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Çandarlı Ali Pasha
Çandarlı Ali Pasha (چندرلی علی پاشا) was grand vizier of the Ottoman state from 1387 to 1406, serving Murad I, Bayezid I, and Emir Suleyman Chelebi.
Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder
Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder (چندرلي خليل) was an Ottoman statesman and jurist, the first grand vizier, who organized the young empire's central institutions, including the Janissary corps.
Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger
Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger (چندرلی خلیل پاشا صغیر) was an Ottoman grand vizier under Murad II and Mehmed II, executed in 1453 after the fall of Constantinople.
Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha
Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha (چندرلی قره خلیل حیدرالدین پاشا) was an Ottoman statesman and judge, the first kazasker under Murad I, who died in 1387.
Candaules
Candaules (Κανδαύλης), also called Myrsilus, was the last Heracleid king of Lydia, reigning at Sardis until his bodyguard Gyges murdered him and founded the Mermnad dynasty, a story told by Herodotus.
Candaulism
Candaulism is a sexual practice in which a person exposes their partner, or images of them, to others for voyeuristic pleasure, named after King Candaules of Lydia.
Candavajjī
Candavajjī (चण्डवज्जी) was a Buddhist monk of Pāṭaliputta in the third century BCE, the son of a minister, who studied under Soṇaka with Siggava and taught Moggaliputta-Tissa, presiding monk of the Third Buddhist Council.
Candi Solar
Candi Solar is a Zurich-headquartered clean-energy company founded in 2018 that finances and delivers commercial and industrial solar power to small businesses in India and South Africa, with over 250 MW contracted.
Candice Bergen (politician)
Candice Bergen, Canadian Conservative politician, MP for Portage—Lisgar, Manitoba 2008-2023, interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition February-September 2022; not the American actress.
Candice DeLong
Candice DeLong (born 1952) is a retired FBI special agent and criminal profiler, head profiler in San Francisco, who worked the Tylenol murders and Unabomber cases, wrote Special Agent (2001), and hosts Deadly Women and the Killer Psyche podcast.
Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election by electorate
Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election by electorate: 601 electorate candidacies (677 total) across 72 seats under MMP. Labour won 46 electorates, National 23; special votes flipped Maungakiekie, Northland, and Whangārei to Labour.
Candidates in the 2022 Philippine presidential election
Candidates in the 2022 Philippine presidential election: ten ballot names led by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (PFP), Leni Robredo, Manny Pacquiao, Isko Moreno, and Ping Lacson; Marcos won 58.77% on May 9, 2022.
Candidates in the 2023 New Zealand general election by electorate
Electorate candidates in New Zealand's 2023 general election: 567 candidates, 393 also on party lists, 19 registered parties, $300 deposits, nominations closed 14 September, 71 electorate seats decided 3 November 2023.
Candidates in the 2026 New Zealand general election by electorate
Candidates in the 2026 New Zealand general election by electorate: 530 candidates, 17 registered parties, contesting 64 general and 7 Māori electorates on 7 November 2026; nominations closed 8 October 2026.
Candidates in the 2026 Quebec general election
Candidates in the 2026 Quebec general election: 908 accepted nominations across 127 ridings for the October 5, 2026 vote. CAQ, PCQ, PLQ, PQ, and QS ran full slates; 19 independents; PQ won a minority under St-Pierre Plamondon.
Candidates in the next United Kingdom general election
The next United Kingdom general election, due by 15 August 2029, will elect all 650 Commons members by first past the post; candidates need a £500 deposit and ten local signatures.
Candidates of the 2019 Australian federal election
Candidates of the 2019 Australian federal election: 1,514 nominees (1,056 House of Representatives, 458 Senate) who contested the 18 May 2019 election for the 46th Parliament, the first requiring the new section 44 qualification checklist.
Candidates of the 2022 Australian federal election
Candidates of the 2022 Australian federal election: 1,624 nominees (1,203 House, 421 Senate) under 61 registered parties, including about 20 teal independents of whom seven won seats, ending nine years of Coalition government.
Candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election
Candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election, also called nominees for the 28 November 2026 poll, contest 88 Assembly districts and 8 Council regions; nominations ran 4-9 November 2026 under new Electoral Amendment Act rules including party disendorsement.
Cándido Aguilar
Cándido Aguilar was a Mexican revolutionary general and politician from Veracruz who rose against Díaz in 1910, served as governor of Veracruz, foreign minister under Carranza, and senator.
Candido Pinheiro Koren de Lima
Candido Pinheiro Koren de Lima, born 1946 in Quixadá, Ceará, is a Brazilian oncologist and entrepreneur who founded Grupo Hapvida and serves as its chairman.
Candikaputta
Candikāputta (चण्डिकपुत्त), meaning son of Candikā, was an early Buddhist elder whose exchange with Sāriputta over Devadatta's teaching is preserved in the Silāyūpa Sutta at Rājagaha.
Candlemas
Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation or Purification, is a Christian feast on February 2 marking Jesus' presentation in the Temple, celebrated with blessed candles.
Candlestick chart
A candlestick chart, also known as a Japanese candlestick chart, is a price chart where each candle encodes a period's open, high, low, and close prices.
Candlestick pattern
A candlestick pattern is a recognizable shape formed by one or a few candlesticks that technical analysts read as a signal about the likely direction of the next price move.
Candomblé
Candomblé, also known as the Candomblé religion, is an Afro-Brazilian religion worshipping African deities called orixás in temple communities called terreiros, shaped in 19th-century Brazil by enslaved Africans.
Candragomin
Candragomin (चन्द्रगोमिन) was an Indian Buddhist lay scholar, poet, and grammarian known to Tibetan and Chinese traditions, remembered for the Cāndravyākaraṇa grammar and a famous seven-year debate with Candrakīrti.
Candy Carson
Candy Carson, born Lacena Rustin, is an American author, musician, and philanthropist; wife of Ben Carson, co-founder of the Carson Scholars Fund (1994), Yale-trained violinist with a Johns Hopkins MBA, and author of the 2016 memoir A Doctor in the House.
Candy Montgomery
Candy Montgomery, Candace Lynn Wheeler, is an American woman who killed her friend Betty Gore with an axe in Wylie, Texas, in June 1980, before being acquitted.
Candy Noble
Candy Noble is an American politician and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 89 since 2018 and serving as President of the Texas Conservative Coalition board.