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⚫ '''Farkas''' ("Wolf" in Hungarian) is a ] surname and a given name. In Czech and Slovak languages it is rendered as ].
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| meaning = ''Farkas'' is Hungarian for Wolf
| region = Hungary
| language = Hungarian
| related names = Wolfgang
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⚫ '''Farkas''' ({{lang-hu|Wolf}}) is a ] surname or a given name (the last corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name ]).

==List of persons with the surname== ==List of persons with the surname==
* ], former executive of Alexander's, an American department store founded by his father
* ], Hungarian handball goalkeeper * ], Hungarian handball goalkeeper
* ], American writer
* ], former American football player, who, along with 9 other players, holds the record for the longest pass caught in NFL history
* ], Hungarian footballer currently playing for ] * ], former American football player
* ], the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first ] in space * ], Hungarian footballer
* ], the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space
* ], former member of North Carolina House of Representatives
* ], American actor, lead singer of Farkas
* ], Dénes Farkas de Boldogfa (1884–1973), landowner, politician, member of the ]
* ], Hungarian lichenologist and mycologist
* ], American intelligence analyst
* ] (1713–1770), jurist, landowner, ] of the county of Zala (''alispán of Zala'')
* ], Hungarian composer * ], Hungarian composer
* ] (born 1949), Slovak former football manager and footballer
* George Farkas - Founder of ] Department Store
* ], Hungarian mathematician and physicist * ], birth name of Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, Hungarian track and field athlete
* ] (1894–1958), literature historian * ], Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1894–1958), Hungarian nobleman and literature historian
* ], Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1847–1930), Hungarian nobleman, mathematician and physicist
* ], József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951), Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
* ], Austrian actor * ], Austrian actor
* ], Hungarian World War II General and Chief Scout * ] (born 1970), Hungarian philosopher
* ], Chilean businessman * ] (born 1954), Hungarian opera singer
* ], Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak (1892–1980), Hungarian nobleman, World War II General and Chief Scout
* ], minister of national defence of Hungary under ] dictatorship
* ] (1904–1948), Israeli chemist, of Austro-Hungarian origin
⚫ * ], symphony horn player
* ], Chilean businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian origin
* Wally Farkas, guitarist with Texan rock band ]
* ] (1904–1965), Hungarian Jewish Communist politician
* ], the second wife of ]
⚫ * ], American symphony horn player
* ] (born 2005), Croatian multi-event athlete
* ] (1917–2006), American bookmaker
* ] (1880– 1946), colonel of the ]
* ], cantor, singer, and performer born in Hungary, and living in Australia
* ] de Boldogfa (1883–1940) jurist, Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament, Hussar Captain


⚫ == List of persons with the given name ==
==Fictional characaters==
* ], Hungarian prelate in the 13th century
⚫ * Farkas is one of the ] characters players encounter in ] along with his brother, Vilkas (''wolf'' in Lithuanian)<ref>http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/Farkas</ref>
* ], Hungarian noble and chronicler in the Principality of Transylvania
⚫ * Scut Farkus (variation of Farkas), the bully in the 1983 film ]

⚫ ==List of persons with the given name==
* ], or Wolfgang Bolyai * ], or Wolfgang Bolyai
* ], or ] * ], Hungarian noble in the 12th century
* ] (1897–1945) Hungarian architect, painter, essayist, and graphic artist
* Farkas Kempelen, or ]


==See also== ==Fictional characters==
* Gordon Farkas, a character in the 1990 Australian film, '']''
* ] (cemetery), ]
⚫ * Farkas is one of the werewolf characters players encounter in '']'' along with his brother, Vilkas (''wolf'' in Lithuanian)
* ]
⚫ * Scut Farkus (variation of Farkas), the bully in the 1983 film '']''
*], ], ], ], ] and ]
*Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier, comic relief in ]
*], Scandinavian male name meaning "wolf"
*] and ], Hebrew first names meaning "wolf"
*], Serbian name meaning "wolf"
*] Turkish surname meaning "wolf"


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==References==

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{{First names and surnames derived from "Wolf"}}
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Latest revision as of 19:43, 24 November 2024

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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Family names derived from the word "wolf"
CelticÓ Faoláin, Phelan, Whalan, Whalen, Whelan, Felan, Folan, Mac Conallaidh, McNally
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