I'm in.
As expected, commentary on the categories:
Monarch
Politician
Warlord
Commander
Soldier
I have trouble setting those categories apart. I assumen you mean "commander" in the military sense, and that "soldier" means a fighter but NOT a commander, but warlord?
That seems too arbitrary, basicly just about any historical commander could also be a warlord and vice versa? I wouldn't want to go into definitions of formal armies as a separating factor, 'cause that can get messy.
How about Outlaw and Rebel as a categories? Some marvelous historical people there.
I don't see why mercenary and soldier need to be separate really.
Also wouldn't Scientist/Inventor be essentially the same thing, the difference being mostly formal/nonformal, which is again tricky when you go across history and different cultures.
Artist propably means visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, so forth), since you separated composer and writer as different categories? (just to make sure, nothing wrong with such a category, I'm just trying to figure them out). Although I think it might be best to not have that many categories so we can pull this the whole way through, and cutting out composer would seem simple enough, as it's just a type of artist anyway.
I'd add Thinker to Philosopher to cover the less formal leaders in thought.
My suggestion:
Monarch
Politician
Commander
Soldier / Mercenary
Vigilante / Outlaw
Rebel
Religious figure
Philosopher / Thinker
Writer
Artist
Scientist / Inventor
Explorer
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