Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Battuta and Giovanni Boccaccio alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Battuta and Giovanni Boccaccio were alive at the same time, from 1313 to c. 1368.

Ibn Battuta was 8 or 9 when Giovanni Boccaccio was born.

Ibn Battuta

14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer

Born 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368

Giovanni Boccaccio

Italian author and poet

Born 1313 · died 21 December 1375, aged 61 or 62

  1. Marco Polo
  2. Dante Alighieri
  3. Ibn Battuta
  4. Giovanni Boccaccio
  5. Hafez
  6. Ibn Khaldun
  7. Geoffrey Chaucer
Ibn Battuta and Giovanni Boccaccio 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.