Farkas
Farkas (Hungarian: Wolf) is a Hungarian surname or a given name; the latter corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name Wolfgang.
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
- Evelyn Farkas, American intelligence analyst
- Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer
- 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 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
- Tibor Farkas 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
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
List of persons with the given name
- Farkas Bethlen, Hungarian noble and chronicler in the Principality of Transylvania
- Farkas Bolyai, or Wolfgang Bolyai
- Farkas Kempelen, or Wolfgang von Kempelen
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