Farkas

Farkas (Hungarian: Wolf) is a Hungarian surname or a given name (the last corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name Wolfgang).

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 [1]
• 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