Most people know that James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” was based on real events. On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic was headed to New York when it hit an iceberg and sank, leading to massive casualties. But there were a few survivors of the terrible wreck, and they were able to share the story of what happened on the ship when they got back to dry land.
Although the characters Jack and Rose were made up for the film, some of the over 2,000 passengers seen in the film actually existed in real life. Many of them were some of the wealthiest people alive in the early 20th century, and a few of them were the folks who worked on the ship and saw its demise. Let’s see how the onscreen characters compared to their real-life counterparts.