Molina (surname)
This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Molina (disambiguation).
Molina is a Spanish surname. It originated from medieval Spain, in the Christian Kingdom of Castile, when Manrique Pérez de Lara, of the House of Lara, in April 1154 issued a fuero to the town of Molina, nowadays called Molina de Aragón.[1] Thus, the Molina surname is not an occupational surname related with molino ('mill'). It belongs to another Spanish surname, Molinero (literally: 'miller'), to have been originated in the work and management of a mill. Nevertheless, Spanish municipalities like Molina de Segura (Murcia) or Molina de Aragón (Castilla-La Mancha) still nowadays include millstones or mill blades in their respective coats of arms (cf. coat of arms of Molina de Segura and Coats of arms of Molina de Aragón).
A
- Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (1874–1950), President of El Salvador twice 1918–1927
- Alfred Molina (born 1953), English actor
- Alvaro de Molina (born 1957), American banker, chief financial officer of Bank of America Corporation
- Ángela Molina (born 1955), Spanish actress
- Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956), Spanish writer and member of the Royal Spanish Academy
- Antonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y Salazar (1625–1710), viceroy of New Spain 1664–1673
- Antonio Tejero Molina (born 1932), a Spanish Lieutenant-Colonel who attempted a coup d'état
- Arturo Armando Molina (born 1927), President of El Salvador 1972–1977
B
- Bengie Molina (born 1974), Puerto Rican baseball player
C
- Carmen Molina, Mexican actress
- Clarissa Molina (born 1991), Miss Dominican Republic and Top 10 Miss Universe 2015
D
- Dafne Molina (born 1982), Mexican beauty pageant titleholder
E
- Edward C. Molina (1877–1964), American teletraffic engineer
- Enrique Molina (actor) (born 1944), Cuban actor
- Enrique Molina Sobrino (contemporary), wealthy Mexican businessman, sued for fraud by the Mexican government
- Enrique Molina (athlete) (born 1968), Spanish middle-distance runner
F
- Florencio Molina Campos (1891–1959), Argentine painter
- Franklin Molina (born 1984), Venezuelan road cyclist
- Fray Alonzo de Molina (1513 or 1514 – 1579 or 1585), author of a classic Nahuatl-Spanish Vocabulario
G
- Gerardo Molina (1906–1991), Colombian writer, politician, and academic
- Gloria Molina (born 1948), American politician, chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- Gustavo Molina (born 1982), Venezuelan baseball player
H
- Hector Garcia-Molina (contemporary), American engineering professor, member of the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation
- Hilda Molina (born 1942), Cuban neurosurgeon and dissident
- Hugo Antonio Laviada Molina, a Mexican politician
I
- Infanta Maria Francisca, Countess of Molina (1800–1834), Portuguese infanta daughter of King John VI of Portugal
- Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855), son of King Charles IV of Spain, Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain
J
- Jacinto Molina (Paul Naschy) (born 1934), Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director
- Jason Molina (1974–2013), American indie rock musician
- Jennifer Molina (born 1981), Mexican female footballer
- John John Molina (Juan Molina) (born 1965), Puerto Rican boxer
- John Molina, Jr. (born 1982), American boxer
- Jorge Molina (born 1966), Cuban film director
- José Angel Molina (born 1958), Puerto Rican boxer
- José Antonio Molina Rosito (born 1926), Honduran botanist (Ant.Molina)
- José Molina (born 1975), Puerto Rican baseball player
- José Domingo Molina Gómez (1896–1969), interim President of Argentina 1955
- José Francisco Molina (born 1970), Spanish football player
- Juan Francisco de Molina (fl. 1839), President of Honduras 1839
- Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829), Chilean priest and naturalist
- Juan Manuel Molina (born 1979), Spanish race walker
- Juana Molina (born 1962), Argentine singer, songwriter, and actress
- Justo Páez Molina (1902–1969), Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba 1963–1966
L
- Laura Molina (badminton) (contemporary), Spanish badminton player
- Laura Molina (born 1957), American artist
- Lauren Molina, American actress, singer, songwriter
- Luis Molina (disambiguation)
M
- Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (1877–1944), first or second president of the Philippines
- Marcos Molina, baseball player
- Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress
- Mario J. Molina (born 1943), Mexican Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry
- Marquis de Molina (fl. 1821–1867), Spanish politician and government minister
- Mauricio Molina (golfer) (born 1966), Argentine golfer
- Mauricio Molina (born 1980), Colombian football player
O
- Olivia Molina (singer) (born 1946), German-Mexican singer
- Olivia Molina (actress) (born 1980), Spanish actress
R
- Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (1891–1961), dictator of the Dominican Republic 1930–1961
- Rafael Molina Sánchez (1841–1900), Spanish matador
- Ralph Molina (born 1943), American rock drummer
- Raúl De Molina (born 1959), Cuban television celebrity on Univision
- Remigio Molina (born 1970), Argentine Olympic boxer
- Rolando Molina (born 1971), El Salvadoran-American actor
S
- Scott Molina (born 1960), American championship triathlete
T
- Tirso de Molina (1571–1648), Spanish dramatist and poet
Y
- Yadier Molina (born 1982), Puerto Rican baseball player
References
- ↑ "Molina" surname datasheet in the official genealogical and heraldic «Andalucía GenWeb» website, from «Darrax Cultura y Comunicación», Malaga, Andalusia. (Spanish)
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