Farkas

Farkas (Hungarian: Wolf) is a Hungarian surname or a given name (the last corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name Wolfgang). It comes from the translation of the Yiddish personal name Volf meaning 'wolf', an ornamental adoption of the Hungarian word.

List of persons with the surname

• Andrea Farkas, Hungarian handball goalkeeper
• 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
• Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer
• George Farkas - Founder of Alexander's Department Store
• Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist) (1894–1958), literature historian
• Gyula Farkas (natural scientist), Hungarian mathematician and physicist
• Karl Farkas, Austrian actor
• Katalin Farkas, Hungarian soprano (b Budapest, 5 Jan 1954)
• Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian World War II General and Chief Scout
• Leonardo Farkas, Chilean businessman
• Mihály Farkas, minister of national defence of Hungary under Rákosi dictatorship
• Philip Farkas, symphony horn player
• Safia Farkash, the second wife of Muammar Gaddafi
• Wally Farkas, guitarist with Texan rock band Galactic Cowboys

Fictional characters

• Gordon Farkas is the sleazy 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 Bolyai, or Wolfgang Bolyai
• Farkas Kempelen, or Wolfgang von Kempelen