This is a list of historical monkeys (that is, individual monkeys of historical significance).
Able (a Rhesus Macaque) and Baker (a squirrel monkey), the first animals sent into space by the US to survive the experience. They were launched in May 1959 as a test of NASA's launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and procedures for retrieving astronauts after splashdown. Able died a few months after the mission, but Baker lived another 25 years.
Katie (a capuchin monkey) - performing monkey, played Marcel in Friends and Anaheim Angels' mascot "Rally Monkey".
