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. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

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, ring name of Ray Canty (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

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