Wise

Wise or WISE may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 People known as "the Wise" 3 Mythical or fictional characters 4 Places 5 Businesses 6 Organizations 7 Others 8 See also

People

• Audrey Wise (1935–2000), United Kingdom politician
• Bob Wise (born 1948), American politician
• Brownie Wise (1913–1992), American saleswoman who developed "party plan" marketing
• Christopher Wise (born 1961), American author
• David Wise (composer), British video game music composer
• Dennis Wise (born 1966), English footballer
• Ernie Wise (1925–1999), British comedian
• Glenn M. Wise American politician
• Henry A. Wise (1806–1876), American politician
• Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi and author
• John Wise (clergyman) (1652–1725)
• John Wise (Canadian politician) (born 1935)
• John Wise (balloonist) (1808–1879)
• John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913), American Congressman
• Josh Wise (born 1983), NASCAR driver
• Mark B. Wise (born 1953), physicist
• Matt Wise (born 1975), baseball player
• Michael Wise (1648–1687), English composer
• Michael John Wise (born 1918), Emeritus Professor of Geography in the University of London
• Ray Wise (born 1947), American actor
• Rick Wise (born 1945), baseball player
• Robert Wise (1914–2005), American film producer and director
• Stephen Samuel Wise (1862–1949), American rabbi and Zionist
• Steven M. Wise, author
• Tim Wise, American anti-racist activist
• Tom Wise (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), also known as Wise da' Gangsta, a reggaeton producer/songwriter

People known as "the Wise"

• Ailerán (died 664 or 665), Irish saint and scholar
• Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284), King of Castile, León and Galicia
• Ari Þorgilsson (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 (1338-1380), King of France
• Epiphanius the Wise (died 1420), monk and Eastern Orthodox saint
• Gildas (c. 500–570), British cleric
• Leo VI the Wise (866-912), Byzantine Emperor
• Ludwik I the Fair (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, 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 novels
• Vasilisa the Wise, variant name in The Frog Princess

Places

• Wise County, Texas
• Wise County, Virginia
• Wise River, Montana
• Wise Township, Michigan
• Wise, Virginia
• Wana, West Virginia, also known as Wise

Businesses

• Wise Foods, Inc., a snack food manufacturer
• Wise Group, a Swedish human resources company
• Wise Solutions, Inc., an American software company that made the Wise software installation package
• Wise Stores, a Canadian department store, mainly in Quebec
• WISE (AM), a radio station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina
• WISE-FM, a radio station licensed to Wise, Virginia
• WISE-TV, a television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana

Organizations

• Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University
• World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology
• World Information Service on Energy, an international anti-nuclear network based in Amsterdam
• The WISE Campaign, Women into Science, Engineering and Construction
• World Innovation Summit for Education, a global forum based in Doha, Qatar
• Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, a research institute at University of Hull

Others

• Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE mission), a NASA-funded infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope
• Web-based Inquiry Science Environment
• Ground effect vehicle, also known as a Wing-In-Surface-Effect ship (WISE)
• Wise Solutions (disambiguation), multiple items
• Windows Interface Source Environment - a 1994 method of emulating Microsoft Windows applications on Unix and Macintosh hosts
• work integration social enterprise
• Work improvement in small enterprises (WISE), a progamme for improvement of occupational health-and-safety conditions

See also

• Weis (disambiguation)
• Weiss (disambiguation)
• Weisz
• Weiz
• Wiseman (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.