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
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Alexander S. Farkas, former executive of Alexander's, an American department store founded by his father
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Andrea Farkas, Hungarian handball goalkeeper
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Andrew Farkas, American writer
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Andy Farkas, former American football player
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Balázs Farkas, Hungarian footballer
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Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space
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Brian Farkas, former member of North Carolina House of Representatives
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David Farkas, American actor, lead singer of Farkas
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Dénes Farkas, Dénes Farkas de Boldogfa (1884–1973), landowner, politician, member of the
Hungarian Parliament
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Edit Éva Farkas, Hungarian lichenologist and mycologist
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Evelyn Farkas
Evelyn Nicolette Farkas (born December 6, 1967) is an American national security advisor, author, and foreign policy analyst. She is the current executive director of the McCain Institute, a nonprofit focused on democracy, human rights, and cha ...
, American intelligence analyst
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Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1713–1770), jurist, landowner,
vice-ispán of the county of Zala (''alispán of Zala'')
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Ferenc Farkas
Ferenc Farkas (; 15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungary, Hungarian composer.
Biography
Born into a musical family (his father, Aladár Farkas, was an Olympian and soldier who played the cimbalom and his mother played the piano) i ...
, Hungarian composer
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Gavril Farkas (born 1973), Hungarian-Romanian-German mathematician
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Gejza Farkaš (born 1949), Slovak former football manager and footballer
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Györgyi Farkas, birth name of Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, Hungarian track and field athlete
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Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1894–1958), Hungarian nobleman and literature historian
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Gyula Farkas (natural scientist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1847–1930), Hungarian nobleman, mathematician and physicist
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József Farkas (politician), József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951), Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
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Karl Farkas, Austrian actor
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Katalin Farkas (born 1970), Hungarian philosopher
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Katalin Farkas (soprano) (born 1954), Hungarian opera singer
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Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak (1892–1980), Hungarian nobleman, World War II General and Chief Scout
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Ladislaus Farkas (1904–1948), Israeli chemist, of Austro-Hungarian origin
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Leonardo Farkas, Chilean
iron mining businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian origin
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Mihály Farkas (1904–1965), Hungarian Jewish Communist politician
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Philip Farkas, American symphony horn player
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Roko Farkaš (born 2005), Croatian multi-event athlete
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Sam Farkas (1917–2006), American bookmaker
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Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa (1880– 1946), colonel of the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
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Shimon Farkas, cantor, singer, and performer born in Hungary, and living in Australia
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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
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Farkas Bejc, Hungarian prelate in the 13th century
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Farkas Bethlen, Hungarian noble and chronicler in the Principality of Transylvania
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Farkas Bolyai, or Wolfgang Bolyai
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Farkas Gatal, Hungarian noble in the 12th century
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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
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*Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier, comic relief in
Power Rangers
''Power Rangers'' is an American media franchise created by Haim Saban, Shuki Levy and Shotaro Ishinomori built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''Super Sentai''. It is currently ow ...
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Hungarian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Hungarian-language surnames