Ibn Khaldun · Jan Hus Were Ibn Khaldun and Jan Hus alive at the same time? Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Jan Hus were alive at the same time, from 1370–1379 to 1405–1406. Ibn KhaldunHistoriographer and historianBorn 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74Jan HusCzech theologian, philosopher and preacherBorn 1370–1379 · died 6 July 1415 Ibn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey ChaucerJan HusJohannes GutenbergJoan of Arc Ibn Khaldun 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.