Who Was Alive

Geoffrey Chaucer

14th century English poet and author

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Who was alive at the same time as Geoffrey Chaucer?

  1. William of Ockham
  2. Ibn Battuta
  3. Petrarch
  4. Giovanni Boccaccio
  5. Hafez
  6. Ibn Khaldun
  7. Timur
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer
  9. Jan Hus
  10. Zheng He
  11. Donatello
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

Born during Geoffrey Chaucer’s lifetime: Zheng He, Donatello and Jan Hus.

Not quite contemporaries: Joan of Arc was born 8 years after Geoffrey Chaucer died, Osman I died 15 years before Geoffrey Chaucer was born, Giotto died 4 years before Geoffrey Chaucer was born and Pius II was born 3 years after Geoffrey Chaucer died.

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