8. I was decorated after rescuing two soldiers from a burning tank.

Josef Mengele aka Angel of Death.

You got it!

9. In mid-1942, when I was seriously wounded in action, I was declared unfit for further active service.

10. Subsequently, I was appointed to the position of chief physician at a prison camp.

11. There, I developed a particular interest in identical twins and dwarfs.

12. I used my position to research heredity, using inmates for human experimentation.

13. I was known to whistle while selecting which prisoners to send to the gas chambers.

14. After the war, I sailed to Argentina, where I worked as a carpenter in Buenos Aires.

15. I was never caught, and thus eluded punishment for my war crimes.

Your turn, Claudio!

OK, here it is:

1. I lived in the 19th century

2. My father fought during Napoleonic wars and was awarded the Legion of Honour.

3. I was, among other things, a chemist.

4. I was a pioneer in a field which has been saving millions of people’s lives.

5. I’m world wide famous, if not by name, by the process I invented.

Louis Pasteur?

Indeed! Was that too easy? I'll do better next time.

LOL, Claudio! 19th Century, the French connection, chemistry and saving people's lives made me immediately think of Pasteur.

I'll pass to someone else ...

I got one that I have been saving for awhile and is a bit more mainstream...

Posting clues soon.

1) When I was a toddler, I was scalded by boiling water and required skin grafts over 35% of my body, and spent three months in the hospital.

2) While on a trip to Las Vegas, during high school, I convinced my parents to let me see a live show whereupon I was noticed by the production staff; despite being only 17 years old, I convinced my
parents to let me sign a contract. Immediately after graduating high school, I drove back to Las Vegas, where I became a showgirl in Frederic Apcar's pioneering "Vive Les Girls!" at The Dunes;
where, I met Elvis Presley, whom I briefly dated.

3) During the 1970s, test shots of me for Playboy were stolen and appeared in several men's magazine's without my permission.

Ann Margaret?

No... but keep her in mind.

I will add another clue after my 4 mile run...

Cassandra (Elvira) Peterson

Love Elvira! My late colleague Frankie LaRocka (drummer with David Johansen, Bon Jovi, Scandal, and later with me in John Waite’s band) was good friends with her, and showed me some photos of them together where she wore no make-up. Great looking gal! But totally different from her Elvira image.

Sorry for the interjection, fellas. Carry on …

I think you got Cliff (I was thinking the same thing)

Yes, Cliff is correct.

4) I also purportedly posed for the cover of Tom Waits' album Small Change (1976); I have since described it as "a giant mystery" claiming that while she has no memory of the event, the picture looks enough like me that she feels "pretty sure" it is me.

5) My character rapidly gained notice with my tight-fitting, low-cut, cleavage-displaying black gown.

6) I and my best friend, Robert Redding, came up with the sexy punk/vampire look after producers rejected my original idea to look like Sharon Tate's character in The Fearless Vampire Killers.

I knew enough about her that the dating Elvis was a tip off.

1) I was born in San Diego California in 1950.
2) I was a military brat, and we moved a lot. I was finally raised in Seattle Washington.
3) In my youth I was known for having a stutter; it tended to make me shy.

Bill Gates.

Not Bill

4. In high school I studied music; it helped me with my stutter.

Mel Tillis

Nope, Not Mel.

5. After graduating from high school, I joined a band; we moved to Vancouver in Canada in 1973.