On Cataloguing Great Thinkers by Their Life-Course

It might be helpful to catalogue all of the great thinkers/philosophers, not by their theory but by their life course… One might categorize them by how their life was lived. I have never seen this project undertaken. Yet, it may be more instructive to see how these philosophers “cashed in” their theory, to see who died even pretending to be satisfied. Would we elevate Nietzsche, as a model for our life? I suspect we might admire his thinking, but would we emulate his living?