Famous People with Name Maur

Melissa Auf Der Maur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melissa Auf Der Maur: a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. She is also a published photographer.Auf der Maur became friends with Billy Corgan after apologizing for a friend who had thrown a beer bottle at the band during one of The Smashing Pumpkins' first Canadian concert dates at Montreal nightclub Foufounes Électriques.[citation needed] Her band, Tinker, opened for The Smashing Pumpkins in Montreal in 1993. In 1994, when Hole was in need of a new bassist following the death of Kristen Pfaff, Corgan recommended Auf der Maur to Courtney Love. Auf der Maur initially turned the job down, but later reconsidered. She joined Hole two weeks before the Reading Festival, and recorded the album Celebrity Skin with the band, ultimately leaving on October 20, 1999, after her 5-year contract with the band had come to an end.

Nicolas-François Dupré De Saint-Maur            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Nicolas-François Dupré De Saint-Maur: was a French economist and statistician. From a family of jurists and financial figures, he was the son of a correcteur in the Chambre des comptes and cousin of Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour. He became treasurer of France at the Bureau de la généralité de Paris and was made a conseiller du roi.