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 currently playing for FC Dynamo Kyiv
• 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, running for Democratic nomination for New York congressional seat in 2020
• 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, 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
• Dr. 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