Weise

Weise is a surname, meaning "wise" or "prudent" in German.

Notable people with the name include:

A

• Andreas Weise (born 1986), Swedish singer and songwriter
• Agustín Saavedra Weise (1943–2021), Bolivian diplomat and writer
• Arne Weise (1930–2019), Swedish television personality

B

• Birgit Weise, German luger
• Brian Weise, American soccer coach

C

• Christian Weise (1642–1708), German writer and dramatist

D

• Dale Weise (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
• David Weise, ballroom dancer
• Dietrich Weise (1934–2020), German footballer and football manager
• Dirk Weise (born 1952), German sprint canoer

E

• Eberhard Weise (born 1953), German bobsledder

H

• Hans-Joachim Weise (1912–1991), German competitive sailor
• Hubert Weise (1884–1950), German Luftwaffe officer

J

• Jeff Weise (1988–2005), American spree killer and school shooter who perpetrated the 2005 Red Lake shootings
• Julia Vargas-Weise (1942 – 1 April 2018) Bolivian photographer, screenwriter, educator, and film director
• Julius Weise (1844–1925), German entomologist

K

• Karl Heinrich Weise (1909–1990), German mathematician
• Konrad Weise (born 1951), German football player

M

• Małgorzata Wiese-Jóźwiak (born 1961), Polish chess player
• Markus Weise (born 1962), German field hockey coach
• Martin Weise (1903-1943), German journalist and resistance fighter

O

• Oskar Weise (1851–1933), German linguist for whom Weise's law is named

W

• Wolfgang Weise (born 1949), German volleyball player

• Woeser (born 1966), also written Wéisè, Tibetan activist, blogger, poet and essayist

See also

• Weis (disambiguation)
• Weiser (disambiguation)
• Weiss (disambiguation)
• Weisse
• Weisz