Candida

Candida Doyle is an Irish musician who is a keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984. She joined her brother, drummer Magnus Doyle, in the line-up to replace the previous keyboard player, Tim Allcard, who had left the band.

Candida Donadio (1929 - 2001) was an American literary agent. She represented many writers, including postmodern novelists Joseph Heller, William Gaddis, and Thomas Pynchon.

Candida Gertler, OBE, is a British-German art collector, philanthropist, and former journalist.

Candida Lycett Green (née Betjeman; 1942 – 2014) was a British author who wrote sixteen books including English Cottages, Goodbye London, The Perfect English House, Over the Hills and Far Away and The Dangerous Edge of Things. Her television documentaries included The Englishwoman and the Horse, and The Front Garden. Unwrecked England, based on a regular column of the same name she wrote for The Oldie from 1992, was published in 2009.

Candida Thompson is a British violinist.

The French unisex form, Candide, is borne by the male protagonist of the book "Candide" (1759) by Voltaire.

Candida Höfer (b. 1944) is a German photographer.

Candida is the name of a play (and a character in the play) by George Bernad Shaw. One of the members of the britpop band Pulp is also a Candida.