Famous People with Name Candide

Candide Charkviani            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Candide Charkviani: was Georgian party and government official, first secretary of the Communist Party (CP) of Georgia from 1938-1952.Charkviani presided over the rapid industrialization of Georgia. On his initiative in the post-war years several major projects were implemented despite the resistance on the part of various officials in Moscow bureaucracy. Among them were the Rustavi Metal Works and the town of Rustavi. It should be noted that the original plan supported by Stalin was to build the facility within the boundaries of the capital city Tbilisi.

Candide Thovex            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Candide Thovex: is a French professional skier.In 1999, he was eliminated from the U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird. With a few days to kill he was convinced by film maker Kris Ostness to go into the backcountry to film Ostness's film, Clay Pigeons. After Chad Zurin

Candide Rochefort            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Candide Rochefort: was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). Rochefort ran for Mayor of Montreal in 1936 and 1938 and each time finished a distant third. He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Montréal-Sainte-Marie in the 1935 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Gaspard Fauteux. Rochefort joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Mayor of Montreal Camillien Houde in the 1939 election.