Dante Alighieri · Giotto Were Dante Alighieri and Giotto alive at the same time? Yes. Dante Alighieri and Giotto were alive at the same time, from 1266–1276 to 1321. Dante AlighieriFlorentine poet, writer, and philosopherBorn c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321GiottoItalian painter and architectBorn 1266–1276 · died 8 January 1337 RumiThomas AquinasMarco PoloDante AlighieriGiottoIbn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn Khaldun Dante Alighieri and Giotto 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.