Farkas

Farkas is a Hungarian family name , derived from a nickname meaning " wolf ". As a male first name , Farkas corresponds to the first name Wolfgang .

variants

• Farkaš

Name bearer

First name

• Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai (1775-1856), Hungarian mathematician
• Farkas-Zoltán Hajdú (* 1959), Hungarian writer and filmmaker
• Farkas Kempelen ( Wolfgang von Kempelen; 1734–1804), Austro-Hungarian polymath
• Farkas Molnár (1897–1945), Hungarian architect
• Farkas Paneth (1917–2009), Hungarian-Romanian table tennis player and trainer

family name

• Adalbert Farkas (1906–1995), Austrian-American physical chemist
• Ádám Farkas (* 1968), Hungarian economist
• Akos Farkas (1898–1971), Hungarian cameraman
• Alexander Farkas , American music educator and pianist
• Attila Márton Farkas (* 1965), Hungarian Egyptologist, cultural anthropologist, publicist and activist
• Balázs Farkas (soccer player, 1978) (* 1978), Hungarian soccer player
• Balázs Farkas (soccer player, 1979) (* 1979), Hungarian soccer player
• Balázs Farkas (painter) (* 1980), Hungarian painter
• Balázs Farkas (writer) (* 1987), Hungarian writer and librarian
• Balázs Farkas (football player, 1988) (* 1988), Hungarian football player
• Balázs Farkas (squash player) (* 1997), Hungarian squash player
• Balázs Farkas-Jenser (* 1990), Hungarian singer and guitarist
• Bertalan Farkas (* 1949), Hungarian cosmonaut
• Edith Farkas (women's rights activist) (1877–1942), Hungarian women's rights activist
• Edith Farkas (meteorologist) (1921–1993), Hungarian-New Zealand meteorologist and polar researcher
• Evelyn Farkas , US security expert
• Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000), Hungarian composer
• Flórián Farkas (* 1957), Hungarian politician
• Gábor Farkas (1925–1986), Hungarian agricultural economist
• Gizella Farkas (1925–1996), Hungarian table tennis player
• Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (* 1985), Hungarian heptathlete
• Gyula Farkas (also Julius Farkas ; 1847–1930), Hungarian physicist and mathematician
• Hershel Farkas (* 1939), Israeli-American mathematician
• Hunor Farkas (* 2001), Romanian ski jumper
• István Farkas (1887–1944), Hungarian painter and publisher
• Iuliu Farkaș (1923-1984), Romanian football player
• Jeff Farkas (* 1978), American ice hockey player
• Josef Farkas , Austrian politician (NSDAP)
• Josef-Gerhard Farkas (* 1929), German-Hungarian hungarian scientist
• József Farkas (* 1952), Hungarian wrestler
• Julius von Farkas , also Gyula Farkas (1894–1958), Hungarian-German linguist and literary scholar
• Karl Farkas (1893–1971), Austrian actor and cabaret artist
• Martin Farkas (* 1964), German cameraman
• Mary Farkas (1911–1992), American Zen Buddhist
• Meira Farkas (* 1945), Romanian pianist
• Mihály Farkas (1904–1965), Hungarian politician
• Nicolas Farkas (1890–1982), Hungarian cameraman, screenwriter and director
• Patrick Farkas (* 1992), Austrian soccer player
• Pavol Farkaš (* 1985), Slovak football player
• Péter Farkas (writer) (* 1955), Hungarian author and journalist
• Peter Farkas (actor) (born 1966), British actor
• Péter Farkas (wrestler) (* 1968), Hungarian wrestler
• Petra Farkas (* 1999), Hungarian long jumper
• Philip Farkas (1914–1992), American horn player
• Rózsa Farkas (* 1971), Hungarian cimbalom player
• Tibor Farkas (1883–1940), Hungarian politician
• Tomislav Farkaš (* 1971), Croatian handball player
• Viktor Farkas (1945–2011), Austrian author and journalist
• Zoltán Farkas (film editor) (1913–1980), Hungarian film editor and film director
• Zoltán Farkas (educator) (1928–1990), Romanian educator, psychiatrist and philosopher
• Zoltán Farkas (politician) (* 1963), Hungarian politician
• Zoltán Farkas (wrestler) (* 1974), Hungarian wrestler
• Zoltán Farkas (weightlifter) (* 1974), Hungarian weightlifter
• Zoltán Farkas (soccer player, 1989) (* 1989), Hungarian soccer player
• Zoltán Farkas (soccer player, 1995) (* 1995), Hungarian soccer player
• Zoltán Vesho-Farkas (* 1974), Hungarian poet and translator

Others

• Lemma from Farkas , mathematical proposition from Gyula Farkas
• Farkas (band) , folk band from Pirna in Saxony
• Farkas-utcai Református Templom , main Reformed church in Cluj-Napoca

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Farkas on surnames.behindthename.com (English)