Candy (name)

Candy is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It is often used as a hypocorism for the feminine given name Candace.

People

Surname

• Brooke Candy (born 1989), American rapper and tattoo artist
• Charles Candy (1832–1910), American soldier
• Christian and Nick Candy, British luxury property developers
• Don Candy (1929–2020), Australian tennis player
• Henry Candy (born 1944), British racehorse trainer
• John Candy (1950–1994), Canadian actor and comedian

Given name, nickname or stage name

• Candy (Salem witch trials), a slave accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials
• Candy Atherton (1955–2017), British politician and journalist
• Candy Barr (1935–2005), American stripper, burlesque dancer and model
• Candy Broad (born 1956), Australian politician
• Candy Candido (1913–1999), American radio performer and voice actor
• Candy Chen (born 1993), Taiwanese actress
• Candy Clark (born 1947), American actress
• Candy Crowley (born 1948), American news anchor
• Candy Cummings (1848–1924), American baseball player
• Candy Darling (1944–1974), American transgender actress
• Candy Devine (born 1956), American actress
• Candy Dulfer (born 1969), Dutch jazz saxophonist
• Candy Jernigan (1952–1991), American artist and designer
• Candy Johnson (1944 – 2012), American singer and dancer
• Candy Jones (1925–1990), American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess
• Candy Hsu (born 1998), Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress
• Candy Lo (born 1974), Hongkongese singer-songwriter and actress
• Candy Maldonado (born 1960), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player
• Candy Massaroni, American politician
• Candy Nelson (1849–1910), American Major League Baseball player
• Candy Reynolds (born 1955), American former tennis player
• Candy Spelling (born 1945), American author and theater producer
• Candy Yuen (born 1984), Hongkongese actress and presenter
• Ray Candy (1951–1994), American professional wrestler

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 Canaday, in the TV series Bonanza
• Candy Cat, from the TV series "Peppa Pig"
• 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 Chiu, 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
• Candy Jams, a character in the animated series Grojband
• King Candy, character from Wreck-It-Ralph

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Candy
• All pages with titles containing Candy
• Candace (given name)
• Candice (disambiguation)
• Caddy (name)