Candy (name)
Appearance
Candy is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It is often used as a hypocorism for the feminine given name Candace. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Charles Candy (1832–1910), Union officer in the American Civil War
- Christian and Nick Candy, property developers
- Don Candy (born 1929), Australian tennis player
- Henry Candy (born 1944), British racehorse trainer
- John Candy (1950–1994), Canadian comedic actor
- Brooke Candy (born 1989), American rapper
Given name, nickname or stage name:
- Candy, a slave accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials
- Candy Atherton (born 1955), British journalist and former Member of Parliament
- Candy Barr (1935–2005), American stripper, exotic dancer and model
- Candy Broad (born 1956), Australian politician
- Candy Candido (1913–1999), American radio performer, bass player and voice actor
- Candy Clark (born 1947), American actress
- Candy Crowley (born 1948), CNN television anchor and chief political correspondent
- Candy Cummings (1848–1924), American baseball player credited with inventing the curve ball
- Candy Darling (1944–1974), American transsexual actress
- Candy Devine (born 1956), American actress
- Candy Dulfer (born 1969), Dutch jazz saxophonist
- Candy Jernigan (1952–1991), American artist and designer
- Candy Jones (1925–1990), born Jessica Arline Wilcox, American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess
- Candy Hsu (born 1998), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- Candy Lo (born 1974), Canto-rock singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong
- Candy Maldonado (born 1960), former Major League Baseball player, baseball commentator
- Candy Nelson (1849–1910), early Major League Baseball player
- Candy Reynolds (born 1955), American former tennis player
- Candy Spelling (born 1945), American author and socialite, widow of film and television producer Aaron Spelling
- Ray Candy (1951–1994), American professional wrestler
- Emily Zheng (born 1993), also known as Candy, Taiwanese actress, member of Blackie
Fictional characters:
- Candy Kong, in the Donkey Kong video game series
- Candy Southern, in the Marvel Comics universe
- DJ Candy, in the MySims video game series
- Etta Candy, in the DC Comics Wonder Woman series
- Candy, in John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men
- Candy, in the TV series Dave the Barbarian
- Candy, in the anime series Smile PreCure!
- Candy, the title character of Candy Candy, a 1976 Japanese shojo manga, anime and novel series
- Candy Caramella, in the TV series Space Goofs
- Candy Chu, one of the characters of Gravity Falls
- Candy Smiles, in the TV series Cory in the House
- Candice White Andley, aka Candy, the main character of the Candy Candy franchise