Moll
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Notable people with the given name
- Moll DavisMoll DavisMary "Moll" Davis was a seventeenth-century entertainer and courtesan, singer and actress who became one of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England.- Early life, theatre career:...
, an actress and mistress to King Charles II of England
Notable people with the surname
- Albert Moll (German psychiatrist), founder of modern sexology
- Dr. Albert E. Moll, pioneer in day treatment for psychiatric patients
- King Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria
- Brian MollBrian MollBrian Moll is a British born character actor born in East London active on Australian television from the late 1950s. He has had many guest roles on many a television series, such as Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide, and in the 1970s became famous playing the role of Dr Vincent Snape, in the...
, actor - Carl MollCarl MollCarl Julius Rudolf Moll was a prominent art nouveau painter active in Vienna at the start of the 20th century. He was also the stepfather of Alma Mahler-Werfel .- Biography :...
, painter - Guy MollGuy MollGuillaume Laurent "Guy" Moll was a French racing driver.Moll was the son of a French father and Spanish mother who had emigrated to Algeria, then a French colony. He had only started racing in 1930, running a Lorraine-Dietrich in sporadic local events in Algeria...
, auto racer - Herman MollHerman MollHerman Moll , was a cartographer, engraver, and publisher. Moll moved to England in 1678 and opened a book and map store in London...
, cartographer - Herman Moll (convict)Herman Moll (convict)Herman Joseph Moll was a convict transported to Western Australia. He was one of only four such convicts to be elected to the prestigious and respected position of member of a local Education Board.- Biography :...
, Australian historical figure - Jacob Anton Moll, Dutch oculist and namesake for the gland of Moll
- Kurt MollKurt MollKurt Moll is a German operatic bass, now retired.-Biography:Moll was born in Buir, near Cologne, Germany. As a child, he played the cello and hoped to become a great cellist. He also sang in the school choir, and the conductor encouraged him to concentrate on singing...
, retired German opera bass - Louis-Joseph MollLouis-Joseph MollLouis-Joseph Moll was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871 as a Conservative....
, physician and MLA for Quebec - Otto MollOtto MollOtto Moll was an SS-Hauptscharführer and part of the staff at Auschwitz. Born in Hohenschonberg, Germany on March 4, 1915 and was executed on May 28, 1946 in Landsberg am Lech....
, SS-Hauptscharführer and part of the staff at Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Richard MollRichard MollCharles Richard Moll is an American actor and voice artist,best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1983 to 1992...
, actor - Tony MollTony MollTony Moll is an American football offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers...
, American football player
Fictional Molls
- Moll, a character in the 1937 musical The Cradle Will RockThe Cradle Will RockThe Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 musical by Marc Blitzstein. Originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project, it was directed by Orson Welles, and produced by John Houseman. The show was recorded and released on seven 78-rpm discs in 1938, making it the first cast album recording.The musical is a...
by Marc Blitzstein - Moll FlandersMoll FlandersThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722, after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719...
, the title character in the novel by Daniel Defoe - Moll Hackabout, the unfortunate prostitute portrayed in William Hogarth's A Harlot's ProgressA Harlot's ProgressA Harlot's Progress is a series of six paintings and engravings by William Hogarth. The series shows the story of a young woman, Mary Hackabout, who arrives in London from the country and becomes a prostitute...
As slang term
- Gun mollGun mollGun moll is a term that refers to the female companion of a male professional criminal. In some contexts, gun moll more specifically suggests that the woman handles a firearm....
, the female companion of an American gangster - Moll (slang)Moll (slang)Moll is Australian and New Zealand slang, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for a woman of loose sexual morals, a bitch, a slut or a prostitute...
, in Australia and New Zealand, any woman with loose sexual morals.
Other uses
Derived from Latin mollis meaning "soft":- Moll (grape), a Spanish grape variety
- In music, the German, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish, Czech and Scandinavian term for Minor, cf. Major and minorMajor and minorIn Western music, the adjectives major and minor can describe a musical composition, movement, section, scale, key, chord, or interval.Major and minor are frequently referred to in the titles of classical compositions, especially in reference to the key of a piece.-Intervals and chords:With regard...