# 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
* Edit Éva Farkas, Hungarian lichenologist and mycologist
* 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
* Gejza Farkaš (born 1949), Slovak former football manager and footballer
* 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
* Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak (1892–1980), Hungarian nobleman, World War II General and Chief Scout
* Ladislaus Farkas (1904–1948), Israeli chemist, of Austro-Hungarian origin
* Leonardo Farkas, Chilean businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian origin
* Mihály Farkas (1904–1965), Hungarian Jewish Communist politician
* Philip Farkas, American symphony horn player
* Roko Farkaš (born 2005), Croatian multi-event athlete
* Sam Farkas (1917–2006), American bookmaker
* Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa (1880– 1946), colonel of the Kingdom of Hungary
* Shimon Farkas, cantor, singer, and performer born in Hungary, and living in Australia
* 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