# Varga (surname)

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

## Academics

* Eugen Varga (Hungarian: 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 (Hungarian: 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
* Dezső Varga (born 1939), Romanian ice hockey player
* Erik Varga (born 1976), Slovak sports shooter
* Ferenc Varga (1925–2023), Hungarian sprint canoeist
* Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
* István Varga (1943–2014), Hungarian handball player
* István Varga (1960–2023), Hungarian judoka
* 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
* Saša Varga (born 1993), Belgian 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
* Ivan Varga (1953–2021), Slovak politician
* István Varga (born 1953), Hungarian lawyer and politician
* István Varga (born 1956), Hungarian politician and economist
* 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