Mol (surname)

Mol is a Dutch surname. Meaning "mole" in Dutch, it may be descriptive in origin, or metonymic for a mole catcher. The name could also be patronymic (from the archaic name Molle) or toponymic, referring to the town Mol, Belgium in Antwerp province or a location named "the mole(s)". Among variant forms are De Mol ("the mole"), Demol (a West Flemish variant), Moll, Mols (a patronymic form), and Van Mol ("from the town Mol").[1][2] Notable people with these surnames include:

• Alarda Mol (born 1982), Dutch cricketer
• Albert Mol (1917–2004), Dutch author, actor and TV personality
• Anders Mol (born 1997), Norwegian volleyball player
• Annemarie Mol (born 1958), Dutch ethnographer and philosopher
• Christelle Mol (born 1972), French badminton player
• Dick Mol (born 1955), Dutch paleontologist and mammoth expert
• Geert-Maarten Mol (born 1983), Dutch cricketer, brother of Hendrik-Jan
• Gretchen Mol (born 1972), American model and actress
• Hans Mol (1922–2017), Dutch-born Australian sociologist
• Hendrik-Jan Mol (born 1977), Dutch cricketer, brother of Geert-Maarten
• Jaap Mol (1912–1972), Dutch football forward
• Leo Mol (1915–2009), Ukrainian-Canadian artist and sculptor
• Michael Mol (born 1971), South African doctor and TV personality
• Michiel Mol (born 1969), Dutch businessman and Formula One team director
• Pieter Laurens Mol (born 1946), Dutch contemporary artist
• Serge Mol (born 1970), Belgian martian arts historian and author
• Simon Mol (1973–2008), pen name of Simon Moleke Njie, Cameroon-born journalist and writer
• Tom Van Mol (born 1972), Belgian footballer
• Wouter Mol (born 1982), Dutch cyclist
• Woutherus Mol (1785–1857), Dutch painter