Farkas
Farkas ("Wolf" in Hungarian) is a Hungarian surname and a given name. In Czech and Slovak languages it is rendered as Farkaš.
List of persons with the surname
- Alexander S. Farkas, former executive of Alexander's, an American department store founded by his father
- Andrea Farkas, Hungarian handball goalkeeper
- Andrew Farkas, American writer
- Andy Farkas, former American football player
- Balázs Farkas, Hungarian footballer
- Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space
- Brian Farkas, former member of North Carolina House of Representatives
- David Farkas, American actor, lead singer of Farkas
- Dénes Farkas, Dénes Farkas de Boldogfa (1884–1973), landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament
- Evelyn Farkas, American intelligence analyst
- Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1713–1770), jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (alispán of Zala)
- Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer
- Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak (1892–1980), Hungarian nobleman, World War II General and Chief Scout
- Györgyi Farkas, birth name of Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, Hungarian track and field athlete
- Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1894–1958), Hungarian nobleman and literature historian
- Gyula Farkas (natural scientist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1847–1930), Hungarian nobleman, mathematician and physicist
- József Farkas (politician), József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951), Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
- Karl Farkas, Austrian actor
- Katalin Farkas (born 1970), Hungarian philosopher
- Katalin Farkas (soprano) (born 1954), Hungarian opera singer
- Leonardo Farkas, Chilean businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian origin
- Mihály Farkas (1904–1965), Hungarian Jewish Communist politician
- Philip Farkas, American symphony horn player
- Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa (1880– 1946), colonel of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa de Boldogfa (1883–1940) jurist, Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament, Hussar Captain
List of persons with the given name
- Farkas Bejc, Hungarian prelate in the 13th century
- Farkas Bethlen, Hungarian noble and chronicler in the Principality of Transylvania
- Farkas Bolyai, or Wolfgang Bolyai
- Farkas Gatal, Hungarian noble in the 12th century
- Farkas Molnár (1897–1945) Hungarian architect, painter, essayist, and graphic artist
- Farkas Kempelen, or Wolfgang von Kempelen
Fictional characters
- Gordon Farkas, a character in the 1990 Australian film, The Big Steal
- Farkas is one of the werewolf characters players encounter in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim along with his brother, Vilkas (wolf in Lithuanian)
- Scut Farkus (variation of Farkas), the bully in the 1983 film A Christmas Story
- Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier, comic relief in Power Rangers
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