Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Khaldun and Jan van Eyck alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Jan van Eyck were alive at the same time, from c. 1390 to 1405–1406.

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

Historian

Born 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74

Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck

Painter

Born c. 1390 · died 9 June 1441

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  7. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Ibn Khaldun and Jan van Eyck in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Ibn Khaldun and Jan van Eyck were born

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