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The 'Titanic' Cast Vs. The Real People They Portrayed
- 12,291 VOTES
Margaret 'Molly' Brown - Kathy Bates
Molly Brown was a first class passenger on board the Titanic. She helped load people into the lifeboats before getting on one herself and making it safely to the Carpathia for rescue.
- 22,269 VOTES
Edward Smith was the captain of the Titanic on its maiden voyage. He went down with the ship after it hit the iceberg.
- 31,965 VOTES
Ida And Isidor Straus - Elsa Raven And Lew Palter
Ida and Isidor Straus sailed on board the Titanic, and the night of the sinking were among those terrified for their lives. However, when Ida was put on a lifeboat, and her husband refused a seat, she got off and reportedly stated, "Where you go, I go." They then remained on the deck until they perished in the cold water.
- 41,856 VOTES
Charles Lightoller - Jonny Phillips
Charles Lightoller was Second Officer in the crew of the Titanic on its maiden voyage. He upheld the strict rule of women and children first, but took that to mean no men need board the lifeboats. He found himself atop an overturned lifeboat once in the water, and he likely saved the many souls with him by keeping the small boat afloat until the Carpathia arrived.
- 51,889 VOTES
Wallace Hartley - Jonathan Evans-Jones
Wallace Hartley was a violinist in the Titanic's band. After the ship crashed into the iceberg, he led the band in continuing to play for the victims, assumed to try and keep everyone as calm as possible in the midst of chaos. He went down with the ship that fateful night.
- 61,880 VOTES
J. Bruce Ismay - Jonathan Hyde
J. Bruce Ismay was a chairman of the company that constructed the Titanic, and an accomplished businessman. He controversially got into one of the few lifeboats the night of the sinking and survived.
- 71,738 VOTES
John Jacob Astor IV was a real estate tycoon who helped establish the Waldorf-Astoria hotels. He ensured his pregnant wife and daughter safely boarded a lifeboat before he lost his life in the tragedy.
- 81,431 VOTES
Henry Wilde - Mark Lindsay Chapman
Henry Wilde was the Chief Officer, and assisted in launching and loading lifeboats the night of the sinking. He perished when the Titanic sank.
- 91,661 VOTES
Archibald Gracie IV - Bernard Fox
Archibald Gracie IV was a first class passenger, and on the night of the sinking he helped load people into lifeboats. When the ship went underwater, he swam to an upturned lifeboat and stood on it until he was rescued.
- 101,526 VOTES
Frederick Fleet was one of the two men in the crow's nest as the Titanic approached the iceberg that sank the ship. Fleet was asked to man a lifeboat, and that boat was picked up by the Carpathia.
- 111,527 VOTES
Thomas Andrews was the architect of the luxurious and purportedly unsinkable Titanic. He boarded the vessel to observe its performance and recommend improvements for future ships. He sank with the ship he helped design.
- 121,318 VOTES
Cosmo Duff-Gordon - Martin Jarvis
Cosmo Duff-Gordon was an accomplished fencer, placing in the Olympics before boarding the Titanic. He was able to board one of the first lifeboats lowered from the Titanic, along with his wife.
- 131,255 VOTES
Jack Phillips - Gregory Cooke
Jack Phillips was a wireless operator on the Titanic and he sent many SOS messages after the collision with the iceberg. He clung to an overturned lifeboat before being rescued by the Carpathia.
- 141,315 VOTES
Madeleine Force - Charlotte Chatton
Madeleine Force, John Jacob Astor IV's wife, was pregnant on board the Titanic the night it sank. She was loaded onto a lifeboat and was rescued by the Carpathia. Because her husband passed during the tragedy, she inherited his fortune and gave her son his father's name.
- 151,186 VOTES
Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes - Rochelle Rose
The Countess of Rothes traveled on the Titanic with many of her family members. She, along with some in her party, was able to board a lifeboat that she helped steer to safety.
- 161,179 VOTES
Harold Bride - Craig Kelly
Harold Bride was a wireless operator on the luxury cruise ship. Bride communicated with the Carpathia to initiate the rescue. He sat atop an overturned lifeboat until the rescue was made.
- 171,180 VOTES
William Murdoch was the Titanic's First Officer, and he worked diligently to load people safely onto the lifeboats as the ship went down. He, however, went down with the ship.
- 181,194 VOTES
Benjamin Guggenheim was a first class passenger, and he insisted on dressing in his best clothing while the Titanic sank. He allegedly said, "We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen." He did not survive the sinking.
- 191,053 VOTES
Charles Joughin - Liam Tuohy
Charles Joughin was Chief Baker on board the luxury cruise ship. When the ship hit the iceberg, he made sure the lifeboats were stocked with whatever baked goods they had on hand before Joughin decided to get a little drunk. He then lightly paddled and treaded water until a lifeboat helped scoop him out of the water.
