Farkas
Farkas (Hungarian: Wolf) is a Hungarian surname or a given name; the latter corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name Wolfgang. 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, who, along with 9 other players, holds the record for the longest pass caught in NFL history
- Balázs Farkas, Hungarian footballer
- Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space
- David Farkas, American actor, lead singer of 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
- Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak (1892–1980), vitéz, Hungarian nobleman, World War II General and Chief Scout, General Captain (Hungarian: Főkapitány) of The Knightly Order of Vitéz
- Györgyi Farkas, birth name of Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, Hungarian track and field athlete
- Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1894–1958), Hungarian nobleman and literature historian
- Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1847–1930), Hungarian nobleman, mathematician and physicist
- József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951), Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
- Karl Farkas, Austrian actor
- 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), vitéz, colonel of the Kingdom of Hungary, captain of the Order of Vitéz of the county of Zala. He was knight of the Order of the Iron Crown
- Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa de Boldogfa (1883–1940) jurist, Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament, Hussar Captain
- Wally Farkas, guitarist with Texan rock band Galactic Cowboys
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, used car salesman in the 1990 Australian film, The Big Steal played by Steve Bisley
- 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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