>>30782421I only have vague ideas of what kind of teams they'd have, but here are some historical figures I'd love to pokemon battle:
Napoleon or Robespierre (maybe Robespierre could spam Guillotine and give you a Guillotine TM?)
Sun Tzu
Socrates or Homer
Machiavelli or Leonardo Da Vinci
Hernando Cortez
Eric the Red
Ghandi (probably a bunch of guys with Mirror Coat, Metal burst, and counter, maybe Wobbuffet or Pyukumuku for his signature pokemon)
Thomas Edison (Most likely and electric type specialist)
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Catherine the Great or Ivan the Terrible, both would be awesome
Mansa Musa
Moses or King Solomon or David or Saul, all would be equally cool to battle, really.
Hannibal (gotta have elephant pokemon)
