The name Candia can refer to:

People

* The

House of Candia The House of Candia was a noble family from Savoy (14th–16th).Annuaire de la noblesse de France (1861)on line/ref> It held a castle at Chambéry-Le-Vieux under the name "Château de Candie", in Arpitan: ''Cândia''. Members François de ...

, a noble family from Savoy (14th-16th) *

Alfredo Ovando Candía Alfredo Ovando Candia (6 April 1918 – 24 January 1982) was a Bolivian military officer and political leader who served as the 48th president of Bolivia from 1965 to 1966 and 1969 to 1970. During his first term, he shared power with René Bar ...

, 56th president of Bolivia * Antoinette Candia-Bailey, American academic administrator *

Cecilia Maria de Candia Cecilia Maria de Candia (24 December 1853, Brighton, England – 26 May 1926, Bordighera, Italy), later Mrs Godfrey Pearse, was an Italian-British writer, amateur singer and society hostess. She was the daughter of two famous opera singers, Giulia ...

, British-Italian writer *

César di Candia César di Candia (24 October 1929 – 17 March 2025) was a Uruguayan journalist and writer.

, Uruguayan journalist and writer * Christian di Candia, Uruguayan politician, Mayor of Montevideo *

Elia del Medigo Elia del Medigo, also called Elijah Delmedigo or Elias ben Moise del Medigo and sometimes known to his contemporaries as Helias Hebreus Cretensis or in Hebrew Elijah Mi-Qandia (c. 1458 – c. 1493). According to Jacob Joshua Ross, "whil ...

de Candia (1458–1493), philosopher and Talmudist *

Giovanni Matteo Mario Giovanni Matteo De Candia, also known as Mario (17 October 1810 – 11 December 1883), was an Italian opera singer. The most celebrated tenor of his era, he was lionized by audiences in Paris and London. He was the partner of the opera singer Giu ...

, opera singer, Italian marquis Giovanni de Candia *

Giulia Grisi Giulia Grisi (22 May 1811 – 29 November 1869) was an Italian opera singer. She performed widely in Europe, the United States and South America and was among the leading sopranos of the 19th century. Her second husband was Giovanni Matteo Mario ...

, opera singer, Italian marchese Juliette de Candia * José Pedro Montero de Candia, former president of Paraguay *

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (or Del Medigo), also known as Yashar Mi-Qandia (; 16 June 1591 – 16 October 1655), was a rabbi, author, physician, mathematician, and music theory, music theorist. Born in Heraklion, Candia, Crete, a descendant of E ...

de Candia (1591–1655), scientist and philosopher *

Pedro de Candia Pedro de Candia (Pietro de Cândia) (; Crete, Kingdom of Candia 1485–1542 Chupas, Viceroyalty of Peru) was a Greek explorer and cartographer at the service of the Kingdom of Spain, an officer of the Royal Spanish Navy that under the Spanish Cr ...

, Greek explorer of the Americas

Places

* The Venetian name for

Heraklion Heraklion or Herakleion ( ; , , ), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital city, capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in G ...

Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...

, or the island itself, used until the 20th century in English *

Kingdom of Candia The Realm or Kingdom of Candia (; ; ) or Duchy of Candia (; ; ) was the official name of Crete during the island's period as an Stato da Màr, overseas colony of the Republic of Venice, from the initial Venetian conquest in 1205–1212 to its fal ...

, the island of Crete as a colony of the Republic of Venice *

Candia Canavese Candia Canavese (in Piedmontese language: ''Cándia'') is a ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin situated in the historical region of the Canavese in Piedmont, Italy about northeast of Turin. It borders the following municipalities: S ...

, ''comune'' in Italy *

Candia Lomellina Candia Lomellina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan and about west of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,639 and an area of .All demograph ...

, ''comune'' in Italy *

Candia, New Hampshire Candia is a New England town, town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,013 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Candia, Candia Four Corners, New Hampshire, Candia Fou ...

, town in the United States

Companies

Candia (vehicles) Candia is a Greek company producing Agricultural machinery and equipment, based in Herakleion, Crete. It is representative of many companies in this country (and especially on that island), that produced multi-purpose light farm vehicles. A part ...

, a Greek agricultural machinery manufacturer *

Candia The name Candia can refer to: People * The House of Candia, a noble family from Savoy (14th-16th) * Alfredo Ovando Candía, 56th president of Bolivia * Antoinette Candia-Bailey, American academic administrator * Cecilia Maria de Candia, British-It ...

, a French dairy product brand owned by Liban Lait {{disambig