McCandless (surname)
McCandless is an Ulster Scots surname of Northern Ireland, derived from Scottish Gaelic mac Cuindlaes. Notable people with the surname include:
- Al McCandless, U.S. Congressman.
- Billy McCandless, former Northern Irish professional footballer.
- Bruce McCandless, rear admiral in the U.S. Navy and Medal of Honor recipient.
- Bruce McCandless II, astronaut who made the first untethered spacewalk.
- Byron McCandless, vexillologist and commodore in the U.S. Navy.
- Christopher McCandless, American hiker and itinerant traveler who starved to death in Alaska, and the subject of the multiple non-fiction books and documentaries, beginning with Into the Wild.
- Cromie McCandless, motorcycle road racer and brother of Rex McCandless.
- Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher, industrialist and politician from Hawaii.
- Paul McCandless, American jazz woodwind player and composer.
- Ray B. McCandless, American college sports coach.
- Rex McCandless, motorcycle road racer, designer of the Norton Featherbed frame and brother of Cromie McCandless
- Stanley McCandless, widely considered to be the first theatrical lighting educator.
- William McCandless, Union Army officer in the American Civil War and later member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
- Wilson McCandless, United States federal judge from Pittsburgh, Penn.
