This is a list of non-human apes of encyclopedic interest. It includes individual apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and gibbons) who are in some way famous or notable. [edit] Ape actors Ape actors also appear in the movies Going Ape! (1981), Ed (1996), MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). - Mikey - chimpanzee. Manchurian Candidate (2005), Saturday Night Live (2005) World Series of Poker (2006)
[edit] Ape artists [edit] Scientific apes - Ai (born 1976) — chimpanzee; studied by scientists at Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
- Bonnie — orangutan; began whistling (mimicking an animal caretaker), which is changing ideas about primate sound repertoires.
- Chantek (born 1977) — orangutan; involved with language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
- Clint — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee Genome Project, Yerkes Primate Center
- Donald — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
- Enos (died 1962) — chimpanzee; spacefaring, after Ham
- Frodo — chimpanzee; baby-killing "bully", who has attacked Jane Goodall and Gary Larson
- Gon — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
- Gua — chimpanzee; raised as a child by the Drs. Kellogg alongside their son Donald.
- Ham the Chimp (1956–1983) — chimpanzee; spacefaring, before Enos
- Kanzi (born 1980) — bonobo; involved with language research and tool invention; ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
- Koko (born 1971) — gorilla; involved with sign language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
- Lucy — chimpanzee; cross-fostered and raised by University of Oklahoma psychotherapist
- Nim Chimpsky (1973–2000) — chimpanzee; named after linguist Noam Chomsky
- Nyota (born 1998) — bonobo; Panbanisha's son
- Oliver the chimp — chimpanzee; the so-called "Missing Link", apparent "humanzee"
- Panzee and Panbanisha — chimpanzee & bonobo; at the same research center as Kanzi
- Sarah (chimpanzee) — research primate whose cognitive skills are documented in The Mind of an Ape
- Sultan — chimpanzee; used in classic Kohler tool-use studies
- Titus (born 1974) — gorilla; an extensively observed silverback Mountain Gorilla
- Washoe (1965-2007) — chimpanzee; pioneer ape of hand-signing research
[edit] Zoo apes - Ah Meng (circa 18 June 1960 — 8 February 2008) — female Sumatran Orangutan and a tourism icon of Singapore
- Bill (1946-2007) - long-lived Chimpanzee who resided at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, California for over fifty years
- Binti Jua — gorilla who saved a human boy in 1996
- Bokito (born 1996) — silverback gorilla that escaped the Blijdorp Zoo on May 18, 2007 and injured a woman
- Charlie the Chimp — chimpanzee in a South African Zoo who smokes and can walk upright
- Colo (born 1956) — first gorilla born in captivity
- Copito de Nieve aka "Snowflake" (1964–2003) — only albino gorilla known to have existed; most famous resident of the Barcelona Zoo
- Fifi — Matriarch of the chimpanzees at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, died on July 19, 2007 at age 60
- Guy the Gorilla (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
- Jambo (1961–1992) — gorilla who cared for a boy who fell into his enclosure
- Massa (1930–1984) — silverback, longest lived gorilla ever recorded, died at age 54
- Max (1971–2004) — gorilla in the Johannesburg Zoo who famously apprehended a criminal in 1997, getting shot twice in the process
- Santino, a male chimpanzee at Furuvik zoo in Sweden. 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, Kenya. Famous for smoking and not requiring a cage
- Willie B. (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, star of de Waal's "Chimpanzee Politics"
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