# Makepeace

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This article is about the surname. For the American historic home, see [Make Peace](/source/Make_Peace). For the American lake, see [Makepeace Lake](/source/Makepeace_Lake). For the Australian island, see [Makepeace Island](/source/Makepeace_Island).

**Makepeace** is an English surname derived from the medieval English *Mak(en)*, to make, plus *Pais*, peace. It originally designated a mediator, one who is skilled at negotiation of hostilities. It may refer to:

## People

- [Brian Makepeace](/source/Brian_Makepeace) (born 1931), English footballer
- [Chris Makepeace](/source/Chris_Makepeace) (born 1964), Canadian film and television actor
- [Harry Makepeace](/source/Harry_Makepeace) (1881–1952), English cricketer and footballer
- [John Makepeace](/source/John_Makepeace) (born 1939), British furniture designer and maker
- [Jonathan Makepeace](/source/Jonathan_Makepeace) (1774–1850), American businessman and politician
- [Mary Lou Makepeace](/source/Mary_Lou_Makepeace), American activist and politician, first female mayor of Colorado Springs (1997–2003)
- [Ralph Makepeace](/source/Ralph_Makepeace) (1909–1995), English footballer
- [Reginald Makepeace](/source/Reginald_Makepeace) (1890–1918), British First World War flying ace
- [Troy Makepeace](/source/Troy_Makepeace) (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
- [William Makepeace Thackeray](/source/William_Makepeace_Thackeray) (1811–1863), British novelist, author and illustrator

## Fictional characters

- Detective Sergeant Lady Harriet "Harry" Makepeace, in *[Dempsey and Makepeace](/source/Dempsey_and_Makepeace)*, a British television crime drama
- Quentin Makepeace, a villain in the *[Bartimaeus Sequence](/source/Bartimaeus_Sequence)* series of children's novels
- [Colonel Makepeace](https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0538363/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1), in *Stargate SG-1*
- [Tom Makepeace](/source/List_of_House_of_Cards_trilogy_characters#Tom_Makepeace,_MP), in *House of Cards*
- Winter Makepeace and Asa Makepeace, in the *Maiden Lane* series of romance novels by [Elizabeth Hoyt](/source/Elizabeth_Hoyt)
- [Abel Makepeace](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0638760/characters/nm0173438), in [MacGyver](/source/MacGyver_(1985_TV_series,_season_2))
- Corrine Calloway, née Makepeace, protagonist in *[Brightness Falls](/source/Brightness_Falls)*, *[The Good Life (novel)](/source/The_Good_Life_(novel))*, and *[Bright, Precious Days](/source/Bright,_Precious_Days)*, a trilogy of novels by [Jay McInerney](/source/Jay_McInerney)

## See also

- [C. R. Makepeace & Company](/source/C._R._Makepeace_%26_Company), a defunct architectural firm in Rhode Island, United States
- [D. E. Makepeace Company](/source/D._E._Makepeace_Company), a historical building in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
- [George Makepeace House](/source/George_Makepeace_House), a historical building in Madison, Indiana, United States

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