Geoffrey Chaucer · Jan Hus Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Jan Hus alive at the same time? Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Jan Hus were alive at the same time, from 1370–1379 to c. 1400. Geoffrey Chaucer14th century English poet and authorBorn c. 1343 · died c. 1400Jan HusCzech theologian, philosopher and preacherBorn 1370–1379 · died 6 July 1415 Ibn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey ChaucerJan HusJohannes GutenbergJoan of Arc Geoffrey Chaucer and Jan Hus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.