There is no "real" Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is a fictional character. He does not exist, and has never existed.
As a young boy, he met Elvis Presley while he was renting a room at Gump House. He was introduced to President John F. Kennedy when Forrest was a member of the All-American Football Team. He met President Johnson when Forrest was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He met Abbie Hoffman at a peace rally in Washington, D.C. While appearing on "The Dick Cavett" show, he met Dick Cavett and John Lennon. He later met President Nixon as a member of the National Table Tennis Team.
yes
Bear Bryant.
Forrest Gump met President Nixon, President Kennedy, and President Johnson.
Black Panthers
According to the old "Paramount News" footage, the copyright was listed as 1962. The introduction took place when Forrest got to meet the president as a member of the All-American Football Team.
The movie "Forrest Gump" spanned more than thirty years, from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. We first meet Forrest when he is about seven years old. We can assume he is roughly the same age as Jenny. We know from her gravestone that she was born in 1945 and died in 1982.
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson,and Richard Nixon.
He meets Jenny Curran on his first time to school. Then when he heads to military training he meets Benjamin 'Bubba' Blue
In the movie: Forrest Gump meets JFK after becoming an all-American football player. Forrest Gump meets Lyndon B. Johnson to receive the Congressional Medal of Honour because of his valour in carrying wounded soldiers back from the lines despite being shot in the bum. Forrest Gump meets Nixon after becoming a really skilled ping pong player, and taking part in an American delegation to China using ping pong diplomacy.
The movie "Forrest Gump" spanned more than thirty years, from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. We first meet Forrest when he is about seven years old. We can assume he is roughly the same age as Jenny. We know from her gravestone that she was born in 1945 and died in 1982.