Farkas ("Wolf" in Hungarian) is a Hungarian surname and a given name. In Czech and Slovak languages it is rendered as Farkaš.

• 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
• Andy Farkas, former 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
• David Farkas, American actor, lead singer of Farkas
• Dénes Farkas, Dénes Farkas de Boldogfa (1884–1973), landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament
• Edit Éva Farkas, Hungarian lichenologist and mycologist
• Evelyn Farkas, American intelligence analyst
• Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1713–1770), jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (alispán of Zala)
• Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer
• Gejza Farkaš (born 1949), Slovak former football manager and footballer
• Györgyi Farkas, birth name of Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, Hungarian track and field athlete
• Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1894–1958), Hungarian nobleman and literature historian
• Gyula Farkas (natural scientist), Gyula Farkas de Kisbarnabak (1847–1930), Hungarian nobleman, mathematician and physicist
• József Farkas (politician), József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951), Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
• Karl Farkas, Austrian actor
• Katalin Farkas (born 1970), Hungarian philosopher
• Katalin Farkas (soprano) (born 1954), Hungarian opera singer
• Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak (1892–1980), Hungarian nobleman, World War II General and Chief Scout
• Ladislaus Farkas (1904–1948), Israeli chemist, of Austro-Hungarian origin
• Leonardo Farkas, Chilean businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian origin
• Mihály Farkas (1904–1965), Hungarian Jewish Communist politician
• Philip Farkas, American symphony horn player
• Roko Farkaš (born 2005), Croatian multi-event athlete
• Sam Farkas (1917–2006), American bookmaker
• Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa (1880– 1946), colonel of the Kingdom of Hungary
• Shimon Farkas, cantor, singer, and performer born in Hungary, and living in Australia
• Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa de Boldogfa (1883–1940) jurist, Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament, Hussar Captain

• Farkas Bejc, Hungarian prelate in the 13th century
• Farkas Bethlen, Hungarian noble and chronicler in the Principality of Transylvania
• Farkas Bolyai, or Wolfgang Bolyai
• Farkas Gatal, Hungarian noble in the 12th century
• Farkas Molnár (1897–1945) Hungarian architect, painter, essayist, and graphic artist
• Farkas Kempelen, or Wolfgang von Kempelen

• Gordon Farkas, a character in the 1990 Australian film, The Big Steal
• 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
• Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier, comic relief in Power Rangers