Molina (surname)
Molina is a Spanish occupational surname. Molina is Latin for 'mill' and is derived from another Latin word, mola. The surname originated from the early Middle Ages, referring to a person who operates a mill or a millstone. Other Spanish surnames, like Molinero, have also originated in the work and management of a mill. Spanish municipalities like Molina de Segura or Molina de Aragón still nowadays include millstones or mill blades in their respective coats of arms.
A bloodline of Molinas, in the Christian Kingdom of Castile, originated from ennoblement 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.
A
- Ainhoa Molina, Spanish politician
- Alfonso Quiñónez Molina, Salvadoran politician, physician, and president
- Alfred Molina, English actor
- Alvaro de Molina, American banker, chief financial officer of Bank of America Corporation
- Ángel Molina Galano, Spanish officer
- Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
- Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer and member of the Royal Spanish Academy
- Antonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y Salazar, viceroy of New Spain 1664–1673
- Antonio Tejero Molina, Spanish Lieutenant-Colonel who attempted a coup d'état
- Arturo Armando Molina, President of El Salvador 1972–1977
B
- Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
C
- Carmen Molina, Mexican actress
- Clarissa Molina, Miss Dominican Republic and Top 10 Miss Universe 2015
D
- Dafne Molina, Mexican beauty pageant titleholder
- Delfina Molina y Vedia, Argentine chemist, writer, teacher, painter, and singer
- Dominga Lucía Molina, Argentine activist
E
- Edward C. Molina, American teletraffic engineer
- Enrique Molina (actor), Cuban actor
- Enrique Molina Sobrino, wealthy Mexican businessman, sued for fraud by the Mexican government
- Enrique Molina (athlete), Spanish middle-distance runner
- Estela Molina, Mexican professional wrestler
F
- Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine painter
- Franklin Molina, Venezuelan road cyclist
- Fray Alonzo de Molina, author of a classic Nahuatl-Spanish ''Vocabulario''
G
- Gerardo Molina, Colombian writer, politician, and academic
- Gloria Molina, American politician, chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- Guillermo Molina (baseball), American baseball player
- Gustavo Molina, Venezuelan baseball player
H
- Hector Garcia-Molina, American engineering professor, member of the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation
- Hilda Molina, Cuban neurosurgeon and dissident
- Hugo Antonio Laviada Molina, Mexican politician
I
- Infanta Maria Francisca, Countess of Molina, Portuguese infanta daughter of King John VI of Portugal
- Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, son of King Charles IV of Spain, Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain
- Ivan Molina, Colombian tennis player
- Agent Isabella Molina, an undercover cop in "Rush Hour 2"
- Ignacio Molina, Uruguayan footballer
J
- Jacinto Molina, Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director
- Jason Molina, American indie rock musician
- Jennifer Molina, Mexican female footballer
- John John Molina, Puerto Rican boxer
- John Molina, Jr., American boxer
- Jorge Molina, Cuban film director
- Jorge Molina, Spanish footballer
- José Angel Molina, Puerto Rican boxer
- José Antonio Molina Rosito, Honduran botanist
- José Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
- José Domingo Molina Gómez, interim President of Argentina 1955
- José Francisco Molina, Spanish football player
- Juan Francisco de Molina, First President of Independent Honduras
- Juan Ignacio Molina, Chilean priest and naturalist
- Juan Manuel Molina, Spanish race walker
- Juana Molina, Argentine singer, songwriter, and actress
- Justo Páez Molina, Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba 1963–1966
K
- Kim Molina, Filipino actress
L
- Laura Molina (badminton), Spanish badminton player
- Laura Molina, American artist
- Lauren Molina, American actress, singer, songwriter
- Luis de Molina, Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian
- Luis Molina (boxer), American boxer
- Luis Molina (rugby player), Argentine rugby union player
- Luis Manuel Molina, Cuban musician, composer and broadcaster
- Luis Molina (baseball), Nicaraguan baseball coach
- Luis Pedro Molina, Guatemalan football goalkeeper
- Luis Molina (athlete), Argentine athlete
M
- Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, first or second president of the Philippines
- Mariana Molina, Brazilian actress
- Mario J. Molina, Mexican Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry
- Marquis de Molina, Spanish politician and government minister
- Mauricio Molina (golfer), Argentine golfer
- Mauricio Molina, Colombian football player
- Miguel Molina (footballer), Spanish football coach
N
- Nahuel Molina, Argentine football player
O
- Olivia Molina (singer), German-Mexican singer
- Olivia Molina (actress), Spanish actress
P
- Pedro X. Molina, Nicaraguan caricaturist
- Pilar Molina Llorente, Spanish writer
R
- Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, dictator of the Dominican Republic 1930–1961
- Rafael Molina Sánchez, Spanish matador
- Ralph Molina, American rock drummer
- Raúl De Molina, Cuban television celebrity on Univision
- Rebecca Molina, more commonly known as just Molina, Danish-Chilean singer and songwriter
- Remigio Molina, Argentine Olympic boxer
- Romain Molina, French investigative reporter
- Rolando Molina, El Salvadoran-American actor
S
- Scott Molina, American championship triathlete
T
- Tinti Molina, American baseball player
- Tirso de Molina, Spanish dramatist and poet
Y
- Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
Fictional characters
- Carmen Molina, supporting character in Breaking Bad
- Domingo "Krazy-8" Molina, supporting character in Breaking Bad and ''Better Call Saul''