Møller is a Danish
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
, referring to an occupation as a
Miller, equivalent of the Scottish/English ''
Miller'', the German ''Müller'' etc.
Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.
Statistics Denmark It is the most common non- patronymic surname.
Danish immigrants to English-speaking countries often anglicized the name to '' Miller'', ''Moller
Moller, Möller, Møller or von Möller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Adolf Möller, German olympic rower
*Ale Möller, Swedish musician and composer
*Alex Möller, German politician
*Andreas Möller, German footballer
* ...
'', or ''Moeller
Moeller and Möller are closely related surnames of German origin.
People bearing one of them include the following:
People
* Adolph Moeller, American politician
* Alfred Alphonse Moeller (1889–1971), governor of Orientale Province in the Bel ...
''.
Persons
* Anders Møller Christensen
Anders Møller Christensen (born 26 July 1977) is a retired Danish footballer.
International career
Møller Christensen was called up for the league national team, which played a number of unofficial national team games in the United States, El S ...
* Arnold Peter Møller (1876–1965), Danish shipping magnate and founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group
* Arvid Møller
Arvid Møller (14 October 1939 – 26 September 2020) was a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer, born in Strinda. Having worked as journalist for various newspapers, he was eventually assigned with NRK for about forty years. In addition ...
(1939-2020), Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer
* Birger Møller-Pedersen
Birger Møller-Pedersen (born 11 November 1949) is a computer scientist and professor at the University of Oslo, department of informatics. He published numerous works on object-oriented programming and has contributed to the creation of the BE ...
* Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck
Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck (28 September 1845 – 17 March 1917) was a Norwegian dermatologist born in Lier, Norway. He was a nephew to dermatologist Carl Wilhelm Boeck (1808-1875) and zoologist Christian Peder Bianco Boeck (1798-1877).
In 187 ...
* Carl Møller
Carl Martin August Møller (24 August 1887 – 27 August 1948) was a Danish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, ...
* Christian Møller
Christian Møller (22 December 1904 in Hundslev, Als (island), Als14 January 1980 in Ordrup) was a Danish people, Danish chemist and physicist who made fundamental contributions to the theory of relativity, theory of gravitation and quantum chemi ...
(1904–1980), Danish physicist
* Erik Møller
Svend Erik Møller (7 November 1909 – 24 March 2002) was a Danish architect.
Møller used to work with the famous Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen. Together they won the competition to design the new City Hall in Aarhus, which was ...
(1909–2002), Danish architect
* Grethe Fenger Møller
Grethe Fenger Møller (born 6 November 1941) is a Danish Conservative People's Party politician and lawyer who was elected to the Folketing as a representative of the constituency from 1977 to 1994 and was the Minister of Labour in the first gov ...
(born 1941), Danish politician
* Gunner Møller Pedersen
Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 1943) is a Danish composer. Pedersen is best noted for composing the scores to nine of the films of Danish director Nils Malmros including ''Beauty and the Beast'' ('' Skønheden og udyret'') in 1983 and ''Pain of Lov ...
* Hans Peter Christian Møller (1810–1845), Danish malacologist and Inspector of North Greenland
* Ida Møller
Ida Christina Møller (1872–1947) was a Danish operatic soprano who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1894 to 1926. She is remembered for her roles in Mozart's operas, especially Susanna (''The Marriage of Figaro''), Zerlina (''Don Giova ...
(1872–1947), Danish operatic soprano
* Johan Møller Warmedal
Johan Møller Warmedal (28 April 1914 – 19 August 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Trondenes.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1954, and was re-elected on three occasions ...
* John Christmas Møller (1894–1948), Danish politician
* Katti Anker Møller
Katti Anker Møller (23 October 1868 – 20 August 1945) was a Norwegian feminist, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights.
Biography
She was born Cathrine Anker in Hamar, the daughter of Herman Anker. She had nine ...
* Kenneth Heiner-Møller
Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen; 17 January 1971) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Canadian women's national team. In 1994–1995 he played for Ferencvárosi TC in Hungary, ...
* Kenneth Møller Pedersen
Kenneth Møller Pedersen (born 18 April 1973) is a former Danish professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally mean ...
* Lis Møller
Lis Møller (22 December 1918 – 24 September 1983) was a Danish journalist and Conservative People's Party politician who was elected to the Folketing for two non-consecutive periods. She joined the Young Conservatives when she was aged 15 and ...
(1918–1983), Danish journalist and politician
* M. P. Moller
Mathias Peter Møller, commonly known as M.P. Möller or Moeller (29 September 1854 – 13 April 1937), was a prolific pipe-organ builder and businessman. A native of the Danish island of Bornholm, he emigrated to the United States in 1872 and fou ...
* Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913–2012), Danish shipping magnate
* Marc Møller
Marc Møller (born 7 June 1986) is a retired Danish professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of ...
* Michael Møller
Michael Møller (born 9 November 1952, in Denmark) is president of the Diplomatic Forum of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation, principal advisor at Macro Advisory Partners and member of the boards of several foundations, inclu ...
(born 1952), Danish diplomat, Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva
The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG, french: Office des Nations Unies à Genève) in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the four major offices of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNOG ...
(2013-)
* Niels Otto Møller
Niels Otto Møller (7 November 1897 – 14 April 1966) was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van ...
* Per Stig Møller
Per Stig Møller (, informal: Per Stig; born 27 August 1942 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for ...
(born 1942), Danish politician, Foreign Minister (2001–)
* Peder Møller (disambiguation)
** Peder Møller (gymnast)
** Peder Ludvig Møller
Peder Ludvig Møller (18 April 1814 in Aalborg, Denmark – 8 December in Sotteville-Lès-Rouen, France, 1865) was a Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denma ...
* Peter Møller
Peter Møller Nielsen (born 23 March 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. In 2018 he became sporting director of Dansk Boldspil Union. He won fo ...
(born 1972), Danish former professional footballer
* Pia Christmas-Møller
Pia Christmas-Møller (born 21 January 1961) is a Danish politician, a member of parliament from 1987 until 2011. She represented the Conservative People's Party from 1987 until 2007 and led her party between 1998 and 1999. From 2007 until 2011 s ...
* Poul Martin Møller
Poul Martin Møller (21 March 1794 – 13 March 1838) was a Danish academic, writer, and poet. During his lifetime, he gained renown in Denmark for his poetry. After his death, his posthumously published fiction and philosophical writings were wel ...
(1794–1838), Danish professor of philosophy and author
* Richard Møller Nielsen
Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team
The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelan ...
* Sunniva Hakestad Møller
References
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Danish-language surnames
Occupational surnames