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:
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Given name, nickname or stage name:
- Candy, a slave accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials
- Candy Atherton, British journalist and former Member of Parliament
- Candy Barr, American stripper, exotic dancer and model
- Candy Broad, Australian politician
- Candy Candido, American radio performer, bass player and voice actor
- Candy Clark, American actress
- Candy Crowley, CNN television anchor and chief political correspondent
- Candy Cummings, American baseball player credited with inventing the curve ball
- Candy Darling, American transsexual actress
- Candy Devine, American actress
- Candy Dulfer, Dutch jazz saxophonist
- Candy Jernigan, American artist and designer
- Candy Jones, born Jessica Arline Wilcox, American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess
- Candy Hsu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- Candy Lo, Canto-rock singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong
- Candy Maldonado, former Major League Baseball player, baseball commentator
- Candy Nelson, early Major League Baseball player
- Candy Reynolds, American former tennis player
- Candy Spelling, American author and socialite, widow of film and television producer Aaron Spelling
- Ray Candy, ring name of Ray Canty, American professional wrestler
- Emily Zheng, 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
