Candler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Allen D. Candler (1834–1910), governor of Georgia (U.S. state) at the turn of the 20th century Asa Griggs Candler (1851–1929), founder of the Coca-Cola Company and mayor of Atlanta Asa G. Candler Jr. (1880–1953), American businessman and real-estate developer Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (1862–1944), American politician Gillian Candler (born 1959), New Zealand writer, teacher, publisher and conservationist John S. Candler (1861–1941), American colonel and justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia John W. Candler (1828–1903), American politician Kat Candler (born 1974), American independent filmmaker Milton A. Candler (1837–1909), American politician & lawyer; brother of Asa Griggs Candler Paul Candler, British civil servant Thomas S. Candler (1890–1971), justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Warren Akin Candler (1857–1941), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; brother of Asa Griggs Candler