Molina is a Spanish occupational surname. Molina is Latin for 'mill' and is derived from another Latin word, mola ('millstone'). The surname originated from the early Middle Ages, referring to a person who operates a mill or a millstone. Other Spanish surnames, like Molinero (literally: 'miller'), have also originated in the work and management of a mill. Spanish municipalities like Molina de Segura (Murcia) or Molina de Aragón (Castilla-La Mancha) still nowadays include millstones or mill blades in their respective coats of arms (cf. coat of arms of Molina de Segura and Coats of arms of Molina de Aragón). 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 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (1874–1950), President of El Salvador twice 1918–1927 Alfred Molina (born 1953), English actor Alvaro de Molina (born 1957), American banker, chief financial officer of Bank of America Corporation Ángela Molina (born 1955), Spanish actress Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956), Spanish writer and member of the Royal Spanish Academy Antonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y Salazar (1625–1710), viceroy of New Spain 1664–1673 Antonio Tejero Molina (born 1932), a Spanish Lieutenant-Colonel who attempted a coup d'état Arturo Armando Molina (1927–2021), President of El Salvador 1972–1977 B Bengie Molina (born 1974), Puerto Rican baseball player C Carmen Molina, Mexican actress Clarissa Molina (born 1991), Miss Dominican Republic and Top 10 Miss Universe 2015 D Dafne Molina (born 1982), Mexican beauty pageant titleholder Delfina Molina y Vedia (1879–1961), Argentine chemist, writer, teacher, painter, and singer E Edward C. Molina (1877–1964), American teletraffic engineer Enrique Molina (actor) (1943–2021), Cuban actor Enrique Molina Sobrino (contemporary), wealthy Mexican businessman, sued for fraud by the Mexican government Enrique Molina (athlete) (born 1968), Spanish middle-distance runner F Florencio Molina Campos (1891–1959), Argentine painter Franklin Molina (born 1984), Venezuelan road cyclist Fray Alonzo de Molina (1513 or 1514 – 1579 or 1585), author of a classic Nahuatl-Spanish Vocabulario G Gerardo Molina (1906–1991), Colombian writer, politician, and academic Gloria Molina (born 1948), American politician, chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Gustavo Molina (born 1982), Venezuelan baseball player H Hector Garcia-Molina (contemporary), American engineering professor, member of the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation Hilda Molina (born 1942), Cuban neurosurgeon and dissident Hugo Antonio Laviada Molina, a