Cândido Lima da Silva Dias (Mococa, December 31, 1913 – São Paulo, September 15, 1998) was a Brazilian mathematician and one of the first graduates in mathematics from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of the University of São Paulo (FFCL).

He was an important figure in the creation of the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of São Paulo.

In the same year, he entered the mathematics course at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of the University of São Paulo.

[2][1] After graduating in 1936, Cândido was appointed second scientific assistant to the Italian mathematician Luigi Fantappiè, a visiting professor at the University of São Paulo who was working on mathematical analysis.

Throughout his career, he was a visiting researcher at Harvard and the University of Chicago, and in 1949 he was elected President of the Mathematical Society of São Paulo.