John Wise may refer to: John Wise (clergyman) (1652–1725), Massachusetts divine who protested taxation John Wise (Virginia politician) (fl. 1768–1812), speaker of Virginia House of Delegates John Wise (balloonist) (1808–1879), American ballooning pioneer John Ayshford Wise (1810–1865), British MP for Stafford John Richard de Capel Wise (1831–1890), British writer John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913), U.S. congressman (Readjuster Party) from Virginia John Wise (Australian politician) (1856–1942), New South Wales politician John Henry Wise (1868–1937), Hawaiian politician John Humphrey Wise (1890–1984), British colonial administrator John Wise (Canadian politician) (1935–2013), former Progressive Conservative MP and federal Minister of Agriculture John Wise (sport shooter) (1901–1971), Australian, competed at the 1948 Olympic Games John Wise (footballer) (born 1954), Australian footballer John A. Wise (1939–2011), American scientist