first major corporations to house headquarters in the new Mission Bay district of San Francisco.Gap, Inc. was run by...
  
  , Coca-Cola
  Coca-Cola
  Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
  
  ) in the 2000s, but was shot by police following a brutal attack on a 55-year-old woman in Stamford, Connecticut.
• Tanga - chimpanzee, played Inga in the Dario Argento's horror film "Phenomena (film)
  Phenomena (film)
  Phenomena is a 1985 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento. An edited version of the film was released in the United States under the title Creepers , the game called Clock_Tower_ that was released in 1995 for snes , was loosely based on Phenomena.Jennifer Connelly stars as a young girl who...
  
  " (1985)

Ape artists

• Congo
  Congo (chimpanzee)
  Congo was a chimpanzee who learned how to draw and paint. Zoologist and surrealist painter Desmond Morris first observed his abilities when the chimp was offered a pencil and paper at two years of age. By the age of four, Congo had made 400 drawings and paintings. His style has been described as...
  
   — chimpanzee, abstract impressionist of the late 1950s.
• Koko
  Koko (gorilla)
  Koko is a female western lowland gorilla who, according to Francine "Penny" Patterson, is able to understand more than 1,000 signs based on American Sign Language, and understand approximately 2,000 words of spoken English....
  
   (born 1971) — gorilla, widely believed to be able to communicate with humans through Sign Language
  Sign language
  A sign language is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's...
  
  .
• Michael
  Michael (gorilla)
  Michael was the first male 'talking' gorilla. He had a working vocabulary of over 600 signs in American Sign Language, taught to him by Koko, a female gorilla; Dr. Francine Patterson ; and other staff of Stanford University...
  
   (1973–2000) — silverback gorilla, impressionist painter who was taught American Sign Language
  American Sign Language
  American Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...
  
   with Koko.
• Peter, aka Pierre Brassau
  Pierre Brassau
  Pierre Brassau refers to a 1964 hoax perpetrated by Åke "Dacke" Axelsson, a journalist at the Swedish tabloid Göteborgs-Tidningen. Axelsson came up with the idea of exhibiting a series of paintings made by a primate, under the presumption that they were the work of a previously unknown French...
  
   – chimpanzee, subject of a famous hoax through which the chimp's paintings were presented as the avant-garde
  Avant-garde
  Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
  
   works of unknown French (human) artist "Pierre Brassau."

Scientific apes

• Abang
  Abang (orangutan)
  Abang is an Orangutan taught to make stone tools, as a part of a research experiment to determine if this ability is a characteristic unique to humans, the genus Homo, or to the family Hominidae.- Early Life :...
  
   (born 1966) - orangutan; taught to use and make stone tool (cutting flake)
• Ai
  Ai (chimpanzee)
  Ai is a female chimpanzee currently living at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University . She is known for being the principal subject of the Ai project, a research program started in 1978 which is aimed at understanding chimpanzee cognition through computer interface experiments...
  
   (born 1976) — chimpanzee; studied by scientists at Primate Research Institute
  Primate Research Institute
  The Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University is a national research center for the study of primates. It was founded in 1967 by primatologists Kinji Imanishi and Junichiro Itani. The Institute works toward understanding the biological, behavioral and socioecological aspects of primates, and the...
  
  , Kyoto University
  Kyoto University
  , or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
  
  
• Bonnie
  Bonnie (orangutan)
  Bonnie is a female orangutan living at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.She began spontaneously whistling, mimicking an animal caretaker making the sound. The importance is that whistling is a sound that is in a human’s—but not an orangutan’s—repertoire...
  
   — orangutan; began whistling (mimicking an animal caretaker), which is changing ideas about primate sound repertoires.
• Chantek
  Chantek
  Chantek is a male orangutan raised by anthropologist Lyn Miles at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.-See also:* Abang * Great ape language...
  
   (born 1977) — orangutan; involved with language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
• Clint — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee Genome Project
  Chimpanzee Genome Project
  The Chimpanzee Genome Project is an effort to determine the DNA sequence of the Chimpanzee genome. It is expected that by comparing the genomes of humans and other apes, it will be possible to better understand what makes humans distinct from other species....
  
  , Yerkes Primate Center
• Donald — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
• Enos
  Enos (chimpanzee)
  Enos was the first chimpanzee that was launched into Earth orbit.Enos was purchased from the Miami Rare Bird Farm on April 3, 1960. He completed more than 1,250 hours of training for his mission at the University of Kentucky and Holloman Air Force Base...
  
   (died 1962) — chimpanzee; spacefaring, after Ham
• Frodo — chimpanzee; baby-eating "bully" who has attacked Jane Goodall
  Jane Goodall
  Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE , is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National...
  
   and Gary Larson
  Gary Larson
  Gary Larson is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to newspapers for 15 years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. His 23 books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than 45 million...
  
  
• Gon — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
• Gua
  Gua (chimpanzee)
  Gua was a chimpanzee raised as though it were a human child by scientists Luella and Winthrop Kellogg alongside their infant son Donald. Gua and Donald were raised as brother and sister. In tests Gua often tested ahead of Donald in reading and understanding. Slight differences in their placement...
  
   — chimpanzee; raised as a child by the Drs. Kellogg alongside their son Donald.
• Ham the Chimp
  Ham the Chimp
  Ham , also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first chimpanzee launched into outer space in the American space program...
  
   (1956–1983) — chimpanzee; spacefaring, before Enos
• Kanzi
  Kanzi
  Kanzi , also known by the lexigram , is a male bonobo who has been featured in several studies on great ape language. According to Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a primatologist who has studied the bonobo throughout her life, Kanzi has exhibited advanced linguistic aptitude.- Biography :Born to Lorel and...
  
   (born 1980) — bonobo; involved with language research and tool invention; ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
• Koko
  Koko (gorilla)
  Koko is a female western lowland gorilla who, according to Francine "Penny" Patterson, is able to understand more than 1,000 signs based on American Sign Language, and understand approximately 2,000 words of spoken English....
  
   (born 1971) — gorilla; involved with sign language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
• Lana
  Lana (chimpanzee)
  Lana is a female chimpanzee, the first to be used in language research using lexigrams. She was born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, and the project she was allocated to when 1 year old, the LANguage Analogue project led by Duane Rumbaugh, was named after her...
  
   — chimpanzee; reared at Yerkes National Primate Research Center
  Yerkes National Primate Research Center
  The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, originally established and located in Orange Park, Florida but was later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia at Emory University, is one of eight national primate research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health...
  
   as part of its Language Analogue project
• Lucy — chimpanzee; cross-fostered and raised by University of Oklahoma
  University of Oklahoma
  The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
  
   psychotherapist
• Nim Chimpsky
  Nim Chimpsky
  Nim Chimpsky was a chimpanzee who was the subject of an extended study of animal language acquisition at Columbia University, led by Herbert S. Terrace....
  
   (1973–2000) — chimpanzee; named after linguist Noam Chomsky
  Noam Chomsky
  Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
  
  
• Nyota (born 1998) — bonobo; Panbanisha's son
• Oliver the chimp — chimpanzee; the so-called "Missing Link", apparent "humanzee"
• Panzee and Panbanisha
  Panzee and Panbanisha
  Panpanzee, often called "Panzee", and Panbanisha, also known by the lexigram , are two apes with whom research is being carried out in the United States. Panzee lives at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University and Panbanisha lives at the Great Ape Trust in Iowa...
  
   — chimpanzee & bonobo; at the same research center as Kanzi
• Sarah (chimpanzee)
  Sarah (chimpanzee)
  Sarah is an enculturated research chimpanzee whose cognitive skills are documented in The Mind of an Ape, by David Premack and Ann James Premack . Sarah was one of nine chimpanzees in David Premack's psychology laboratory in Pennsylvania. Sarah was born in Africa in 1962. She first worked in...
  
   — research primate whose cognitive skills are documented in The Mind of an Ape
  The Mind of an Ape
  The Mind of an Ape is a 1983 book by David and Ann James Premack. In it, the authors argue that it is possible to teach language to great apes...
  
  
• Sultan
  Sultan (ape)
  Sultan, one of the brightest of the early chimpanzees used for psychological research, was tested by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler. Sultan is particularly recognized for his insight in solving numerous problems, including stacking or manipulating boxes to reach a reward and use of two...
  
   — chimpanzee; used in classic Kohler tool-use studies
• Titus
  Titus (gorilla)
  Titus was the name given by researchers to a silverback Mountain Gorilla of the Virunga Mountains. Titus was remarkable in that he was under almost constant observation by researchers since his birth in 1974, including Dian Fossey, Veronica Vecellio and Felix Ndagijimana...
  
   (born 1974) — gorilla; an extensively observed silverback Mountain Gorilla
  Mountain Gorilla
  The Mountain Gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla. There are two populations. One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three National Parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga in the eastern Democratic...
  
  
• Washoe
  Washoe (chimpanzee)
  Washoe was a chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using American Sign Language, as part of a research experiment on animal language acquisition....
  
   (1965–2007) — chimpanzee; pioneer ape of hand-signing research

Zoo apes

• Ah Meng
  Ah Meng
  Ah Meng was a female Sumatran Orangutan and a tourism icon of Singapore. She was smuggled from Indonesia and kept illegally as a domestic pet before being recovered by a veterinarian in 1971...
  
   (circa 18 June 1960 — 8 February 2008) — female Sumatran Orangutan
  Sumatran Orangutan
  The Sumatran orangutan is one of the two species of orangutans. Found only on the island of Sumatra, in Indonesia, it is rarer and smaller than the Bornean orangutan. The Sumatran orangutan grows to about tall and in males...
  
   and a tourism icon of Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
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• Bushman — gorilla famous from Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Died in 1951, but brought over 100 million visitors, can now be seen at Chicago's Field Museum.
• Bill (1946–2007) — long-lived Chimpanzee who resided at Sequoia Park Zoo
  Sequoia Park Zoo
  The Sequoia Park Zoo is a small zoo located in Eureka, California, United States and is operated by the City of Eureka. With over 250 animals representing 75 different species the zoo is one of the main tourist draws in Eureka...
  
   in Eureka, California
  Eureka, California
  Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....
  
   for over fifty years.
• Binti Jua
  Binti Jua
  Binti Jua is a Western Lowland Gorilla female in the Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield, Illinois, outside of Chicago.Binti Jua is the niece of Koko, the world famous gorilla that knows and communicates using American Sign Language...
  
   — gorilla who saved a human boy in 1996.
• Bobo
  Bobo (gorilla)
  Bobo was a western lowland gorilla who was a prominent feature of Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, USA, from 1953 until his death...
  
   (1951–1968) – western lowland gorilla who lived in the Lowman family home in Anacortes, Washington
  Anacortes, Washington
  Anacortes is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is a consolidation of the name Anna Curtis, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. Anacortes' population was 15,778 at the time of the 2010 census...
  
   from his infancy until 1953 and then Woodland Park Zoo
  Woodland Park Zoo
  Woodland Park Zoo is a zoological garden around the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Occupying the western half of Woodland Park, the zoo began as a small menagerie on the estate of Guy C. Phinney, a Canadian-born lumber mill owner and real estate developer...
  
   in Seattle until his death.
• Bokito
  Bokito (gorilla)
  Bokito is a male Western Gorilla born in captivity. Currently living in Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, he became the subject of considerable media coverage after breaking out of his enclosure on May 18, 2007, abducting a female visitor and injuring the woman severely...
  
   (born 1996) — silverback gorilla that escaped the Blijdorp Zoo
  Diergaarde Blijdorp
  Diergaarde Blijdorp is a zoo in the northwestern part of Rotterdam, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands...
  
   on May 18, 2007 and injured a woman.
• Charles
  Charles the Gorilla
  Charles the Gorilla is a wild-born Western Lowland Gorilla from Gabon West Africa. Although the date of his birth is unknown his approximate date of birth is September 23, 1972. At a time when humans were less vigilant about their treatment of threatened and endangered species, Charles was sought...
  
   (born 1972) — A wild born silverback western lowland gorilla residing at the Toronto Zoo
  Toronto Zoo
  The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened August 15, 1974 as the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo and is owned by the City of Toronto; the word "Metropolitan" was dropped from its name when the cities of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto were amalgamated to form the...
  
   since 1974 renowned for his artwork .
• Charlie the Chimp (1958–2010) — chimpanzee in a South African Zoo who smoked and was able to walk upright.
• Colo
  Colo (gorilla)
  Colo is a Western Gorilla famous for being the first gorilla to be born in captivity anywhere in the world. She is also the oldest gorilla in captivity in the world. She was born at the Columbus Zoo to Millie Christina and Baron Macombo . She was briefly called Cuddles before a contest was held...
  
   (born 1956) — first gorilla
  Gorilla
  Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...
  
   born in captivity.
• Copito de Nieve aka "Snowflake" (1964–2003) — only albino gorilla known to have existed; most famous resident of the Barcelona
  Barcelona
  Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
  
   Zoo.
• Fifi — Matriarch of the chimpanzees at Sydney's Taronga Zoo
  Taronga Zoo
  Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Officially opened on 7 October 1916, it is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman...
  
  , died on July 19, 2007 at age 60
• Guy the Gorilla
  Guy the Gorilla
  Guy the Gorilla was a Western Lowland Gorilla who was London Zoo's famous resident, something of a celebrity in the 1960s–70s and was often profiled on kids TV shows and natural history productions...
  
   (1946–1978) – was a famous gorilla in London Zoo.
• Idi Amin (Age 36) – The lone gorilla from Brazil, lives alone on the Belo Horizonte, Brazil Zoo.
• Jabari – A 300 lb. gorilla at the Dallas Zoo who received national attention when, on Mar. 18, 2004, he escaped and attacked four people including a toddler during a 40 minute rampage inside the jungle exhibit before being shot to death by police. Son of Charles the Gorilla.
• Jambo
  Jambo (gorilla)
  Jambo was a celebrated gorilla housed at Jersey Zoo. He is well known for rescuing a young boy called Levan Merritt who fell into the gorilla enclosure in 1986.-Early life:...
  
   (1961–1992) — gorilla who cared for a boy who fell into his enclosure.
• Jenny
  Jenny (gorilla)
  Jenny was a Western lowland gorilla who resided at the Dallas Zoo in Dallas, Texas. Jenny was the world's oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of her death in 2008 at the age of 55. Jenny was confirmed to be the oldest living gorilla in the world by the International Species Information System...
  
   (1953–2008) — western lowland gorilla who lived at the Dallas Zoo
  Dallas Zoo
  Dallas Zoo is a zoo located south of downtown Dallas, Texas in Marsalis Park. Established in 1888, it is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas and is managed by the non-profit Dallas Zoological Society. The zoo is home to 1,800 animals representing 406 species...
  
   from 1957 until her death and was the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of her death.
• Ken Allen
  Ken Allen
  Ken Allen was the name given to a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo. He became one of the most popular animals in the history of the San Diego Zoo because of his many successful escapes from his enclosures. He was nicknamed "the hairy Houdini"....
  
   (1971–2000) — Bornean Orangutan at the San Diego Zoo
  San Diego Zoo
  The San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, is one of the most progressive zoos in the world, with over 4,000 animals of more than 800 species...
  
   known for his escape artistry.
• Massa
  Massa (gorilla)
  Massa lived to be 54 years old, and until 2008 was the longest lived gorilla ever recorded.Massa was born in the wild in Ghana. He was shipped to America at an early age and his first owner was Brooklyn eccentric Gertrude Lintz. In 1935, after accidentally spilling water on Massa, which...
  
   (1930–1984) — silverback, the second longest-lived gorilla ever recorded, and longest-lived male in captivity, died at age 54.
• Max
  Max (gorilla)
  Max, was a Western Lowland Gorilla held at the Johannesburg Zoo who became famous in 1997 after being shot and wounded by Isaac Mofokeng, a criminal that entered his enclosure at the zoo while attempting to evade police....
  
   (1971–2004) — gorilla in the Johannesburg Zoo
  Johannesburg Zoo
  The Johannesburg Zoo is a zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1904, it has traditionally been owned and operated by the City of Johannesburg...
  
   who famously apprehended a criminal in 1997, getting shot twice in the process.
• Samson (1949-1981) — for many years the face of the Milwaukee County Zoo
  Milwaukee County Zoo
  The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission. The zoo houses 1,800 animals and covers an area of . It is noted for the first birth of polar bears and siamangs in captivity...
  
  ; one of the largest silverback gorillas on record, tipping the scales at 652 lbs in 1973.
• Santino
  Santino (chimpanzee)
  Santino is a male chimpanzee held at Furuvik zoo in Sweden. In March 2009 it was reported that Santino had planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on visitors to the zoo.-Biography:...
  
  , a male chimpanzee at Furuvik
  Furuvik
  Furuvik is a locality situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 486 inhabitants in 2005.-Furuvik Zoo:Furuvik Zoo is an amusement park and zoo in Furuvik. It attracted a degree of international attention when it was reported in March 2009 that a chimpanzee residing there had...
  
   zoo in Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
  . Notable for having the cognitive skills for forward planning (calmly collecting stones, and later throwing them at visitors).
• Sebastian — former resident of the animal orphanage near Nairobi National Park
  Nairobi National Park
  Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya. Established in 1946, the national park was Kenya's first. It is located approximately 7 kilometres south of the centre of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, with only a fence separating the park's wildlife from the metropolis. Nairobi's skyscrapers...
  
  , Kenya. Famous for smoking and not requiring a cage.
• Temara (born 1993) – the first zoo-reared female Sumatran orangutan released into Bukit Tigapuluh National Park by Perth Zoo in 2006.
• Willie B.
  Willie B.
  Willie B. was a silverback Gorilla who lived at Zoo Atlanta for 39 years, from 1961 until his death in February of 2000. When he died at the age of 41, he was the oldest Gorilla in the United States to have fathered offspring....
  
   (1959–2000) — silverback gorilla kept in isolation for 27 years, became head of a troop and father of five.
• Yeroen — chimpanzee at the Arnhem Zoo
  Burgers' Zoo
  Burgers' Zoo is a zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and is one of the biggest zoos in the country. Arnhem is a city that lies within the Veluwe, a nature park in the east of the Netherlands...
  
  , star of de Waal's
  Frans de Waal
  Fransiscus Bernardus Maria de Waal, PhD , is a Dutch primatologist and ethologist. He is the Charles Howard Candler professor of Primate Behavior in the Emory University psychology department in Atlanta, Georgia, and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research...
  
   "Chimpanzee Politics".

Circus apes

• Gargantua
  Gargantua (gorilla)
  Gargantua was a captive lowland gorilla who was famous in his lifetime and has been credited with saving the Ringling Brothers circus from bankruptcy. An acid scar on his face gave Gargantua a snarling, menacing expression, and the circus management attracted attention to him by emphasizing, in...
  
   (1929–1949) — acid-scarred gorilla captured in the wild who performed in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
  Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
  Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is an American circus company. The company was started when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum was merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The Ringling brothers purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, but ran the circuses...
  
  
• Toto
  Toto (gorilla)
  Toto was a gorilla that was adopted and raised very much like a human child....
  
   (1931–1968) — Gargantua's would-be mate
• Trudy (chimpanzee) — Also known as 'Little Alice', this chimpanzee was put through torture before she was retired at Monkey World, Dorset

Ape politicians

• Macaco Tião
  Animals as electoral candidates
  Non-human electoral candidates have been found in a number of countries. Often, the candidacies are a means of casting a protest vote or satirizing the political system...
  
   — a chimpanzee who had the habit of throwing excrement at visitors (including several politicians) to the Rio de Janeiro
  Rio de Janeiro
  Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
  
   Zoo. A satirical newspaper ran his candidature for Rio de Janeiro Mayor in 1988, and he got 9.5% of the votes, just behind Marcello Alencar and César Maia
  Cesar Maia
  César Epitácio Maia is a Brazilian politician, notable for having been elected three times for mayor of Rio de Janeiro.A native of Rio, born in 1945, Maia was forced to leave Brazil in exile during the 1960s on account of his affiliation with the Brazilian Communist Party...
  
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Pet apes

• Bubbles the chimpanzee — pet of entertainer Michael Jackson
  Michael Jackson
  Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
  
  
• Scatter the chimpanzee — pet of entertainer Elvis Presley
  Elvis Presley
  Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
  
  

See also

• List of notable monkeys
• List of fictional apes
• List of fictional monkeys
• Monkeys in space
  Monkeys in space
  Before humans went into space, several animals were launched into space, including numerous monkeys, so that scientists could investigate the biological effects of space travel. The United States launched flights containing primate cargo primarily between 1948-1961 with one flight in 1969 and one...