Is Benjamin Button a real thing?

The concept of Benjamin Button, where a person is born old and ages backward, is fictional and not based on any known scientific phenomenon. The character of Benjamin Button was created by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his short story titled “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” published in 1922. The story was later adapted into a film titled “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” in 2008, starring Brad Pitt as the title character. While the idea of aging backward is intriguing, it is purely a work of fiction and not something observed in reality.