- Kapitan Edward John Smith
- Margaret "Molly" Brown
- Benjamin Guggenheim
- Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff Gordon
- Lady Lucille Duff Gordon
- Thomas Andrews
- J. Bruce Ismay
- Joseph Bell
- John Jacob Astor IV
- Madeleine Astor
- Ruth Elizabeth Blanchard
- Jack Thayer
- Harold Bride
- Charles Joughin
- Polkovnik Gracie IV
- Helen Churchill Candee
- Dorothy Gibson
- Lawrence Beesley
- Oče Thomas Byles
Liki, ki temeljijo na resničnih ljudeh
- Rose DeWitt Bukater (na podlagi Helen Churchill Candee)
- Caledon Nathan Hockley (na podlagi Benjamina Guggenheima)
- Brock Lovett (na podlagi Lewisa Bodinea)
- Ruth (na podlagi Ruth Elizabeth Blanchard)
- Molly Brown (na podlagi Margaret "Molly" Brown)