Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Khaldun and Masaccio alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Masaccio were alive at the same time for 4 or 5 years, from 1401 to 1405–1406.

Ibn Khaldun was 68 or 69 when Masaccio was born.

Masaccio was 4 or 5 when Ibn Khaldun died, aged 73 or 74.

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

Historian

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

Masaccio

Masaccio

Italian painter

Born 21 December 1401 · died 1428, aged 26 or 27

  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. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Masaccio, 1401 – 1428
  10. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Ibn Khaldun and Masaccio 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 Masaccio were born

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