John Jacob Astor IV (1864 – 1912)

“The ladies have to go first.. Get into the lifeboat, to please me.. Goodbye, dearie. I’ll see you later.”

The businessman and financier, thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, was on the Titanic when it sank after hitting an iceberg. Astor perished when the ship went down, his last words were to his pregnant wife Madeleine as he helped her into a lifeboat.

Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)

“Oh wow oh wow oh wow”

According to his sister, these were the Apple co-founder’s final words after taking one long last look at his family. Steve Jobs died at his Palo Alto home in California due to complications resulting from pancreatic cancer. He was 56.