wise
Weise (etymologically related to "knowing") stands for:
the wise is the nickname of the following people:
- Nathan the Wise , drama with the main character of the same name by GE Lessing
- Friedrich (Bavaria) (1339–1393), Duke of Bavaria
- Friedrich III. (Saxony) (1463–1525), Elector of Saxony, patron of the reformer Martin Luther
- Friedrich II. (Palatinate) (1482–1556), Elector Palatinate
- Yaroslav the Wise (979 or 986-1054), Grand Duke of Kiev
Way is the surname of the following people:
A.
- Adam Weise (1776–1835), German painter, engraver, art collector, writer, art historian and drawing teacher
- Adolph von Weise (1751-1820), German politician (Fürstlich Schwarzburg-Sonderhausenscher Chancellor 1810-1820)
- Alexander Weise (painter) (1883–1960), German painter of Russian origin
- Alexander Weise (* 1974), German actor
- Alfred Weise (geologist) (1872–1934), German geologist
- Alfred Weise (historian) (1882–1957), German historian
- Andreas Weise (* 1957), German architect
B.
- Barbara Weise , German disabled athlete
C.
- Charlie Weise (* 1955), German ice hockey coach
- Christian Weise (1642–1708), German poet and high school teacher
- Christian Weise (theologian) (1703–1743), German theologian and educator
- Christian Weise (luge rider) (* 1987), German luge rider
- Christian Weise (director) , contemporary theater director
- Christiane Weise (1796–1844), German actress and singer
D.
- Dagmar Busch-Weise (* 1926), German music researcher
- Dale Weise (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Dieter Weise (* 1941), German painter and graphic artist
- Dietrich Weise (* 1934), German football coach
E.
- Eberhard Weise (* 1934), German jazz musician and orchestra leader
- Eberhard Weise (bobsleigh driver) (* 1953), German bobsleigh driver
- Eckhard Weise (* 1949), German writer
- Emil Weise (1832–1899), Prussian lawyer, Lord Mayor of Naumburg and Kassel
- Erich Weise (1895–1972), German historian and archivist
- Ernst Weise (geologist) (1843–1941), German teacher and geologist
- Ernst Paul Weise (1880–1981), German commercial artist
F.
- Frank-Jürgen Weise (* 1951), German manager, CEO of the Federal Employment Agency
- Friedemann Weise (* 1973), German songwriter
- Friedrich Weise (1649–1735), German clergyman, theologian and university professor
G
- Georg Weise (art historian) (1888–1978), German art historian
- Georg Andreas Weise (1737–1792), German Lutheran theologian
- Gerhart Weise (1913–1945), German journalist and National Socialist propagandist abroad
- Gottfried Weise (SS member) (1921–2002), German SS sergeant major
- Gottfried Weise (sports journalist) (* 1944), German sports journalist
- Günter Weise (* 1935), German transport scientist
H
- Hans Weise (* 1926), German engineer
- Hans-Joachim Weise (1912 – after 1936), German regatta sailor
- Heinz Weise (* 1934), German football goalkeeper
- Helga Weise (* 1950), German state politician (Hamburg) (SPD)
- Henri Weise (1954–1977), German fatality on the Berlin Wall
- Hubert Weise (1884–1950), German general
I.
- Ignaz Weise (1864–1932), German organ builder
J
- Jeffrey Weise (1988-2005), American gunman
- Johann Anton Weise (1672–1750), German organ builder
- Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise (1762–1840), German botanist and author
- Johann Peter Weise (18th century), German organ builder
- Julius Weise (1844–1925), German entomologist
K
- Karin Weise (* 1944), German badminton player, married Karin Kattner
- Karl Weise (poet) (1813–1888), German folk poet
- Karl Weise (architect) (1844–1926), German architect and construction officer
- Karl Weise (painter) (1890–1947), German painter
- Karl Weise (politician) (1926-2011), German politician (CDU)
- Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Weise (1779–1851), German civil servant and politician
- Karl-Heinrich Weise (1909–1990), German mathematician
- Karl Hermann Weise (1787 – around 1840), German rector and classical philologist
- Katharina Weise (1888–1975), German writer
- Kathleen Weise (* 1978), German writer and editor
- Klara Weise ( Clara Cron ; 1823–1890), German author for children and young people
- Klaus Weise (psychiatrist) (1929–2019), German psychiatrist and university professor
- Klaus Weise (conductor) (* 1936), German conductor
- Klaus Weise (* 1951), German director and playwright
- Konrad Weise (* 1951), German soccer player and coach
- Kuno Weise (* 1945), German surgeon, emeritus in Tübingen
L.
- Lothar Weise (author) (1931–1966), German writer
- Lothar Weise (soccer player) (* 1934), German soccer player
- Lothar Weise (politician) (* 1936), German politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Ludwig von Weise (1828–1915), German alderman and Lord Mayor
- Ludwig Wilhelm Adolf von Weise (1753–1820), German Privy Councilor, Chancellor and Schwarzburgisch-Sondershausen Chamber President
M.
- Margret Weise (* 1941), German ceramic artist
- Markus Weise (* 1962), German national hockey coach
- Martin Weise (medic) (1605–1693), German medic
- Martin Weise (pedagogue) (1891–1952), German pedagogue and university professor
- Martin Weise (resistance fighter) (1903–1943), German politician (KPD) and resistance fighter
O
- Oskar Weise (1851–1933), German teacher, linguist and local researcher
- Otto Weise (1918 / 1919–2005), German doctor and surgeon
- Ottokar Weise , German regatta sailor
P
- Paul Weise (before 1540–1591), German pewter caster
- Peter Weise (* 1941), German economist
- Peter Weise (captain) (* 1944), German captain, businessman and writer
R.
- Richard Weise (architect) (1844–1913), German architect and craftsman
- Richard Weise (cyclist) (1887–1965), German cyclist
- Robert Weise (1870–1923), German painter, draftsman and illustrator
- Roland Weise (* 1952), German manager
- Rolf Weise (1907–1965), German lawyer and politician (CDU)
- Rudolf Weise , German physician and professional politician
- Rudolf Weise (architect) (1907–1991), German architect
- Rudolf Ernst Weise (1844–1935), German mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
S.
- Stefan Weise (* 1983), German classical philologist
- Sven Weise (* 1968), German badminton player
T
- Theodor Weise (1890–1945), German NSDAP politician
- Thomas Weise (1931–2013), German painter and graphic artist
V
- Volker Weise (1943–2017), German journalist
W.
- Werner Weise (1908–1970), German architect and horticultural architect
- Wilhelm Weise (forest scientist) (1846–1914), German forest scientist
- Wilhelm Weise (1936–2012), German physician
- Willi Weise (resistance fighter) (1900–1941), German communist and resistance fighter, editor of an underground newspaper, murdered in Flossenbürg concentration camp
- Wolfgang Weise (1938–2006), German gynecologist, obstetrician and human geneticist
- Wolfgang Weise (volleyball player) (* 1949), German volleyball player
- Wolfram Weise (* 1946), German physicist
Weise is the name of the following companies:
- Weise (organ) , organ building company from Plattling
- Weise & Co. , former automobile manufacturer
See also:
- Economic Wise Council
- Wis
- Orphan (disambiguation)
- Weyse
- White
- white
- Seven Wise Men from Greece
- Willi-Weise project , German voters' association
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