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