Varga (surname)

Varga or Vargha is a Hungarian occupational surname derived from the Hungarian term varga, meaning, “shoemaker” or “cobbler”. Czech and Slovak female form is Vargová.

People with the surname “Varga” include:

Academics

 * Eugen Varga (Varga Jenő; 1879–1964), Hungarian Marxist economist
 * Richard S. Varga (1928–2022), American mathematician

Artists

 * Judit Varga (born 1979), Hungarian composer
 * Laszlo Varga (cellist), Hungarian-American cellist (retired 2000)
 * Marián Varga (1947–2017), Slovak musician and composer
 * Margit Varga (1908–2005), American painter, art director, journalist
 * Ferenc Varga (sculptor)
 * Frank Varga
 * Silvia Vargová (Varga Szilvia)

Sportspeople

 * Ádám Varga (born 1999), Hungarian footballer
 * Barnabás Varga (born 1994), Hungarian footballer
 * Béla Varga (wrestler) (1888–1969), Hungarian Olympic wrestler
 * Dacian Varga (born 1984), Romanian footballer
 * Dániel Varga (born 1983), Hungarian water polo player
 * Dénes Varga (born 1987), Hungarian water polo player
 * Erik Varga (born 1976), Slovak sports shooter
 * Ferenc Varga (1925–2023), Hungarian sprint canoeist
 * Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
 * János Varga (1939–2022), Hungarian wrestler
 * József Varga (born 1954), Hungarian footballer
 * József Varga (born 1988), Hungarian footballer
 * József Varga (born 1999), Hungarian footballer
 * Judit Varga (born 1976), Hungarian athlete
 * Katalin Varga (canoeist) (born 1986), Hungarian paracanoeist
 * Kevin Varga, Hungarian footballer
 * László Varga (footballer) (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
 * Miklós Varga (born 1987), Hungarian boxer
 * Milan Varga (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey player
 * Miroslav Varga, Czech sport shooter
 * Norbert Varga (born 1980), Romanian footballer
 * Peter Varga (born 1998), Slovak footballer
 * Péter Varga (born 1974), Hungarian kickboxer
 * Roland Varga (athlete) (born 1967), Hungarian discus thrower
 * Roland Varga (footballer) (born 1989), Hungarian footballer
 * Stanislav Varga (born 1972), Slovak footballer
 * Tamás Varga (born 1975), Hungarian water polo player
 * Zsolt Varga (born 1972), Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
 * Zsolt Varga (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoeist
 * Zvonko Varga (born 1959), Serbian footballer

Others

 * Béla Varga (politician) (1903–1995), Hungarian Catholic priest and politician
 * Gabor Varga (1961–2006), Swedish aviator
 * István Varga (disambiguation), several people
 * Katalin Varga (1802–1852), leader of the Transylvanian Miners' Movement
 * Melinda Varga (born 1977), Australian reality TV personality
 * Michel Varga (1927–2015), Hungarian Trotskyist activist
 * Nacho Varga, a fictional character in Better Call Saul
 * V.M. Varga, the main antagonist in the third season of Fargo
 * Zoltán Varga (disambiguation), several people

Vargha

 * Csongor Vargha (born 1946), Hungarian sprint canoeist
 * Ilona Vargha (1910–1973), Hungarian fencer
 * János Vargha (born 1949), Hungarian biologist and environmentalist
 * Ferenc Vargha