Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Giotto alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Giotto were alive at the same time, from 1266–1276 to 1324.

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

Giotto

Italian painter and architect

Born 1266–1276 · died 8 January 1337

  1. Rumi
  2. Thomas Aquinas
  3. Marco Polo
  4. Dante Alighieri
  5. Giotto
  6. Ibn Battuta
  7. Petrarch
  8. Hafez
  9. Ibn Khaldun
Marco Polo and Giotto 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.