Desmoulins (surname)
Desmoulins, de Moulins, des Moulins or Demoulin are toponymic surnames literally meaning "from the mill" in French. It may have originated either as a nickname for someone who lived by the mill or as a toponymic surname for a person from one of the many places in France and Belgium named Moulins. Notable people with the surname include:
- Georges Demoulin, Belgian entomologist
- Michel Demoulin, Belgian athlete
- Nicolas Démoulin, French politician
- Robert Demoulin, Belgian academic
- Jacques Démoulin, French painter
- Jean de Moulins, French cardinal
- Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- , French cyclist
- Camille Desmoulins, French revolutionary leader
- *Lucile Desmoulins née Duplessis, wife of Camille
- Charles Des Moulins, French naturalist
- Guyart des Moulins, French monk