Makepeace

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 (born 1931), English footballer
 * Chris Makepeace (born 1964), Canadian film and television actor
 * Harry Makepeace (1881–1952), English cricketer and footballer
 * John Makepeace (born 1939), British furniture designer and maker
 * Jonathan Makepeace (1774–1850), American businessman and politician
 * Mary Lou Makepeace, American activist and politician, first female mayor of Colorado Springs (1997–2003)
 * Ralph Makepeace (1909–1995), English footballer
 * Reginald Makepeace (1890–1918), British First World War flying ace
 * Troy Makepeace (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
 * William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), British novelist, author and illustrator

Fictional characters

 * Detective Sergeant Lady Harriet "Harry" Makepeace, in Dempsey and Makepeace, a British television crime drama
 * Quentin Makepeace, a villain in the Bartimaeus Sequence series of children's novels
 * Colonel Makepeace, in Stargate SG-1
 * Tom Makepeace, in House of Cards
 * Winter Makepeace and Asa Makepeace, in the Maiden Lane series of romance novels by Elizabeth Hoyt
 * Abel Makepeace, in MacGyver