Candida, Cândida or Cándida is a feminine given name from Latin ''candidus'' (white).Behind the Name
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Cándida Arias Cándida Estefany Arias Pérez (born March 11, 1992, in Yaguate, San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with her native country at the 2008 NORCECA Girls' U18 Volleyball Continental Champi ...

(born 1992), Dominican Republic volleyball player *

Cândida Branca Flor Cândida Branca Flor (12 November 1949 – 11 July 2001) was a Portuguese entertainer and traditional singer whose career spanned four decades. Biography Cândida Branca Flor was born on 12 November 1949 in Beringel, Beja municipality, Alentejo ...

(1949–2001), Portuguese entertainer and traditional singer *

Candida Cave Candida Cave is a practising painter, playwright and art historian. In 1978, she and artist Nicholas Cochrane founded Hampstead Fine Arts College, an independent sixth form college specialising in the study of Arts and Humanities, where she is ...

, British artist and writer *

Candida Donadio Candida Donadio (October 22, 1929 – January 20, 2001) was an American literary agent. She represented many writers, including Mario Puzo, John Cheever, Philip Roth and Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; Ju ...

(1929–2001), American literary agent *

Candida Doyle Candida Mary Doyle (born 25 August 1963) is an Irish musician who is 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 prev ...

(born 1963), Irish keyboard player with the band Pulp *

Candida Gertler Candida Gertler (born 1966/1967) is a British/German art collector, philanthropist, and former journalist. Early life She was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. She studied journalism and law. Career In 20 ...

(born 1966/67), British art collector *

Candida Lycett Green Candida Rose Lycett Green (''née'' Betjeman; 22 September 194219 August 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 ' ...

(1942–2014), Irish-born British author *

Candida Höfer Candida Höfer (born 4 February 1944) is a German photographer. She is a renowned photographer known for her exploration of public spaces and architecture. In her career she transitioned from portraiture to focusing on spaces like libraries and m ...

(born 1944), German photographer *

Candida Royalle Candida Royalle (born Candice Marion Vadala; October 15, 1950 – September 7, 2015) was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, pornographic actress, sex educator, and sex-positive feminist. She was a member of the ...

, American pornographic producer-director and actress *

Candida Thompson Candida Thompson is a British violinist. Biography Thompson was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She has been living in Amsterdam since 1992. She studied with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she received he ...

(born 1967), English violinist *

Candida Tobin Candida Tobin Hon FTCL, LTCL (5 January 1926 – 14 December 2008) was the author of the Tobin Method, a music education system for teaching music theory and practice to students of all ages and abilities. Personal life Tobin was born Doreen ...

(1926–2008), British author of a music education system * Saint

Candida the Elder Candida the Elder () (died ) was a legendary early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day on 4 September. She is one of the patron sai ...

(died 78 AD), early Christian saint from Naples *

Cándida María de Jesús Cándida María de Jesús (31 May 1845 – 9 August 1912), born in Andoain, as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola, was a Spaniards, Spanish nun and the founder of the Daughters of Jesus (Spain), Daughters of Jesus. The order – founded in 1871 � ...

(1845–1912), Spanish nun * Maria Candida of the Eucharist (1884–1949), Roman Catholic Carmelite nun, beatified by Pope John Paul II *

Candida Xu Candida Xu or Candida Su ( zh, t=許徐甘弟大, w=Hsü3-Hsü2 Kan1-ti4-ta4, p=Xǔ-Xú Gāndìdà; ; September 4, 1607 – July 24, 1680), was a Chinese Catholic who lived in late Ming and early Qing China. She has been called "arguably the mos ...

(1607–1680), Chinese Catholic and philanthropist

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