List of people known as the Wise

The Wise is an epithet which may refer to the following people:

• 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), Icelandic medieval chronicler
• Banban the Wise, Irish saint, fl. c. mid to late 5th century.
• 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
• Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525), a German nobleman who protected Martin Luther
• Gildas (c. 500–570), British saint and cleric
• Leo VI the Wise (866-912), Eastern Roman Emperor, Macedonian dynasty
• Louis I of Brzeg (c. 1321-1398), Duke and regent of Legnica, Duke of Brzeg
• Robert, King of Naples (1277-1343), known as a peacemaker and a patron of the arts
• Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 9th century), founder of the Earldom of Orkney in the Norse Sagas
• Yaroslav the Wise (c. 978–1054), thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev

Fictional characters

• Dag the Wise, mythological Swedish king
• Alhamazad the Wise, see List of Greyhawk characters
• Ansem the Wise, one the characters of Kingdom Hearts
• the title character of the play Nathan the Wise
• Russano the Wise, from several Redwall novels
• Vasilisa the Wise, variant name in The Frog Princess
• Darth Plagueis the Wise, mentioned in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Payton Wilder

See also

• List of people known as the Learned