Wise is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Wise (born 1991), American singer * Audrey Wise (1935–2000), United Kingdom politician * Bernhard Wise (1858–1916), Australian politician * Bob Wise (born 1948), American politician * Brownie Wise (1913–1992), American saleswoman who developed "party plan" marketing *

Christopher Wise Christopher Wise (born 1961) is a cultural theorist, literary critic, scholar, and translator. His publications largely focus on Sahelian West Africa, especially Mali, Burkina Faso, and Senegal, as well as Palestine, Jordan, and Israel. He has also ...

(born 1961), American author * Cody Wise, American singer * Daniel Wise (disambiguation), several people, including :*

Daniel Wise (American football) Daniel Wise (born January 16, 1996) is an American football defensive tackle who is a free agent. He played college football at Kansas and signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2019. Early years Wise attended Hebron H ...

(born 1996), American football player :*

Daniel Wise (author) Daniel Wise (1813-1898) was a Methodist Episcopal clerical author, born in Portsmouth, England Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority ...

(1813–1898), Methodist Episcopal clerical author :* Daniel Wise (playwright), American contemporary playwright, producer, and author :*

Daniel Wise (mathematician) Daniel T. Wise (born January 24, 1971) is an American mathematician who specializes in geometric group theory and 3-manifolds. He is a professor of mathematics at McGill University. Education Daniel Wise obtained his PhD from Princeton Univers ...

(born 1971), American mathematician * David Wise (disambiguation), several people, including :* David Wise (composer), British video game music composer :*

David Wise (cricketer) David Arthur James Wise (born 23 March 1963) is a former English cricketer. Wise was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Tiddington, Oxfordshire. Wise made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1983 Minor C ...

(born 1963), English cricketer :* David Wise (freestyle skier) (born 1990), American Olympic gold medalist :*

David Wise (journalist) David Wise (May 10, 1930 – October 8, 2018) was an American journalist and author who worked for the ''New York Herald-Tribune'' in the 1950s and 1960s, and published a series of non-fiction books on espionage and US politics as well as several ...

(1930–2018), American investigative journalist and writer :* David Wise (writer) (1955–2020), American television writer * Deatrich Wise (born 1965), American football player * Deatrich Wise Jr. (born 1994), American football player * Dennis Wise (born 1966), English footballer * DeWayne Wise (born 1978), American baseball player *

Doc Wise D'Artagain "Doc" Wise (born August 8, 1967) is a former American football lineman who played for three seasons in the Arena Football League with the New Orleans Night and Arizona Rattlers. He played college football at the University of Nevada, L ...

(born 1967), American football player *

Dwight Wise Dwight C. Wise, Jr. (September 27, 1930 – December 22, 2020) was an American politician and farmer from Ohio. Wise served in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was in office from 1983 until December 1994, being defeated by Rex Damschro ...

(1930–2020), American politician. * Ernie Wise (1925–1999), British comedian *

Fred Wise (disambiguation) Fred Wise may refer to: * Fred Wise (physician) (1881–1950), American dermatologist *Fred Wise (songwriter) (1915–1966), American lyricist who wrote songs for Elvis Presley See also * Frederick Wise, 1st Baron Wise (1887–1968), British Lab ...

, several people :*

Fred Wise (physician) Fred Wise (October 3, 1881 – July 26, 1950) was an American dermatologist Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a specialit ...

(1881–1950), American dermatologist :*

Fred Wise (songwriter) Fred Wise (May 27, 1915 – January 18, 1966) was the co-writer of the lyrics to the 1948 song " 'A' — You're Adorable" with Buddy Kaye and Sid Lippman. He subsequently wrote many of the songs sung by Elvis Presley in his movies. Many of his ...

(1915–1966), American lyricist who wrote songs for Elvis Presley *

Frederick Wise, 1st Baron Wise Frederick John Wise, 1st Baron Wise (10 April 1887 – 20 November 1968), was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Lynn from 1945 to 1951. He was the younger brother of fellow Labour MP Fra ...

(1887–1968), British Labour Party politician * Fredric Wise (1871–1928), British Conservative Party politician *

George Wise (disambiguation) George Wise may refer to: * George Wise (Australian politician) (1853–1950), Australian politician and solicitor * George Wise (rugby union) (1904–1971), New Zealand rugby union player * George D. Wise (general) (1816–1881), Union Army offi ...

, several people, including :* George Wise (Australian politician) (1853–1950), Australian politician and solicitor :*

George Wise (rugby union) George Denis Wise (12 May 1904 – 1 September 1971) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Wise represented Otago and North Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks ...

(1904–1971), New Zealand rugby union player :* George D. Wise (Union) (1816–1881), Union Army officer during the American Civil War :*

George D. Wise (politician) George Douglas Wise (June 4, 1831 – February 4, 1908) was an American slave owner, white supremacist, and U.S. Representative from Virginia. He was nephew of Henry Alexander Wise, and cousin of John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise. ...

(1831–1898), U.S. Representative from Virginia :*

George S. Wise George Schneiweis Wise (ג'ורג' וייז; April 6, 1906 – July 2, 1987) was an American sociologist who served as the first president of Tel Aviv University in Ramat Aviv, Israel from 1963 to 1971. Early life George Schneiweis (later Wis ...

(1906–1987), American Jewish sociologist *

Glenn M. Wise Glenn Miller Wise (born July 14, 1896, Wyocena, Wisconsin – died September 24, 1991, Madison, Wisconsin) was a secretary, statistician, and Republican politician, who served as Wisconsin's first female Secretary of State from 1955 to 1957. ...

American politician * Henry Wise (disambiguation), several people, including :* Henry Wise (footballer) (born 2000), English professional footballer :* Henry Wise (gardener) (1653–1738), English gardener, designer, and nurseryman :* Henry Wise (merchant) (1802–1866), English mariner and merchant :*

Henry Wise (publisher) Henry Aitken Wise (28 December 1835 – 16 June 1922) was a New Zealand stationer, printer and publisher, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and ...

(1835–1922), New Zealand publisher :*

Henry A. Wise Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 – September 12, 1876) was an American attorney, diplomat, politician and slave owner from Virginia. As the 33rd Governor of Virginia, Wise served as a significant figure on the path to the American Civil W ...

(1806–1876), Governor of Virginia :* Henry A. Wise (attorney),

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight New York counties: New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan. Establishe ...

(1909–13) :*

Henry Wise Jr. Henry A. Wise Jr. (August 3, 1920 – May 2, 2003) was an American physician and World War II Tuskegee Airman fighter pilot with the 99th Pursuit Squadron, 332nd Division. He was shot down over Romania and was a prisoner of war. After the war, he ...

(1920–2003), American physician and World War II Tuskegee Airman fighter pilot :* Henry A. Wise (New York state senator) (1906–1982), New York politician :* Henry Augustus Wise (1819–1869), author and U.S. Naval Officer :*

Henry Seiler Wise Henry Seiler Wise (July 16, 1909 – March 16, 1982) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Education ...

(1909–1982), United States federal judge :*

Henry Christopher Wise Henry Christopher Wise (7 October 1806 – 15 January 1883) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1874. Wise was the son of Rev. Henry Wise of the Priory, Warwick and his wife Charlotte Mary Porten ...

(1806–1883), English politician *

Isaac Mayer Wise Isaac Mayer Wise (29 March 1819, Lomnička – 26 March 1900, Cincinnati) was an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author. At his death he was called "the foremost rabbi in America". Early life Wise was born on 29 March 1819 in Steingrub in B ...

(1819–1900), American Reform rabbi and author * James H. Wise (politician) (1912–1976), American politician * John Wise (disambiguation), several people, including: :* John Wise (Australian politician) (1856–1942), New South Wales politician :* John Wise (balloonist) (1808–1879), American ballooning pioneer :*

John Wise (Canadian politician) John Wise (December 12, 1935 – January 9, 2013) was a Canadian dairy cattle farmer and politician from Ontario. Early years Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Wise was a dairy farmer and a local politician in St. Thomas - Elgin: * Towns ...

(1935–2013) :* John Wise (clergyman) (1652–1725), Massachusetts divine who protested taxation :* John Wise (footballer) (born 1954), Australian footballer :*

(1935–2013), Progressive Conservative MP and federal Minister of Agriculture :* John Wise (sport shooter) (1901–1971), Australian, competed at the 1948 Olympic Games :*

John Wise (Virginia politician) John Wise (before 17681812) was a Virginia politician. He represented Accomack County in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as that body's Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding offic ...

(fl. 1768–1812), Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates :*

John A. Wise John A. Wise, PhD (1939–2011), was an American scientist. He retired in 2010 as the chief science officer for Natural Alternatives International (NAI), a nutritional products manufacturer based in San Marcos, California, US. Earlier in his career ...

(1939–2011), American scientist :*

John Ayshford Wise John Ayshford Wise (1810 – 9 September 1865) was a British Liberal and Whig politician. Wise was first elected Whig MP for Stafford at the 1852 general election and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until 1860, when he resigned by ...

(1810–1865), British MP for Stafford :*

John Henry Wise John Henry Wise (July 19, 1868 – August 12, 1937) was a Native Hawaiian politician, businessman, religious leader, and educator of Hawaii. In his youth, he became the first Native Hawaiian to play college football with the Oberlin Yeomen footb ...

(1868–1937), Hawaiian politician :* John Richard de Capel Wise (1831–1890), British writer :* John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913), American Congressman * Josh Wise (born 1983), NASCAR driver *

Korey Wise Korey Wise (born Kharey Wise, July 26, 1972) is an American activist who travels the United States advocating for criminal justice reform. Wise shares his stories of being wrongfully convicted in the Central Park jogger case (along with Raymond San ...

(born 1972), American activist * Kurt Wise, American creationist * Leo Wise (1849–1933), American newspaper editor and publisher *

Louise Waterman Wise Louise Waterman Wise (July 17, 1874 – December 10, 1947) was a Jewish-American artist and social worker. Her husband was Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. Life Wise was born on July 18, 1874 in New York City, New York, the daughter of German immigrants ...

(1874–1974), American social worker and artist *

Mark B. Wise Mark Brian Wise (born November 9, 1953, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist. He has conducted research in elementary particle physics and cosmology. He is best known for his role in the development of heavy quark e ...

(born 1953), physicist *

Matt Wise Matthew John Wise (born November 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 2000 and 2008. He became the bullpen coach for th ...

(born 1975), baseball player * Max Wise (born 1975), American former FBI agent, serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate * Michael Wise (disambiguation), several people, including :* Michael John Wise (1918–2015), British geographer :* Mike Wise (American football) (1964–1992), American football defensive end :* Mike Wise (American columnist), sports and feature writer for ''The Washington Post'' :*

Mike Wise (politician) Mike Wise is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was first elected in 1992 from the 15th Ohio House District. He defeated the Democratic incumbent, Frank Mahnic, Jr. Wise was reelected in 1994 and 1996. The most significan ...

, member of the Ohio House of Representatives * Rev. Percy W. Wise "Canon Wise" (1870–1950), Anglican priest in South Australia *

Ray Wise Raymond Herbert Wise (born August 20, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Leland Palmer in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991, 2017) and its prequel film '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), Vice President Hal Gardner i ...

(born 1947), American actor * Richard Alsop Wise (1843–1900), US politician of political family * Rick Wise (born 1945), American baseball player * Robert Wise (disambiguation), several people, including ** Robert Wise (1914–2005), American film producer and director ** Bob Wise (born 1948), U.S. governor of West Virginia ** Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise (1915–1996), American bluegrass fiddler ** Robert C. Wise (born 1925), Pennsylvania politician **Robert Wise, chairman and managing director of the Wise Music Group (formerly Music Sales Group), sheet music publishers **Robert E. Wise, American architect, founder of the '' Cramer, Bartlett & Wise'' firm in Los Angeles in the early 1900s *

Seelig Wise Seelig Bartell "Bushie" Wise (August 7, 1913 - September 4, 2004) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 11th district (Coahoma County, Mississippi, Coahoma County), from 1964 ...

(1913–2004), American farmer and politician * Stephen Wise (disambiguation), several people, including :* Stephen Samuel Wise (1874–1949), American rabbi and Zionist leader :*

Stephen R. Wise Stephen R. Wise was an American politicians. He was Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Florida Senate, who served the 6th District from September 2001 to November 2002, and the 5th district from November 2002, to November ...

(born 1941), member of the Florida Senate *

Steven M. Wise Steven M. Wise (born 1952) 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 & ...

(born 1952), American legal scholar *

Sue Wise Sue Wise (born 1953) is a feminist author, Professor of Social Justice and Director of Study for BA (Hons) Social Work at Lancaster University, UK. After having received a social science degree at Manchester Polytechnic, Sue Wise worked as a po ...

(born 1953), English feminist author * Tim Wise, American anti-racist activist * Thomas Wise (disambiguation), several people :* Sir

Thomas Wise (died 1630) Sir Thomas Wise (c. 1576–1630), KB, of Sydenham in the parish of Marystow and of Mount Wise in the parish of Stoke Damerel in Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1612 and in 1621 served as a member of parliament for Bere Alston in Devon. Origi ...

(died 1629), English politician, MP for Bere Alston, 1621 :*

Thomas James Wise Thomas James Wise (7 October 1859 – 13 May 1937) was a bibliophile and thief who collected the Ashley Library, now housed by the British Library, and later became known for the literary forgeries he printed and sold. Collecting career Wise b ...

(1859–1937), manuscript forger :* Thomas Wise (died 1641) (c. 1605 – 1641), English politician :* Thomas Wise (priest) (1671–1726), clergyman of the Church of England :*

Thomas A. Wise Thomas Alfred Wise (March 23, 1865 - March 21, 1928) was an American actor and president of The Lambs from 1926 to 1928. Biography Wise was born on March 23, 1865, in Faversham, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of three, and m ...

(1865–1928), American actor and president of The Lambs :*

Thomas Dewey Wise Thomas Dewey Wise (born August 30, 1939) is a former American politician in the state of South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind ...

(born 1939), American politician in the state of South Carolina :* Tom Wise (born 1948), Independent and UKIP member of the European Parliament *

Wes Wise Wes Wise (November 25, 1928 – December 9, 2022) was an American journalist and politician who served from 1971 to 1976 as a three-term mayor of Dallas, Texas. Early life and TV news career Wise was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on November 25 ...

(1928-2022), American journalist and politician * Willie Wise, American basketballer born 1947 *

William Wise (disambiguation) William Wise or Bill Wise may refer to: * William Furlong Wise (1784–1844), British naval officer * Bill Wise (baseball) (1861–1940), American baseball player * William Wise (author) (born 1923), American author of children's literature * W ...

, several people, including :* William Furlong Wise, British Naval officer :*

William Wise III William Wise III (born October 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Eastern Mavericks of the NBL1 Central in Australia. He finished his collegiate career at Dominican College (New York). Early life and college ...

, American basketballer born 1992 * Willy Wise, American boxer