People

• Audrey Wise
  Audrey Wise
  Audrey Wise was a British Labour Party politician...
  
   (1935–2000), United Kingdom politician
• Bob Wise
  Bob Wise
  Robert Ellsworth "Bob" Wise, Jr. is an American politician. A Democrat, Wise served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from January 2001 to January 2005.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1948), American politician
• Brownie Wise
  Brownie Wise
  Brownie Wise was a pioneering American saleswoman largely responsible for the success of Tupperware through her development of the "party plan" system of marketing....
  
   (1913–1992), American saleswoman who developed "party plan" marketing
• Christopher Wise
  Christopher Wise
  Christopher Wise is a scholar and professor of English and Comparative Literature at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington...
  
   (born 1961), American author
• David Wise (composer), British video game music composer
• Dennis Wise
  Dennis Wise
  Dennis Frank Wise is an English former football manager and player, and former Executive Director at Newcastle United....
  
   (born 1966), English footballer
• Ernie Wise
  Ernie Wise
  Ernest Wiseman OBE , known by his stage name Ernie Wise, was an English comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, who became an institution on British television, especially for their Christmas specials.-Career:Ernest Wiseman was the eldest of five children, and changed...
  
   (1925–1999), British comedian
• Glenn M. Wise
  Glenn M. Wise
  Glenn Miller Wise was a secretary, statistician, and Republican politician, who served as Wisconsin's first female Secretary of State from 1955-57.- Background :...
  
   American politician
• Henry A. Wise
  Henry A. Wise
  Henry Alexander Wise was an American politician and governor of Virginia, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
  
   (1806–1876), American politician
• Isaac Mayer Wise
  Isaac Mayer Wise
  Isaac Mayer Wise , was an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author.-Early life:...
  
   (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi and author
• John Wise (clergyman)
  John Wise (clergyman)
  John Wise was a Congregationalist reverend and political leader in Massachusetts during the American colonial period...
  
   (1652–1725)
• John Wise (Canadian politician) (born 1935)
• John Wise (balloonist)
  John Wise (balloonist)
  John Wise was a pioneer in the field of ballooning. He made over 400 flights during his lifetime and was responsible for several innovations in balloon design...
  
   (1808–1879)
• John Sergeant Wise
  John Sergeant Wise
  John Sergeant Wise was an American author and leader in Virginia. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Henry Alexander Wise and Sarah Sergeant...
  
   (1846–1913), American Congressman
• Josh Wise
  Josh Wise
  Josh Wise is a NASCAR driver who currently runs in its Nationwide Series. He drives the #7 Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports and the #39 Ford Mustang for Go Green Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He is a former member of the driver development program for Michael Waltrip Racing...
  
   (born 1983), NASCAR driver
• Mark B. Wise
  Mark B. Wise
  Mark Brian Wise is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist. He has conducted research in elementary particle physics and cosmology...
  
   (born 1953), physicist
• Matt Wise
  Matt Wise
  Matthew John Wise , is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher.Wise was drafted in the sixth round of the draft. He made his major league debut on August 2, with the Anaheim Angels. He was released by the Angels in and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers...
  
   (born 1975), baseball player
• Michael Wise
  Michael Wise
  Michael Wise was an English organist and composer. He sang as a child in the choir of the Chapel Royal and served as a countertenor in St George's Chapel, Windsor from 1666 until, in 1668, he was appointed Organist and Choirmaster at Salisbury Cathedral...
  
   (1648–1687), English composer
• Michael John Wise
  Michael John Wise
  Professor Michael John Wise CBE, MC is Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of London.-Early life:Michael Wise was born in Stafford in 1918, son of Harry Cuthbert Wise and Sarah Evelyn Wise.-Education:...
  
   (born 1918), Emeritus Professor of Geography in the University of London
• Ray Wise
  Ray Wise
  Raymond Nicolas "Ray" Wise is an American actor, known for his roles as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks, as Leon C. Nash, right-hand henchman to villain Clarence Boddicker in the science fiction classic RoboCop, and recently as the Devil in the CW television series Reaper.-Life and career:Wise was...
  
   (born 1947), American actor
• Rick Wise
  Rick Wise
  Richard Charles Wise is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons...
  
   (born 1945), baseball player
• Robert Wise
  Robert Wise
  Robert Earl Wise was an American sound effects editor, film editor, film producer and director...
  
   (1914–2005), American film producer and director
• Stephen Samuel Wise
  Stephen Samuel Wise
  Stephen Samuel Wise was an Austro-Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.-Early life:...
  
   (1862–1949), American rabbi and Zionist
• Steven M. Wise
  Steven M. Wise
  Steven M. Wise is an American legal scholar who specializes in animal protection issues, primatology, and animal intelligence. He teaches animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, and Tufts University School of Veterinary...
  
  , author
• Tim Wise
  Tim Wise
  Timothy Jacob Wise is an American anti-racist activist and writer. Since 1995 he has lectured at over 600 college campuses across the US...
  
  , American anti-racist activist
• Tom Wise
  Tom Wise
  Tom Wise was an Independent Member of the European Parliament for the East of England. A former police officer, he was elected in 2004 as a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party but later had the whip withdrawn when allegations of misuse of parliamentary expenses surfaced in The Sunday...
  
   (born 1948), Member of the European Parliament
• Wise (rapper) (born 1979), Japanese hip hop artist
• Wise (Stetsasonic), real name Leonardo Roman, a hip hop artist known as 'Wise' from the group 'Stetsasonic'
• Wise (composer)
  Wise (composer)
  Gabriel Antonio Cruz Padilla, , artistically known as Wise Da' Gangsta or simply Wise, is a singer/songwriter in the reggaeton genre.-Musical career:...
  
  , also known as Wise da' Gangsta, a reggaeton producer/songwriter

People known as "the Wise"

• Ailerán
  Aileran
  Saint Ailerán , an Irish saint, was generally known as "the Wise", and was one of the most distinguished scholars at the School of Clonard in the 7th century...
  
   (died 664 or 665), Irish saint and scholar
• Alfonso X of Castile
  Alfonso X of Castile
  Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1252 until his death...
  
   (1221-1284), King of Castile, León and Galicia
• Ari Þorgilsson
  Ari Þorgilsson
  Ari Þorgilsson was Iceland's most prominent medieval chronicler. He is the author of Íslendingabók, which details the histories of the various families who settled Iceland...
  
   (1067–1148 AD), Icelandic medieval chronicler
• Berengar the Wise (died 835), Count (or Duke) of Toulouse, Duke (or Margrave) of Septimania, and Count of Barcelona
• Charles V of France
  Charles V of France
  Charles V , called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380 and a member of the House of Valois...
  
   (1338-1380), King of France
• Epiphanius the Wise
  Epiphanius the Wise
  Epiphanius the Wise was a monk from Rostov, hagiographer and disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh.He wrote hagiographies of both Saint Stephen of Perm and St. Sergius. The latter, The Life of Sergii Radonezhsky, he started to write a year after the death of Saint Sergius according to his own...
  
   (died 1420), monk and Eastern Orthodox saint
• Gildas
  Gildas
  Gildas was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens...
  
   (c. 500–570), British cleric
• Leo VI the Wise
  Leo VI the Wise
  Leo VI, surnamed the Wise or the Philosopher , was Byzantine emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty , he was very well-read, leading to his surname...
  
   (866-912), Byzantine Emperor
• Ludwik I the Fair
  Ludwik I the Fair
  Ludwik I the Fair or Louis I the Fair also known as the Wise, the Right or of Brzeg , was a Duke of Legnica two times: first during 1342-1345 and secondly during 1345-1346 , and Duke of Brzeg from 1358...
  
   (c. 1321-1398), Duke and regent of Legnica, Duke of Brzeg
• Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor
• Robert, King of Naples (1277-1343)
• Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 9th century), founder of the Earldom of Orkney in the Norse Sagas
• Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978–1054), thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev

Mythical or fictional characters

• Dag the Wise
  Dag the Wise
  Dag the Wise or Dagr Spaka was a mythological Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. He was the son of Dyggvi, the former king. According to legend, he could understand the speech of birds and had a sparrow that gathered news for him from many lands...
  
  , mythological Swedish king
• Little Miss Wise, a character in the Little Miss series
• Alhamazad the Wise, see List of Greyhawk characters
• Ansem the Wise, one the Characters of Kingdom Hearts
• Nathan, title character of the play Nathan the Wise
• Russano the Wise, character from several Redwall
  Redwall
  Redwall, by Brian Jacques, is a series of fantasy novels. It is the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, the name of the Abbey featured in the book, and the name of an animated TV series based on three of the novels , which first aired in 1999...
  
   novels
• Vasilisa the Wise, variant name in The Frog Princess
  The Frog Princess
  The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that exists in many versions from several countries.Russian variants include the Frog Princess or Tsarevna Frog and also Vasilisa the Wise ; Alexander Afanasyev collected variants in his Narodnye russkie skazki...
  
  

Places

• Wise County, Texas
  Wise County, Texas
  As of the census of 2000, there were 48,793 people, 17,178 households, and 13,467 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 19,242 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...
  
  
• Wise County, Virginia
  Wise County, Virginia
  Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 1856, the county was formed from land taken from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties. It was named after Henry A. Wise, who was the Governor of Virginia at the time. As of 2010, the population was 41,452, making it the largest...
  
  
• Wise River
  Wise River
  The Wise River is a tributary of the Big Hole River, approximately 30 mi long, in southwestern Montana in the United States. It rises in the Beaverhead National Forest in the Pioneer Mountains in Beaverhead County. It flows NNW through the mountains and joins the Big Hole near the town of...
  
  , Montana
• Wise Township, Michigan
  Wise Township, Michigan
  Wise Township is a civil township of Isabella County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,301 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
  
  
• Wise, Virginia
  Wise, Virginia
  Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in 1924. Wise is named after Virginia governor Henry A...
  
  
• Wana, West Virginia
  Wana, West Virginia
  Wana is an unincorporated community in northwestern Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 7 northwest of the city of Morgantown, the county seat of Monongalia County. Its elevation is 1,030 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post...
  
  , also known as Wise

Businesses

• Wise Foods, Inc.
  Wise Foods, Inc.
  - Wise Foods Inc.:Wise Foods, Inc. is a private company based in Berwick, Pennsylvania, that makes and sells snacks through retail food outlets in 15 eastern seaboard states as well as Vermont, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C...
  
  , a snack food manufacturer
• Wise Group
  Wise Group
  Wise Group AB is the largest listed Human Resources company in Sweden. With 59 employees and a revenue of 54,1 million SEK , Wise is the only company which provides all services within Human Resources to the Swedish market. Wise is listed on OMX First North with the symbol...
  
  , a Swedish human resources company
• Wise Solutions, Inc.
  Wise Solutions, Inc.
  Wise Solutions, Inc. is an American company that makes software tools for creating application installers. Their primary product, Wise was one of the most widely used installation packages for Windows. Their main competitor is InstallShield by Flexera Software. Wise Solutions was acquired and...
  
  , an American software company that made the Wise software installation package
• Wise Stores
  Wise Stores
  Wise Stores was a department store chain located in Eastern Canada. Founded in 1930 in Montreal by Alex Wise, Wise Stores expanded their presence in the 1950s with the arrival of shopping centres. In 1992, the company acquired the even longer running and competitor Peoples department stores from...
  
  , a Canadian department store, mainly in Quebec
• WISE (AM)
  WISE (AM)
  WISE is a radio station broadcasting an All Sports format. Licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Asheville area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications Of North Carolina....
  
  , a radio station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina
• WISE-FM, a radio station licensed to Wise, Virginia
• WISE-TV
  WISE-TV
  WISE-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northeastern Indiana licensed to Fort Wayne. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter at its studios on Butler Road in Northwest Fort Wayne. The station can also be seen on Frontier FiOS channel 4 and...
  
  , a television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana

Organizations

• Wind Science and Engineering Research Center
  Wind Science and Engineering Research Center
  The Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University is an interdisciplinary research center focused on education and information outreach. Its goals are to exploit the useful qualities of wind and to mitigate its detrimental effects...
  
   at Texas Tech University
• World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
  World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
  World Institute of Scientology Enterprises is an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology that educates and assists businesses in the use of management methods and techniques developed by Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, such methods and techniques being, like all of Hubbard's...
  
  , an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology
• World Information Service on Energy
  World Information Service on Energy
  The World Information Service on Energy is an anti-nuclear group founded in 1978 to be an information and networking center for citizens and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation and sustainable energy issues...
  
  , an international anti-nuclear network based in Amsterdam
• The WISE Campaign
  The WISE Campaign
  The WISE Campaign encourages young women, under 19 years old, to value and pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths or Construction related courses in School or College and move on into related careers...
  
  , Women into Science, Engineering and Construction
• World Innovation Summit for Education
  World Innovation Summit for Education
  The World Innovation Summit for Education aims to transform education by fostering innovation and linking education to global issues and leading fields of development....
  
  , a global forum based in Doha, Qatar
• Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, a research institute at University of Hull
  University of Hull
  The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
  
  

Others

• Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
  Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
  Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope launched on December 14, 2009, and decommissioned/hibernated on February 17, 2011 when its transmitter was turned off...
  
   (WISE mission), a NASA-funded infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope
• Web-based Inquiry Science Environment
  Web-based Inquiry Science Environment
  The Web-based Inquiry Science Environment is a program hosted by Berkeley University and supported by the National Science Foundation. It provides a platform for creating inquiry-based science projects for middle school and high school students to work collaboratively using evidence and resources...
  
  
• Ground effect vehicle, also known as a Wing-In-Surface-Effect ship (WISE)
• Wise Solutions (disambiguation), multiple items
• Windows Interface Source Environment
  Windows Interface Source Environment
  Windows Interface Source Environment was a licensing program from Microsoft which allowed developers to recompile and run Windows-based applications on UNIX and Macintosh platforms....
  
   - a 1994 method of emulating Microsoft Windows applications on Unix and Macintosh hosts
• work integration social enterprise
  Social enterprise
  A social enterprise is an organization that applies business strategies to achieving philanthropic goals. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit....
  
  
• Work improvement in small enterprises
  Work improvement in small enterprises
  Work Improvement in Small Enterprises is a practical progamme developed by the International Labor Organization for improvement of occupational health and safety conditions - in particular small and medium sized enterprises...
  
   (WISE), a progamme for improvement of occupational health-and-safety conditions

See also

• Weis (disambiguation)
  Weis (disambiguation)
  Weis may refer to:* Weis, a major Australian frozen food company* Weis Markets, supermarket chain* WEIS , a radio station licensed to Centre, Alabama, USA* Weis Manufacturing Company, a NRHP in Monroe, Michigan...
  
  
• Weiss (disambiguation)
• Weisz
  Weisz
  Weisz is a surname and may refer to:* Berthold Weisz , Hungarian deputy* Erik Weisz , Hungarian-born American magician best known by the stage name "Harry Houdini"* Ezra Weisz , American voice actor...
  
  
• Weiz
  Weiz
  Weiz is a small town of 9,445 inhabitants in the eastern part of Styria, Austria.Its partner city is Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland...
  
  
• Wiseman (disambiguation)