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| {{Infobox family name | |||
| | name = Farkas | |||
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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 ]). | '''Farkas''' ({{lang-hu|Wolf}}) is a ] surname or a given name (the last corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name ]). | ||
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==Fictional characters== | ||
| * Farkas is one of the ] characters players encounter in ] along with his brother, Vilkas (''wolf'' in Lithuanian) |
* Farkas is one of the ] characters players encounter in ] along with his brother, Vilkas (''wolf'' in Lithuanian) | ||
| * Scut Farkus (variation of Farkas), the bully in the 1983 film ] | * Scut Farkus (variation of Farkas), the bully in the 1983 film ] | ||
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| *] Turkish surname meaning "wolf" | *] Turkish surname meaning "wolf" | ||
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| {{First names and surnames derived from "Wolf"}} | {{First names and surnames derived from "Wolf"}} | ||
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Farkas (Template:Lang-hu) is a Hungarian surname or a given name (the last corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name Wolfgang).
List of persons with the surname
- Andrea Farkas, Hungarian handball goalkeeper
- Andy Farkas, former American football player, who, along with 9 other players, holds the record for the longest pass caught in NFL history
- Balázs Farkas, Hungarian footballer currently playing for FC Dynamo Kyiv
- Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space
- Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer
- George Farkas - Founder of Alexander's Department Store
- Gyula Farkas (natural scientist), Hungarian mathematician and physicist
- Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist) (1894–1958), literature historian
- Karl Farkas, Austrian actor
- Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian World War II General and Chief Scout
- Leonardo Farkas, Chilean businessman
- Mihály Farkas, minister of national defence of Hungary under Rákosi dictatorship
- Philip Farkas, symphony horn player
- Wally Farkas, guitarist with Texan rock band Galactic Cowboys
- Zsófia Farkas, the second wife of Muammar Gaddafi
Fictional characters
- 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
List of persons with the given name
- Farkas Bolyai, or Wolfgang Bolyai
- Farkas Kempelen, or Wolfgang von Kempelen
See also
- Farkasréti Temető (cemetery), Budapest
- Farkas's lemma
- Wolf (name), Wolfe (surname), Wolff, Woolf, Wulf and Volf
- Ulf, Scandinavian male name meaning "wolf"
- Ze'ev and Zev, Hebrew first names meaning "wolf"
- Vuk (name), Serbian name meaning "wolf"
- Kurt Turkish surname meaning "wolf"
| Family names derived from the word "wolf" | ||
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| Celtic | Ó Faoláin, Phelan, Whalan, Whalen, Whelan, Felan, Folan, Mac Conallaidh, McNally |  |
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Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Farkas. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Categories: