Giotto · Ibn Battuta Were Giotto and Ibn Battuta alive at the same time? Yes. Giotto and Ibn Battuta were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1304 to 1337. Ibn Battuta was 32 when Giotto died. GiottoItalian painter and architectBorn 1266–1276 · died 8 January 1337Ibn Battuta14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorerBorn 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368 Marco PoloDante AlighieriGiottoIbn BattutaHafezIbn KhaldunGeoffrey Chaucer Giotto and Ibn Battuta 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.