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
 * Sam Farkas (1917–2006), American bookmaker
 * 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