List of Royal College alumni (Old Royalists)

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Alumni of the Royal College, who are commonly known as Old Royalists, include some of Sri Lanka's most prominent personalities

Contents 1 Heads of State & Government 2 Prominent figures in the Independence Movement 3 Ministers, Members of Parliament and Prominent Legislators 3.1 Current 3.2 Past 4 Royalty 5 Senior Members of the Defence Services 5.1 Sri Lankan Army 5.2 Sri Lankan Navy 5.3 Sri Lanka Air Force 5.4 Sri Lanka Police 6 Ambassadors and High Commissioners 7 Mayors 8 Judges and Senior Counsel 9 Senior civil servants and heads of government departments 10 Senior Academics 11 Educationalists 12 Captains of industry and commerce 13 Prelates 14 Sportsmen and Sports Administrators 15 Architects 16 Medicine 17 Poets, Novelists & Academic Writers 18 Media personalities & Journalist 19 Artist 20 Other prominent alumni

[edit] Heads of State & Government

Presidents

• His Excellency President J.R. Jayawardene - former President & Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
• President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom - current President of the Maldives

Monarchs

• H.M. Sultan Muhammad Fareed Didi - last Sultan of the Maldives

Prime Ministers

• General The Rt. Hon. Sir John Lionel Kotalawela, CH, KBE, CLI - former Prime Minister of Ceylon
• Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, MP - former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka & current Leader of the Opposition

[edit] Prominent figures in the Independence Movement

• Anagarika Dharmapala - leading figure in the independence movement and the revival of Buddhism in the twentieth century
• E.W.Perera "Lion of Kotte" - Freedom fighter, Senator, member of Legislative Council and State Council
• Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, CCS - Tamil political leader of Ceylon, member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council
• Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG, KC - Tamil political leader, Solicitor General of Ceylon and member of the Legislative Council
• Captain D.E.Henry Pedris, CTG - prominent figure executed by the British
• Sir James Peiris, JP - prominent leader and Vice President of the Legislative Council

[edit] Ministers, Members of Parliament and Prominent Legislators

[edit] Current

• Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Urban Development, Sacred Area Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management, Human Rights & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Milinda Moragoda, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Tourism & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Arumugan Thondaman, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Youth Empowerment, Socio Economic Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, MP - current Non-Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dilan Perera, MP - current Non-Cabinet Minister of Justis & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Mano Wijeyeratne, MP - current Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development, former Minister of Plantation Services & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Naween Dissanayake, MP - current Non-Cabinet Minister of Investment Promotion & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, MP - current Deputy Minister of Power, Energy & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP - former Minister of Foreign Affairs & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Lakshman "Lucky" Kiriella, MP - former Minister of Plantation Industries & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Kabir Hashim, MP - former Non-Cabinet Minister of Tertiary Education, Training & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Sajith Premadasa, MP - former Deputy Minister of Health & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Sagala Ratnayaka, MP - former Deputy Minister of Power, Energy & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka, MP - current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, MP - current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Rauff Hakeem - former Minister of Posts & Telecommunication & Member of Parliament

[edit] Past

• Hon. Lalith Athulathmudali - former Minister of National Security & Defence, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Education & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Anura Bandaranaike - former Minister of Foreign Affairs, tourism, Industry, Investment & National Heritage, Speaker, Leader of the Opposition & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. Colvin R de Silva - former Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Pieter Keuneman - former Minister of Housing and Local Government & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Anil Moonesinghe - former Minister of Communications, Deputy Speaker & Member of Parliament and Ambassador to Austria.
• Hon. Cyril Mathew - former Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike - former Minister of Finance, Public Administration, Local Government, Home Affairs, Justice & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Major E.A. Nugawela, CLI - former Minister of Education (of the first cabinet 1948), Member of Parliament & State Council[1]
• Hon. Dr. Ranjit Atapattu - former Minister of Health & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Deshamanya Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Minister of Education, Higher Education & Justice, Member of Parliament, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Russian Federation, a former Permanent Secretary & Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. (note: - Also listed in Senior civil servants)
• Hon. Tyronne Fernando, PC - former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Governor of the Northern Province Member of Parliament & Ambassador to France[2]
• Hon. Deshamanya J.P. Obeyesekere - First Ceylonese Secretary of State, former Health Minister, Senator and Member of Parliament[3]
• Hon. C.V. Gunaratne - former Industrial Development Minister & Member of Parliament
• Hon. R.G Senanayaka - former Minister of Trade & Member of Parliament
• Hon. C. Sittampalam, CCS - the first Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, District Judge and Government Agent
• Hon. Indika Gunawardena - former Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament
• Hon. George Rajapakse - former Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Gamini Jayasuriya - former Minister & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvam - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle - former President of the Senate of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Senior Academics)
• Hon. Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP, UM - former prominent Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• Hon. Sir Cyril de Zoysa - former Senator (note: - Also listed in Captains of industry)
• Hon. Justin Kotalawela - former Senator & Member of the State Council
• Hon. S. Nadesan - former Senator
• Hon. A. Ratnayaka - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. P.B. Bulankulame - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. A.P. Jayasuriya - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. T.B. Panabokke - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. H. Sri Nissanka - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. Wilmot A. Perera - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. Mangala Moonesinghe - former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• Hon. Susil Moonesinghe - former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• Hon. G. Arthur de Zoysa - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. J.A. Martenze - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. V.R. Schockman - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. P.B.G Keuneman - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. Sydney de Zoysa - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Hon. G.T .Kapukotuwa - former prominent Member of Parliament
• Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - Deputy Speaker of the State Council (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• Sir Mutu Coomaraswamy - former Member of the Legislative Council [4]
• Sir Christoffel Obeyesekere - former Member of the Legislative Council[5]
• T. B. Panabokke - former Member of the Legislative Council

[edit] Royalty

• HRH Prince Hassan Farid Didi - Maldivian Minister for the Interior and son of HRH the Sultan Elect of the Maldives
• HRH Prince Henveyru Ganduvaru Manippulu - Member of the Maldivian Royal family [6]

[edit] Senior Members of the Defence Services

[edit] Sri Lankan Army

• Major General B.R. Heyn, CLI - former Commander of the Ceylon Army (1966 - 1967)
• General Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle, MVO, CLI - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967 - 1977), former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• General T.I. Weerathunga, VSV, ndc, SLLI - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1981 - 1985), Chief of the Defence Staff & Sri Lanka High Commissioner to Canada
• General G.D.G. Naveen Seneviratne, VSV - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1985 - 1988)
• Major General Gemunu Kulatunge, RSP, USP - former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
• Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, GR  †-former Commander Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna (SF HQ (J)), a Leader of Operation Liberation
• Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya RWP, RSP, USP, psc, SLSR - former Commander Security Forces Headquarters East (SF HQ (E))
• Major General P.P. Fernando RWP, RSP, psc, CR  † - former Deputy commanding officer of 54th Division, Sri Lanka Army
• Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja, USP, MBBS, SLMC - former Director Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps.[7] (note: - Also listed in Medicine)
• Major General C.H. Fernando
• Brigadier W.A.A.P.B Jayatilleka, RSP, SLA  † - former commanding officer of the 54-1 brigade
• Brigadier V.U.B. Nanayakkara, USP, Hdmc, SLE - current military spokesmen for the Sri Lanka Army and Director, Directorate of Media.[8]

[edit] Sri Lankan Navy

• Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar, MVO, ADC, RCyN - former Commander of the Royal Ceylon Navy (1960-1970)
• Admiral Deshamanya D.B. Goonesekara, ndc, psc, SLN - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy (1973-1979)
• Vice Admiral A.H.A De Silva, VSV, ndc, psc, SLN - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy (1983-1986) & Ambassador to Cuba
• Rear Admiral Thisara S.G. Samarasinghe, RSP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, DISS, MNI, SLN - Commander Northern Naval Command, former Commander Eastern Naval Command & former Director General of Naval Operations

[edit] Sri Lanka Air Force

• Air Chief Marshal Harry Goonatilake, USP, ndc, psc, SLAF - former Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force (1976-1981)
• Air Vice Marshal Dr. Nimal Herat Gunaratne, VSV, USP, MBBS, DFM, D.AvMed, SLAF - Director Health Services, SLAF [9] (note: - Also listed in Medicine)
• Air Commodore Shirantha Goonatilake, RWP, RSP, SLAF  † - Commanding Officer Flying Training Wing
• Group Captain D. S. Wickremasinghe, RWP, SLAF  †

[edit] Sri Lanka Police

• S.A. Dissanayake - former Inspector General of Police (IGP)
• G A.D.E.A. Seneviratne - former Inspector General of Police (IGP)
• L.G.D.C.L. Herath - former Inspector General of Police (IGP)

[edit] Ambassadors and High Commissioners

• John De Saram - Sri Lanka's Representative to the UN & prominent Sri Lankan Diplomat in the UN
• Neville Kanakeratne - prominent Sri Lankan diplomat & Ambassador
• T.D.S.A. Dissanayake - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia, Egypt & prominent Sri Lankan diplomat in the UN
• Tissa Wijeyeratne - Sri Lanka Ambassador to France and Switzerland, Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister & Additional Secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defence
• Sir Razik Fareed Kt, OBE, JP, UM - High Commissioner to Pakistan (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - former Ambassador to Burma and Japan (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• Ernest Corea - Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to Canada and former Editor Ceylon Daily News (note: - Also listed in Media personalities & Journalist)
• Hon. Mangala Moonesinghe - former High Commissioner in London and former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• Hon. Susil Moonesinghe - former Ambassador to Iran and former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• Javed Yusuf - former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

[edit] Mayors

• His Lordship Omer Kamil - former Mayor of Colombo & Ambassador to Iran
• His Lordship Prasanna Gunawardena - former Mayor of Colombo & Presidential adviser
• His Lordship C. Ponnambalam - the first Mayor of Jaffna

[edit] Judges and Senior Counsel

Judges

• His Lordship Sir Richard Morgan - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, First Asian in the British Empire to receive a Knighthood and first Ceylonese to be a member of the Governor's Executive Council
• Hon. Justice Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry - former Judge of the International Court of Justice and Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice V Manicavasagar - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka & Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
• Hon. Justice Sir Thomas De Sampayo - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice T.S. Fernando, QC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice C.V.Wigneshwaran, PC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice P. Ramanathan - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Governor of the Western Province, Chancellor of Uva University and Chairman of the Human Rights Commission
• Hon. Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• Hon. Justice S.W.B. Wadugodapitiya - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon[10]
• Hon. Justice P. Edussuriya - former Judge of the Court of Appeal
• Sarath Ambepitiya - former Judge of the High Court
• K.T. Chitrasiri - Judge of the Commercial High Court
• Charles Ambrose Lorensz, QC - former District Judge, member of the Legislative Council & Editor of the 'Ceylon Examiner.
• T.K.N. Thilakan - District Judge
• Dhammika Kitulgoda - District Judge (note: - Also listed in Senior civil servants)

Senior Counsel

• Frederick Dornhorst, KC - Famous King's Advocate
• C.R.De Silva, PC - current Attorney General of Sri Lanka and former Solicitor General
• Shibly Aziz, PC - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
• Dr. Harry Wilfred Jayewardene, QC - Chairman Industrial Disputes Commission, UN Human Rights Commission & a well known criminal lawyer
• George Edmund Chitty Jnr., QC - a well known Crown Counsel, former Commissioner of Assize
• H. Sri Nissanka, QC - a well known criminal lawyer and one of the founders of the SLEP
• Kumar Ponnambalam (G. G. Ponnambalam Jr) - former General Secretary of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress & prominent defence lawyer

[edit] Senior civil servants and heads of government departments

• Lalith Weeratunga - current Permanent Secretary to the President
• J.Charitha Ratwatte - former Permanent Secretary of the Treasury (Ministry of Finance)
• Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Treasury (Ministry of Finance), Ministry of Health, Ceylon's High Commissioner to India, Ambassador to Nepal and Afghanistan.
• Harsha Wickremasinghe CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Trade and Commerce
• Austin Perera, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries
• Dr. B.S. Wijeweera, CCS - former Permanent Secretary
• D.G.P. Seneviratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary
• P.H. Premawardhana, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs
• Hon. Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• D.M.P.B.Dasanayake - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministries of Education, Labour & Budhasasana
• S. Nihal Seneviratne - former Secretary General of Parliament (1981-1994) and parliamentary affairs adviser to the Prime Minister[11]
• Dhammika Kitulgoda - Secretary General of Parliament (1999-2002, 2008- ) and former District Judge (note: - Also listed in Judges)
• Douglas V. Atapattu - former Excise Commissioner
• A.S.Jayawardene - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C
• Sunil Mendis - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Chairman Hayleys
• Bimal Padameperuma - former Chairman Engineering Corp
• S.C. Amarasinghe - former CEO of the Electricity Board
• D.C. Wimalasena - former Chairman Petroleum Corp
• Ashantha de Mel - current Chairman Petroleum Corp

[edit] Senior Academics

• Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle - former Vice Chancellor of University of Ceylon, President of the Senate of Ceylon, Dean Faculty of Medicine & Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• Professor E.O.E. Pereira - former Vice Chancellor of University of Peradeniya and Founder of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ceylon
• Professor C.L.V. Jayathilake - former Vice Chancellor of University of Peradeniya
• Professor Chandre Dharma-wardana - former Vice Chancellor of Vidyodaya University (now the University of Sri Jayewardenepura), currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Universite de Montreal
• Professor Hema Ellawala - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Dean of the faculty of Arts and Professor of History & Sociology
• Professor Muhammad Monty Cassim - Vice Chancellor of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan
• Vidyaj Yothi Professor V. K. Samaranayake - former Dean of the Faculty of Science and Founder of University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo
• Professor Mohan Munasinghe - Vice President of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Professor, United Nations University, Tokyo
• Professor K. N. Jayatilleke - Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ceylon
• Professor M. Maheswaran, PhD(Cantab) - Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, formerly Professor and Head, Dept of Mathematics, University of Peradeniya
• Professor K. N. Seneviratne - Professor of Medicine and founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine [12]
• Vidyaj Yothi Professor Rezvi Sheriff - Senior Professor of Medicine & Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Vidyaj Yothi Professor Osmund Jayaratne - Professor of Physics, University of Colombo and left wing politician.
• Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe - Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology
• Professor B.A. Abeywickrama - Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Botany, University of Colombo
• Professor William Norman, RAE - Professor of Chemistry & Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Professor R.H. Paul - Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Peradeniya
• Professor Chelvanayagam Vaseeharan - Professor of Mathematics and former Sri Lanka Athletics team Captain
• Professor Colvin Goonaratna MBBS, FRCP, PhD - Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Colombo[13]
• Professor Parakrama Chandrasoma - Professor of Pathology, University of Southern California
• Professor P.C.B. Fernando - Professor of Mathematics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Professor S.R. Kottegoda - Department of Pharmacology, University of Colombo
• Professor Nalin de Silva - Department of Mathematics, University of Kelaniya
• Professor A. Suri Ratnapala - Professor of Law, T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
• Professor L. P. Samaranayake - Professor of Pathology, Hong Kong University
• Professor Saman Amarasinghe - Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA.[14]
• Professor Asantha Cooray - Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine and a leading researcher in the field of Cosmology and theoretical astrophysics [15]
• Dr.Nalin Ranasinghe - Head, Department of Computation and Intelligent Systems, University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo
• Dr. Gihan N. Wikramanayake - Head, Department of Information Systems Engineering (ISE), University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo
• Dr. D.A.I.Munindradasa - Defence Advisor and Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering of the Moratuwa University
• Dr. W. Mallawaratchi - Lecturer for Chemistry, University of Peradeniya
• Dr. A M Mubarak - Director, National Science Foundation
• Dr. Gihan V Dias - Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronics & Telecommunications, University of Moratuwa
• Dr. Devaka Weerakoon - Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Colombo
• J. K. B. Abeysinghe - Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

[edit] Educationalists

• J.C.A. Corea - First Sri Lankan Principal of Royal College, Colombo - 1946-1953
• Dudley K G de Silva - Principal of Royal College, Colombo - 1954-1966 and Director of Technical Education, Ministry of Education
• Cedric Orlorff - Principal of Trinity College, Kandy - 1957-1968
• Vijitha Weerasinghe - Deputy Principal of Royal College, Colombo& Mentor Royal College Union

[edit] Captains of industry and commerce

• Sir Ernest De Silva - Greatest Philatelist in Sri Lanka's History, former President of the Senate of Ceylon and the founding Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon
• Sir Cyril de Zoysa - Recorded Richest Sri Lankan to date, Philanthropist and Founder of the AMW group (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• U.N.Gunasekera - Considered to be the Most Successful Sri Lankan Construction Engineer of the 20th Century, Owner of Glass House
• Phillip Upali Wijewardena - Founder of Upali Group
• Deshamanya Ken Balendra - former chairman of John Keells Holdings and former Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon
• Deshamanya Dr. Lalith Kotelawala - Chairman Ceylinco Consolidated
• Susantha Ratnayake - current Chairman of John Keells Holdings
• Ratna Sivaratnam - former Chairman and Managing Director Aitken Spence
• Hemaka Amarasuriya - Chairman Singer Sri Lanka
• Thaya Thayakaran - President Emmeci USA
• Rajendra Theagarajah - Chief Executive Officer Hatton National Bank
• D. S. Jayasundera - Chairman Hayleys
• S Skandakumar - Chairman George Steuarts & Co Ltd
• Vijaya Malalasekara - Chairman Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC)
• Ravi Wijenathan - CEO of Millennium Development (Pvt) Ltd
• Harindranath George Dias - founding Chairman National Savings Bank
• Mahendra Amarasuriya - Chairman Commercial Bank
• Deshamanya Mahesh Amalean - Chairman MAS Holdings
• Dian Gomes - Managing Director, MAS Intimates (Pvt) Ltd, Slimline (pvt) Ltd & President Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Uddaka Tennekoon - former Managing Director of Mercantile Merchant Bank
• Nushad Perera - General Manager Sales and Marketing Dialog Telekom
• K. Manikkavasagar - former Director of Glaxo
• Rizvi Zaheed - Director Hayleys
• Akbar Jahir - Director of JaUk Trading, United Kingdom
• Delano Uduman - Executive Chairman, Survey Research Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
• Jeremy Muller - Director, Agility Logistics, USA
• Harry Jayawardane - CEO of Ceylon Distrilleries & Lanka Hospital Group

[edit] Prelates

• The Most Reverend Roger Adrian Herft - current Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia
• Rt.Revd. Duleep De Chickera - His Lordship the current Bishop of Colombo
• Rt.Revd. Harold De Soyza - First Ceylonese Bishop of Colombo
• Rt.Revd. Kenneth Fernando - former the Bishop of Colombo
• Most Venerable Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha - Chief Incumbent (Priest) of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya
• Rt.Revd. Lakdasa De Mel - former Bishop of the Church of Ceylon
• Revd. Dr. Lakshman Wickremasinghe - Youngest Bishop in the Church of England

[edit] Sportsmen and Sports Administrators

• Ranjan Madugalle - former Test Cricket Captain of Sri Lanka and the current Chief Match Referee of the International Cricket Council
• Gamini Goonesena - former Ceylon & Cambridge University Cricket Captain
• Asantha De Mel - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• N.S. Joseph - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• Lionel Almeida - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• Jehan Mubarak - Sri Lankan cricketer, National coloursman in Water Polo
• Mahesa Rodrigo - former Ceylon Rugby Captain
• Dr. Maiya Gunasekara - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain & former President of the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU)
• L.W.De.Z.Guneratne - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Asanga Rodrigo - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Indrajith Coomaraswamy - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Saman Jayasinghe - former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain, National Selector for Rugby
• Timothy Speldewinde - former Sri Lankan Swimming Champion, represented Sri Lanka in the Asian Games. Won Gold and Silver medals at the Asian Age Group Championship
• Jullian Bolling - former Sri Lankan Swimming Captain & South Asian Gold Medalist
• Hugh Aldons - former Ceylon Hockey Captain
• Franklyn Emmanuel - former Sri Lankan Youngest Tennis Champion and Davis Cup Player
• Salinda de Zoysa - Former Sri Lanka Squash Champion, represented Sri lanka in the Asian Games.
• Summa Navaratnam - represented Ceylon in Athletics, former Asian record holder, dubbed "The fastest man in Asia"
• Pavithra Fernando - current Senior Sri Lankan Rugby Player
• Tyrrel Muttiah - former Sri Lankan Rugby player
• Alfred Hensman - former Sri Lankan Rugby player
• Harin Kaluaratchi - former Sri Lankan Rugby Player
• Rajith Jayasundara - former Sri Lankan Rugby Player (first represented Sri Lanka at age 16)
• Niluka Karunaratne - Internationally Ranked Badminton Player
• Ravi Wijenathan - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player, National Selector for Rugby
• S.Sujantha Kumar - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• Rahim Junaideen - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• S.Sritharan - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• Johann Muller - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• Eddie Grey - former Ceylon Boxer represented Ceylon in the 1948 Olympics and former head of the Police Mounted Division
• Harshana Godamanne - National Tennis Coloursman & Professional Tennis Player
• Laxman Dissanayake - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• Chanaka Wickramasinghe - former Captain of the Sri Lanka Diving Team

[edit] Architects

• Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa - Most renowned Architect in Sri Lanka
• Oliver Weerasinghe - Architect, Sri Lanka's first city planner & Ambassador to the US[16]
• Dr. Lochi Gunaratna - Architect
• K.L. Gooneratne - Architect
• V.K. Gunasekara - Architect, Geoffrey Bawa's partner and winner of the Rockefeller Scholarship

[edit] Medicine

• Dr. E.M. Wijerama - first President of the Ceylon College of Physicians, donated his house to the Medical College Library
• Dr. J.B. Peiris - former President of the Sri Lanka College of Physicians
• Dr. H.N. Rajaratnam - former President of the Sri Lanka College of Physicians
• Dr. Edwin Arthur Blok, CBE - former Director of Health Services, Ceylon
• Dr. R.S.B. Wickremasinge - Director of the Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka
• Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja, USP, MBBS, SLMC - former Director Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps.[17] (note: - Also listed in Senior Members of the Defence Services)
• Air Vice Marshal Dr. Nimal Herat Gunaratne, VSV, USP, MBBS, DFM, D.AvMed, SLAF - Director Health Services, SLAF [18] (note: - Also listed in Senior Members of the Defence Services)
• Dr C A Hewavitharana - former prominent member of the Ceylon University College Council
• Dr. Luckdasa Dissanayake - prominent Surgeon, Cancer Hospital, Sri Lanka

[edit] Poets, Novelists & Academic Writers

• Phiroz Mehta - writer and lecturer on religious topics
• Dr. Brendon Gooneratne - well-known author
• Dr. Susantha Goonatilake - well-known author
• Carl Muller - well-known author
• Shyam Selvadurai- internationally acclaimed author

[edit] Media personalities & Journalist

• Vernon Corea - Pioneer radio broadcaster & News Director with Radio Ceylon, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC. (Ethnic Minorities Adviser to the BBC)
• Leon Belleth - pioneer radio broadcaster at Radio Ceylon, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• Mervyn De Silva - Editor in Chief of Lake House and of the Times (Ceylon), editor of the Ceylon Daily News.
• Ernest Corea - former Editor Ceylon Daily News (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• Dushy Ranetunge - International Journalist
• Livy R. Wijemanne - pioneer radio broadcaster at Radio Ceylon and former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• Janiytha Seneviratne - Journalist
• Sinha Rathnathunga- Editor in Chief- The Sunday Times

[edit] Artist

• Rohan Joseph - Sri Lanka's foremost Conductor
• Channa Perera - Internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan film director & actor
• Lucky Senanayake - Renowned painter
• Santhush Weeraman - musician
• Iraj Weeraratne - music producer & musician
• Ranidu Lankage - musician
• Lakshman Joseph de Saram - Violinist and Film Composer
• Dilup Gabadamudalige - musician with the Amazing Grace & producer
• Ishan Bahar - musician with the Jetliners
• Rukshan Perera - musician with the Golden Chimes, Super Golden Chimes, Esquire Set & Serendib
• Reza Deane - musician with The Amazing Grace and Purple Rain
• Chandimal Fernando - musician
• Senaka Senanayake- Renowned painter
• Athula Adikari - Sinhala vocalist

[edit] Other prominent alumni

• Captain O. J. Robertson, MC, LR - first Ceylonese to receive a Military Cross in World War I
• Lieutenant A. W. M. N. M. de Silva, WWV  † - recipient of the Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya, the 2nd highest award for combat bravery in Sri Lanka
• Flying Officer U. R. Fernando (Jnr), WWV, SLAF  † - recipient of the Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya, the 2nd highest award for combat bravery in Sri Lanka
• Colonel Fredrick C. de Saram, OBE, CA - former commanding officer Ceylon Artillery and the leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962
• C. C. "Jungle" Dissanayake - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of police and a leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962
• Sydney de Zoysa - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of police and a leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962
• Captain George Ferdinand - A pioneer in Sri Lankan aviation and world war 2 RAF bomber pilot.
• Gunner Kenneth R. Porritt, CGA - One of the Cocos Islands mutineers
• Dr. Sunil Abeyesundere - Computer & Electronics Specialist (Defense & Aerospace - U.S.A.), former Competent Authority ITN & Consultant Ministry of State
• Dr. Arjuna Sittampalam - World renowned Investment Banker
• Dr. Harsha de Silva - well known economist
• Neranjan Wijeyeratne - Diyawadana Nilame (Chief lay Custodian) of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy (1985-2005)