Ibn Khaldun · Zheng He Were Ibn Khaldun and Zheng He alive at the same time? Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Zheng He were alive at the same time, from 1371 to 1405–1406. Ibn KhaldunHistoriographer and historianBorn 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74Zheng HeChinese mariner, explorer, and diplomatBorn 1371 · died 1433–1435 Ibn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey ChaucerZheng HeJohannes GutenbergJoan of Arc Ibn Khaldun and Zheng He 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.