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Wise or WISE may refer to:
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Mythical or fictional characters
[edit] Places
[edit] 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
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