McCandless (surname)
McCandless is an Irish surname common in both Ireland and Northern Ireland, derived from Irish and Scottish Gealic[1] mac Cuindlaes (among other spellings, including mac Cuindlis and mac Cuindilis). Notable people with the surname include:
- Al McCandless (1927–2017), U.S. Congressman
- Billy McCandless (1894–1955), Northern Irish footballer
- Bruce McCandless (1911–1968), U.S. Navy rear admiral, and Medal of Honor recipient
- Bruce McCandless II (1937–2017), astronaut who made the first untethered spacewalk
- Byron McCandless (1881–1967), vexillologist and commodore in the U.S. Navy
- Christopher McCandless (1968–1992), American hiker and itinerant traveler who starved to death in Alaska, and the subject of the multiple non-fiction books and documentaries, beginning with Into the Wild (1996)
- Cromie McCandless (1921–1992), motorcycle road racer and brother of Rex
- Ezra McCandless (1998), an American murderer who was convicted of the murder of Alex Woodworth
- Lincoln Loy McCandless (1859–1940), American cattle rancher, industrialist and politician from Hawaii
- Paul McCandless (born 1947), American jazz woodwind player and composer
- Ray B. McCandless (1889–1931), American college sports coach
- Rex McCandless (1915–1992), motorcycle road racer, designer of the Norton Featherbed frame, brother of Cromie
- Stanley McCandless (1897–1967), considered to be the first theatrical lighting educator
- William McCandless (1834–1884), Union Army officer in the American Civil War and later member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
- Wilson McCandless (1810–1882), United States federal judge from Pennsylvania
See also
- McCandless (disambiguation) – including place names, vessels, fictional characters, etc.
- McCandlish, earlier though now less common Scottish form of the name
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