List of Royal College Colombo alumni

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This is a List of Old Royalists, they being alumni of the Royal College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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

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 (note: - Prominent Legislators)
• Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, CCS - Tamil political leader of Ceylon, member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: - Prominent Legislators)
• Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC - Tamil political leader, Solicitor General of Ceylon and member of the Legislative Council (note: - Prominent Legislators)
• 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 (note: - Prominent Legislators)
• Dr C.A. Hewavitharne - prominent leader in the independence movement (note: - Medicine)

Ministers and Legislators

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. Duminda Dissanayake, MP - Current Deputy Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources

• Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Rauff Hakeem, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Posts & Telecommunication & 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 Cabinet 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

Past

• Hon. Lalith Athulathmudali - former Cabinet Minister of National Security & Defence, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Education & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Anura Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs, tourism, Industry, Investment & National Heritage, Speaker, Leader of the Opposition & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. Colvin R de Silva - former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Major E. A. Nugawela, CLI - former Cabinet Minister of Education (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council
• Hon. C. Sittampalam, CCS - former Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament, District Judge and Government Agent
• Hon. A. Ratnayaka - former Cabinet Minister of Food and Cooperatives (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council
• Hon. Pieter Keuneman - former Cabinet Minister of Housing and Local Government & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Anil Moonesinghe - former Cabinet Minister of Communications, Deputy Speaker & Member of Parliament and Ambassador to Austria.
• Hon. Cyril Mathew - former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Finance, Public Administration, Local Government, Home Affairs, Justice & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. Ranjit Atapattu - former Cabinet Minister of Health & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Deshamanya Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Cabinet 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 Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Governor of the Northern Province Member of Parliament & Ambassador to France
• Hon. Deshamanya J.P. Obeyesekere - First Ceylonese Secretary of State, former Health Minister, Senator and Member of Parliament
• Hon. C.V. Gunaratne - former Cabinet Minister Industrial Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. R.G Senanayaka - former Cabinet Minister of Trade & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Indika Gunawardena - former Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament
• Hon. George Rajapakse - former Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Gamini Jayasuriya - former Cabinet Minister of Health & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvam - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP, UM - former prominent Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• 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

• Senator E.W.Perera - Senator, member of the State Council and the Legislative Council (note: - Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Senator Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle - former President of the Senate of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Senior Academics)
• Senator Sir Cyril de Zoysa - former Senator (note: - Also listed in Captains of industry)
• Senator Justin Kotalawela - former Senator & Member of the State Council
• Senator S. Nadesan - former Senator

• Sir James Peiris, JP - prominent leader and Vice President of the Legislative Council (note: - Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, CCS - member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: - Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG, KC - member of the Legislative Council (note: - Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• 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
• Sir Christoffel Obeyesekere - former Member of the Legislative Council
• T. B. Panabokke - former Member of the Legislative Council

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

Senior Members of the Defence Services

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 Jayantha de S. Jayaratne, VSV, ndc, IG, SLA - former Commander Security Forces Jaffna
• Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, GR  †-former Jaffna Brigade Commander, 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 (note: - Also listed in Medicine)
• Major General C.H. Fernando
• Brigadier W.A.A.P.B Jayatilleka, RSP, SLA  † - former brigade commander, 54-1 brigade
• Brigadier V.U.B. Nanayakkara, USP, Hdmc, SLE - current military spokesmen for the Sri Lanka Army and Director, Directorate of Media.[1]

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

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 [2] (note: - Also listed in Medicine)
• Air Commodore Shirantha Goonatilake, RWP, RSP, SLAF  † - Commanding Officer Flying Training Wing

Sri Lanka Police

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

Ambassadors and High Commissioners

• Dr Vernon L. B. Mendis - United Nations as Special Envoy in the Middle East, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Canada; Ambassador to USSR, Cuba and Secretary General of the Non Aligned Movement
• T.D.S.A. Dissanayake - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia, Egypt & prominent Sri Lankan diplomat in the UN
• Javed Yusuf - former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

• Neville Kanakeratne - Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States and High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Senior civil servants) (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• Devinda R. Subasinghe - Ambassador to USA & Mexico
• Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - former Ambassador to Japan and Burma (note: - Also listed in Prominent Legislators)
• Sir Razik Fareed, Kt, OBE, JP, UM - High Commissioner to Pakistan (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• John De Saram - Sri Lanka's Representative to the UN & prominent Sri Lankan Diplomat in the UN
• 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)
• Devinda R. Subasinghe - former Ambassador to the United States & Mexico
• Hon. Mangala Moonesinghe - former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 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)
• 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

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

Judges

• Hon. Justice 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
• 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 Civil servants)

Civil servants

• Lalith Weeratunga, SLAS - current Permanent Secretary to the President
• J.Charitha Ratwatte - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury
• Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, 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, SLAS - 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
• Dhammika Kitulgoda - Secretary General of Parliament (1999-2002, 2008- ) and former District Judge (note: - Also listed in Judges)
• Neville Kanakeratne - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (note: - Also listed in Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
• 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
• Douglas V. Atapattu - former Commissioner of Excise
• Bimal Padameperuma - former Chairman Ceylon Engineering Corp
• S.C. Amarasinghe - former CEO of the Ceylon Electricity Board
• D.C. Wimalasena - former Chairman Ceylon Petroleum Corp
• Ashantha de Mel - current Chairman Ceylon Petroleum Corp

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 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, University of Colombo and Founder of University of Colombo School of Computing
• Professor S.R. Kottegoda - former Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Colombo, and National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health
• 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
• Most Venerable Professor Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera - Head of the Buddhist and Pali Faculty of the University of Kelaniya (note: - Also listed in Prelates)

• Professor K. N. Seneviratne - Professor of Medicine and founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
• 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, Department 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[3]
• Professor Parakrama Chandrasoma - Professor of Pathology, University of Southern California
• Professor P.C.B. Fernando - Professor of Mathematics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Professor Nalin de Silva - Department of Mathematics, University of Kelaniya
• Professor Siri Kannangara - Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
• 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
• 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
• 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

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

Counsels

• Frederick Dornhorst, KC - Famous King's Advocate
• C.A. Lorenz , KC - Acting Queen’s Advocate
• C.R.De Silva, PC - current Attorney General of Sri Lanka
• 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 SLFP
• Kumar Ponnambalam (G. G. Ponnambalam Jr) - former General Secretary of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress & prominent defence lawyer

Corporate Executives, Entrepreneurs & Industrialist

• 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
• 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
• Rajendra Theagarajah - Chief Executive Officer Hatton National Bank
• 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 Jayawardena - Chairman of the Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC, of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited

Prelates

• The Most Reverend Roger Adrian Herft - Current Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia
• Most Venerable Professor Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera - Chief Incumbent (Priest) of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara and Head of the Buddhist and Pali Faculty of the University of Kelaniya (note: - Also listed in Academics)
• 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
• Rt.Revd. Lakdasa De Mel - former Bishop of the Church of Ceylon
• Revd. Dr. Lakshman Wickremasinghe - Youngest Bishop in the Church of England

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

Architects

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

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 (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 (note: - Also listed in Senior Members of the Defence Services)
• Dr C A Hewavitharana - former prominent member of the Ceylon University College Council (note: - Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Dr. Luckdasa Dissanayake - prominent Surgeon, Cancer Hospital, Sri Lanka

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 and Journalist
• Shyam Selvadurai- internationally acclaimed author

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

Aviation

• Captain George Ferdinand - A pioneer in Sri Lankan aviation and world war 2 RAF bomber pilot.

Artist

• Rohan Joseph - Sri Lanka's foremost Conductor
• Lucky Senanayake - Renowned painter
• Senaka Senanayake- Renowned painter
• Santhush Weeraman - musician
• Dushmanth Weeraman - Musician and dancer
• 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
• Channa Perera - Internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan film director & actor
• Athula Adikari - Sinhala vocalist
• Randir Vithana - Rapper, music producer & musician

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, SLLI  † - 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
• 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)