Farkas
Farkas is a Hungarian surname and a given name. In Czech and Slovak languages it is rendered as Farkaš.
Notable 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
- Andrew Farkas (businessman), American banker and real estate investor
- Andy Farkas, 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
- Daniel Farkas, businessman and Hungarian–Jewish immigrant in Chile
- David Farkas, American actor, lead singer of Farkas
- Dénes Farkas, Dénes Farkas de Boldogfa, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament
- Edit Éva Farkas, Hungarian lichenologist and mycologist
- Evelyn Farkas, American intelligence analyst
- Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa, jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala
- Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer
- Gavril Farkas, Hungarian-Romanian-German mathematician
- Gejza Farkaš, Slovak football manager and footballer
- Györgyi Farkas, birth name of Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, Hungarian track and field athlete
- Gyula Farkas (linguist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak, Hungarian nobleman and literature historian
- Gyula Farkas (natural scientist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak, Hungarian nobleman, mathematician and physicist
- Julia Farkas, Hungarian rhythmic gymnast
- József Farkas (politician), József Farkas de Boldogfa, Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
- Karl Farkas, Austrian actor
- Katalin Farkas, Hungarian philosopher
- Katalin Farkas (soprano), Hungarian opera singer
- Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak, Hungarian nobleman, World War II General and Chief Scout
- Ladislaus Farkas, Israeli chemist, of Austro-Hungarian origin
- Leonardo Farkas, Chilean iron mining businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian origin
- Mihály Farkas, Hungarian Jewish Communist politician
- Philip Farkas, American symphony horn player
- Roko Farkaš, Croatian multi-event athlete
- Sam Farkas, American bookmaker
- Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa, colonel of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Shimon Farkas, cantor, singer, and performer born in Hungary, and living in Australia
- Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa, jurist, Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament, Hussar Captain
Notable 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, Hungarian mathematician
- Farkas Gatal, Hungarian noble in the 12th century
- Farkas Molnár Hungarian architect, painter, essayist, and graphic artist
- Farkas Kempelen, or Wolfgang von Kempelen, Hungarian author and inventor
Fictional characters
- Gordon Farkas, a character in the 1990 Australian film, The Big Steal
- Farkas, one of the werewolf characters players encounter in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim along with his brother, Vilkas
- Scut Farkus, the bully in the 1983 film A Christmas Story
- Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier, comic relief in Power Rangers
- Marcus A. Farkas, recurring character in FUBAR (TV series)