title: Varga (surname)
text: # Varga (surname)
  
  Varga or Vargha is a Hungarian occupational surname derived from the Hungarian term varga, meaning, ”shoemaker” or “cobbler”. 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
  * 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
  * Erik Varga (born 1976), Slovak sports shooter
  * Ferenc Varga (1925–2023), Hungarian sprint canoeist
  * Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
  * János Varga (1939–2022), Hungarian wrestler
  * József Varga (born 1954), Hungarian footballer
  * József Varga (born 1988), 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
  * István Varga (disambiguation), several people
  * 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
  