No no there was no real life Forrest Gump otherwise we would have read about him in our history books. It's just a character, just like Sherlock Holmes. The movie is a film adaptation of the book "Forrest Gump" by Winston Groom. read more
Yes, Forrest Gump was based upon a real person although his name was not Forrest Gump. His name was Sammy Davis and he was in the United States Army back in 1965. read more
No. Forrest Gump is fictional. Even though some real events are showed in the movie, the main character is fictional and some alterations were made to some of the real events to fit them in the movie. read more
5. Greenbow, Alabama doesn't exist, but Bayou la Batre is real and strong in shrimping history. 6. Tom Hanks' daughter, Emily, and director Robert Zemeckis' son, Alexander, both deny Forrest Gump a seat on the school bus. Emily is the red-haired girl, and Alexander is the first boy that won't let Forrest sit down. read more
Forrest Gump is a fictional character created by author Winston Groom and first seen in Groom’s book Forest Gump (1986). The book was never a best seller until the movie came out in 1994. After the success of the film, Groom wrote a sequel to Forrest Gump called Gump and Co. (1995). read more