Desmoulins (surname)

Desmoulins, de Moulins, des Moulins or Demoulin are toponmic surnames literally meaning "from the mill" in French. It may be 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 (1919–1994), Belgian entomologist *Michel Demoulin (born 1965), Belgian athlete *Nicolas Démoulin (born 1972), French politician *Robert Demoulin (1911–2008), Belgian academic *Jacques Démoulin (1905-1991), French painter *Jean de Moulins (d. 1353), French cardinal *Roger de Moulins (d. 1187), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller *André Desmoulins (fl. 1940), French cyclist *Camille Desmoulins (1760–1794), French revolutionary leader **Lucile Desmoulins ''née'' Duplessis (1770–1794), wife of Camille *Charles Des Moulins (1798–1875), French naturalist *Guyart des Moulins (1251–1322), French monk Provided by Wikipedia