Instead of acting like a ledger, make it a list of active and emeritus members. Active members can be listed by the year they got commit privileges while emeritus is alphabetical and lists years active.

E.g.

Active core developers

• 2018
  1. Pablo
• 2003
  1. Brett Cannon
• 1989
  1. Guido van Rossum
• Unknown
  1. Ethan Furman

Emeritus core developers

1. Paul F. Dubois (1998 - 2005)