Ibn Battuta · Geoffrey Chaucer Were Ibn Battuta and Geoffrey Chaucer alive at the same time? Yes. Ibn Battuta and Geoffrey Chaucer were alive at the same time, from c. 1343 to c. 1368. Ibn Battuta14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorerBorn 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368Geoffrey Chaucer14th century English poet and authorBorn c. 1343 · died c. 1400 Marco PoloDante AlighieriIbn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Ibn Battuta and Geoffrey Chaucer 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.