"The Wise" is an epithet which may refer to:
People Ailerán (died 664 or 665), Irish saint and scholar Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284), King of Castile, León and Galicia Ari Thorgilsson (1067–1148), Icelandic medieval chronicler Banban the Wise (), Irish saint Berengar the Wise (died 835), Count (or Duke) of Toulouse, Duke (or Margrave) of Septimania, and Count of Barcelona Cato the Elder (234–149 BC), Roman soldier, senator and historian Charles V of France (1338–1380), King of France Epiphanius the Wise (died 1420), monk and Eastern Orthodox saint Fachtna Fáthach, 2nd-1st century BC high king of Ireland Francisco José de Caldas (1768–1816), Colombian lawyer, engineer and geographer Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463–1525), German nobleman who protected Martin Luther Gildas (c. 500–570), British saint and cleric John V, Duke of Brittany (1389–1442), also Count of Montfort 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 Sancho VI of Navarre (1132–1194), King of Navarre Yaroslav the Wise (c. 978–1054), thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev
Mythological characters Dag the Wise, a mythological Swedish king Fintan mac Bóchra, a seer in Irish mythology
Fictional characters Alhamazad the Wise, in the Greyhawk series Ansem the Wise, in the Kingdom Hearts series Darth Plagueis the Wise, in the Star Wars franchise The title character of the play Nathan the Wise Russano the Wise, from several Redwall novels Vasilisa the Wise, the title character in the Russian version of the fairy tale The Frog Princess
See also List of people known as the Learned