Lake Geneva promenade; his home at Corsier-sur-Vevey is now a museum of his life and career). Actors Noël Coward, James Mason, Peter Ustinov, Richard Burton, and Audrey Hepburn all lived in villages on the shores of or in view of the lake. David Bowie moved to a chalet to the north of Lake Geneva in 1976, which inspired him to take up painting and informed the first stages of the "Berlin Trilogy". Pop singer Phil Collins lives in a home overlooking the lake. Rock band Queen owned and operated Mountain Recording Studios (which is still in use today) in Montreux, and a
Mauger (French name) world (full title: "Cours de Langue et de Civilisation Françaises", tomes I-IV, by Gaston Mauger). Mauger (French name) Mauger is a Norman surname of Germanic origin (possibly meaning 'council-spear'). It was used first as a given name in the Middle Ages. pronunciation API : French [moʒe] (Old French [maʷdʒɘʁ]) ; English [ˈmeɪ.dʒ.ə(ɹ)]. The second element of the name "-ger" is from Germanic "gari" "spear" (see Roger, Gerard, etc.), while the first element "Mau-", is a short form for "Madal-", which is ultimately from Germanic "*maþl-" "assembly, council" (Old High German "mahal", Anglo-Saxon "mæðl" "council, assembly"). The Old Norman form was