Praetyre
King
Living people can also change or at least our perception of them. A certain tower was recently renamed IIRC because of the person this tower was named after, and - at least in the west - Putin is now considered to be a completely different person compared to our perception just 4 or 5 years ago.
That's a fair point, but most of the living people I've included have already had major accomplishments. Even if some scandal or crime overshadows their legacy (which could also happen to the dead- look at Jimmy Saville), or if their creative muse peters out, that doesn't erase the contribution they've already made. You can argue it outweighs whatever good they gave to the world in the case of those involved in serious crime, but that should hopefully be a pretty rare occurence.
Also, I've uploaded the people currently on this list to the SVN. Hope this works!