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.

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