Candy is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
Charles Candy (1832–1910), Union officer in the American Civil War
Christian and Nick Candy, property developers
Don Candy (born 1929), Australian tennis player
Henry Candy (born 1944), British racehorse trainer
John Candy (1950–1994), Canadian comedic actor
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 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 (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 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
