Farkas
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Farkas is a Hungarian
surname or a given name (the last corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name Wolfgang
).
This phrase was named after Tom Farkas, who on a weekly basis would fiddle with his company's network equipment, causing calamitous disasters on a regular basis.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
surname or a given name (the last corresponds in the Catholic tradition to the German name Wolfgang
Wolfgang
Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany and Austria. Its earliest known bearer was a tenth century saint. The name is a combination of the Old High German word wulf, meaning "wolf" and gang, meaning "path". Grimm interpreted the name as that of a hero in front of...
).
List of persons with the surname
- Andrea FarkasAndrea FarkasAndrea Farkas is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKKSE. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from 1996 and an Olympic silver medal from 2000...
, Hungarian handball goalkeeper - Andy FarkasAndy FarkasAndrew Geza Farkas was an American football fullback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions.-Early life:Farkas was born in Clay Center, Ohio of Hungarian origins, and attended St...
, former American football player, who, along with 9 other players, holds the record for the longest pass caught in NFL history - Balázs FarkasBalázs FarkasBalázs Farkas is a Hungarian professional footballer currently playing for Debreceni VSC.-Career:Farkas began his career with Nyíregyháza Spartacus and was here promoted to the first team in July 200. After just one year on seniorside for Nyíregyháza Spartacus who played fifteen games and scores...
, Hungarian footballer currently playing for FC Dynamo KyivFC Dynamo KyivFC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... - Bertalan FarkasBertalan FarkasBertalan Farkas was the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space. He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade...
, the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first EsperantistEsperantois the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
in space - Ferenc FarkasFerenc FarkasFerenc Farkas was a Hungarian composer.Farkas began his studies in composition at the Budapest Academy of Music , where his teachers were Leo Weiner and Albert Siklós. He later studied with Ottorino Respighi in Rome...
, Hungarian composer - George Farkas - Founder of Alexander'sAlexander'sAlexander's was a department store chain in the New York metropolitan area. Catering to low- and middle-income consumers, Alexander's offered discounted designer fashions and high-quality private label goods. At its height, the company operated 16 stores. Its advertising slogan was "You'll find...
Department Store - Gyula Farkas (natural scientist)Gyula Farkas (natural scientist)Farkas Gyula, or Julius Farkas was a Hungarian mathematician and physicist.He attended the gymnasium at Győr , and studied law and philosophy at Budapest...
, Hungarian mathematician and physicist - Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist)Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist)Farkas Gyula, or Julius von Farkas was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno-Ugric linguist....
(1894–1958), literature historian - Karl FarkasKarl FarkasKarl Farkas was an Austrian actor and cabaret performer.In accordance with the wishes of his parents, he was to study law, but decided to follow the call of the stage...
, Austrian actor - Kisbarnaki Ferenc FarkasKisbarnaki Ferenc FarkasFerenc Farkas de Kisbarnak was Chief Scout of the Hungarian Boy Scouts, commanding officer of the Royal Ludovika Akadémia, the country's officer training school, and General of the Hungarian VI Army Corps during World War II...
, Hungarian World War II General and Chief Scout - Leonardo FarkasLeonardo FarkasLeonardo Julio Farkas Klein is a Chilean businessman and philanthropist.-Early years:Farkas's parents were Jews of Hungarian descent who emigrated from Transylvania to South America in 1939....
, Chilean businessman - Mihály FarkasMihály FarkasMihály Farkas was a Hungarian Communist politician.From the 1930s he had been a Communist. He lived in Košice and Prague then. He fought in the Spanish Civil War; later he moved to the Soviet Union...
, minister of national defence of Hungary under Rákosi dictatorship - Philip FarkasPhilip FarkasPhilip Farkas was principal hornist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years; he left in 1960 to join the music faculty at Indiana University Bloomington. He wrote The Art of French Horn Playing which is considered by many to be the seminal work for horn players...
, symphony horn player - Wally Farkas, guitarist with Texan rock band Galactic CowboysGalactic CowboysGalactic Cowboys was a Heavy Metal band based in Houston, Texas. They combined progressive metal with a style of vocals influenced by The Beatles and the heavy playing style of thrash bands such as Anthrax...
- Zsófia FarkasSafia FarkashSafia Farkash , is the widow of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and mother of seven of his eight biological children. Her independent wealth is reported at US$30Bn.-Early life:...
, the second wife of Muammar GaddafiMuammar GaddafiMuammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
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Fictional characaters
- Scut Farkus (variation of Farkas), the bully in the 1983 film A Christmas StoryA Christmas StoryA Christmas Story is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories. It was directed by Bob Clark...
List of persons with the given name
- Farkas BolyaiFarkas BolyaiFarkas Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry, and of his son János Bolyai.-Biography:...
, or Wolfgang Bolyai - Farkas Kempelen, or Wolfgang von KempelenWolfgang von KempelenJohann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd was a Hungarian author and inventor with Irish ancestors.-Life:...
Phrases
- A "Farkas" refers to the act of someone screwing up as it pertains to technology. For example, "I performed a Farkas when I rebooted the company's server in the middle of the work day".
This phrase was named after Tom Farkas, who on a weekly basis would fiddle with his company's network equipment, causing calamitous disasters on a regular basis.
See also
- Wolf (name)Wolf (name)Wolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name common among Native Americans and other nations.-Surname:*Alfred Wolf , German-born American navy sailor*Alice Wolf , American politician...
- Farkasréti Temető (cemetery), BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
- Farkas's lemmaFarkas's lemmaFarkas' lemma is a result in mathematics stating that a vector is either in a given convex cone or that there exists a plane separating the vector from the cone, but not both. It was originally proved by the Hungarian mathematician Gyula Farkas...