Varga (surname)

Varga or Vargha is a Hungarian occupational surname derived from the Hungarian term varga, meaning, “shoemaker” or “cobbler”. [1] The Czech and Slovak female form is Vargová.

People with the surname “Varga” include:

Academics

• Eugen Varga (Hungarian: Varga Jenő; 1879–1964), Hungarian Marxist economist
• Richard S. Varga (1928–2022), American mathematician

Artists

• Judit Varga (born 1979), Hungarian composer
• Laszlo Varga (cellist), Hungarian-American cellist (retired 2000)
• Marián Varga (1947–2017), Slovak musician and composer
• Margit Varga (1908–2005), American painter, art director, journalist
• Ferenc Varga (sculptor)
• Frank Varga
• Silvia Vargová (Hungarian: Varga Szilvia)

Sportspeople

• Ádám Varga (born 1999), Hungarian footballer
• Barnabás Varga (born 1994), Hungarian footballer
• Béla Varga (wrestler) (1888–1969), Hungarian Olympic wrestler
• Dacian Varga (born 1984), Romanian footballer
• Dániel Varga (born 1983), Hungarian water polo player
• Dénes Varga (born 1987), Hungarian water polo player
• Dezső Varga (born 1939), Romanian ice hockey player
• Erik Varga (born 1976), Slovak sports shooter
• Ferenc Varga (1925–2023), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
• Iván Varga (born 1995), Argentine footballer
• István Varga (1943–2014), Hungarian handball player
• István Varga (1960–2023), Hungarian judoka
• János Varga (1939–2022), Hungarian wrestler
• József Varga (born 1954), Hungarian footballer
• József Varga (born 1988), Hungarian footballer
• József Varga (born 1999), Hungarian footballer
• Judit Varga (born 1976), Hungarian athlete
• Katalin Varga (canoeist) (born 1986), Hungarian paracanoeist
• Kevin Varga, Hungarian footballer
• László Varga (footballer) (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
• Miklós Varga (born 1987), Hungarian boxer
• Milan Varga (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey player
• Miroslav Varga, Czech sport shooter
• Norbert Varga (born 1980), Romanian footballer
• Peter Varga (born 1998), Slovak footballer
• Péter Varga (born 1974), Hungarian kickboxer
• Roland Varga (athlete) (born 1967), Hungarian discus thrower
• Roland Varga (footballer) (born 1989), Hungarian footballer
• Stanislav Varga (born 1972), Slovak footballer
• Tamás Varga (born 1975), Hungarian water polo player
• Zsolt Varga (born 1972), Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
• Zsolt Varga (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• Zvonko Varga (born 1959), Serbian footballer

Others

• Béla Varga (politician) (1903–1995), Hungarian Catholic priest and politician
• Gabor Varga (1961–2006), Swedish aviator
• Ivan Varga (1953–2021), Slovak politician
• István Varga (born 1953), Hungarian lawyer and politician
• István Varga (born 1956), Hungarian politician and economist
• Katalin Varga (1802–1852), leader of the Transylvanian Miners' Movement
• Melinda Varga (born 1977), Australian reality TV personality
• Michel Varga (1927–2015), Hungarian Trotskyist activist
• Nacho Varga, a fictional character in Better Call Saul
• V.M. Varga, the main antagonist in the third season of Fargo
• Zoltán Varga (disambiguation), several people

Vargha

• Csongor Vargha (born 1946), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• Ilona Vargha (1910–1973), Hungarian fencer
• János Vargha (born 1949), Hungarian biologist and environmentalist
• Ferenc Vargha