List of St. Thomas' College alumni

This is a list of alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia Sri Lanka. It also includes without distinction the alumni from its affiliated schools S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela, S. Thomas' College, Guruthalawa, and S. Thomas' Preparatory School.

Politics

Name Notability Reference
Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaika Headmen , Head Mudaliyar of the British Ceylon
Maduwanwela Maha Disawe Maha Dissava of British Ceylon (late1800s)
William Ellawala Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon (1856) ,Rate Mahatmaya
Donald Obeyesekere Legislator , Member of State Council of Ceylon , Legislative Council of Ceylon,President of National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
D. S. Senanayake Member of Parliament (Mirigama) (1947 1952), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1947 1952)
Dudley Senanayake Member of Parliament (Dedigama) (1947 1956, 1957 1970), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1952 1953, 1960, 1965 1970)
Solomon Bandaranaike Member of Parliament (Attanagalla) (1947 1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1956 1959)
Sir Paul Pieris Ceylon's Trade Commissioner , District Judge , Advocate, President of Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka , Civil servant
Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere Lawyer , Legislator ,Unofficial Member of Legislative Council of Ceylon (1900-1916)
Wijeyananda Dahanayake Member of Parliament (Galle) (1947 1977, 1979 1988), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1959 1960)
Tuan Burhanudeen Jayah Member of Legislative Council (19241931), member of State Council (19361947), member of Parliament - Colombo Central (19471950)
Arthur Wijewardena Governor-General of Ceylon (1953-1953),Chief Justice of Ceylon(1949-1950), Solicitor General of Ceylon(1936-1939)
Chanaka Amaratunga founder of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
S. J. V. Chelvanayagam Member of Parliament (Kankesanthurai) (1947 1952, 1956 1972, 1975 1977)
K. N. Choksy Member of Parliament (National List) (1989 2010)
Ronnie de Mel Member of Parliament (Matara) (1965 2004)
C. P. de Silva Member of Parliament (Minneriya) (1952 1970)
A. J. R. de Soysa Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon (1911–?)
K. Ganeshalingam Mayor of Colombo (1996 1997)
Leslie Goonewardene Member of Parliament (Panadura) (1956 1977)
Wilfred Miller Vincent Koch Member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Sir Alfred Francis Molamure Member of Parliament (Balangoda) (1947 1951)
G. L. Peiris Member of Parliament (Colombo) (1994 2001) (National List) (2001 2015)
N. M. Perera Member of Parliament
Sajith Premadasa Member of Parliament (Hambantota) (2000 present)
Namal Rajapaksa Member of Parliament (Hambantota) (2010 present)
Shashindra Rajapaksa Chief Minister of Uva Province (2009 2015)
Keheliya Rambukwella Member of Parliament (Kandy) (2000 present)
Shelton Ranaraja Member of Parliament (1960-1965-SLFP) and (1978-1988-UNP);
Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu Mayor of Colombo (1937, 1941 1942)
Rukman Senanayake Member of Parliament (Kegalle) (1973 1977), (Polonnaruwa) (1994 2001), (Kegalle) (2001 present)
F. R. Senanayake Member of Legislative Council (?1926)
Wasantha Senanayake Member of Parliament (Gampaha) (2010 2015), (Polonnaruwa) (2015 present)
Murugeysen Tiruchelvam Member of Parliament
Kumara Welgama Member of Parliament (Kalutara) (1994 present)
E. B. Wikramanayake Senator, Minister of Justice (19531956)
Ranjan Wijeratne Member of Parliament (National List) (1989 1991)
Rajiva Wijesinha Member of Parliament (National List) (2010 2015)

Members of the Independence Movement

Name Notability Reference
Anagarika Dharmapala Buddhist revivalist, author, co-founder Theosophical Society
Gratien Fernando Leader of Cocos Islands mutiny
Henry Pedris

Civil servants

Name Notability Reference
Vijaya Corea Former Director General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Uthum Herat Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2009)
Palitha Kohona Sri Lankan Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2009 2015)
Kapila Waidyaratne Secretary to the Ministry of Defence (2017 ), Senior Additional Solicitor General (20142017) [1]
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Commissioner of Tea Control and Rubber Control (1946)
Bernard Tilakaratna Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1989 1994)
Bradman Weerakoon Secretary to the Prime Minister (1955 1970)
Arittha R Wikramanayake Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (? 1997)
Elanga Wikramanayake Solicitor General (1977)
Shantha Kottegoda Secretary to the Ministry of Defence (2018 )

Military

Air Force

Name Notability Reference
Paddy Mendis Air Chief Marshal - Commander of the Air Force (1971 1976)
Donald Perera Air Chief Marshal - Commander of the Air Force (2002 2006)
P. B. Premachandra Air Vice Marshal - Chief of Staff of the Air Force (2006 ?)

Army

Name Notability Reference
Shantha Kottegoda General - Commander of the Army (2004 2005)
Srilal Weerasooriya General - Commander of the Army (1988 2000)
M.C. Mendaka. P. Samarasinghe Major General - Chief of Staff of the Army (2009 present)
Basil Horsfall Second Lieutenant - Victoria Cross recipient (1918)
Name Notability Reference
H. A. Silva Admiral - Commander of the Navy (1986 1991)

Police

Name Notability Reference
Aleric Abeygunawardena Inspector General of Police (1967 1970) [2]
Osmund De Silva Inspector General of Police (1955 1959)

Academia

Name Notability Reference
Arjuna P. de Silva Head of Department of Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya (2013 present) [3][4]
Devaka Fernando Foundation Professor of Medicine, University of Sri Jayawardanapura
R. D. Gunaratne Director, National Science and Technology Commission [5]
Rajan Hoole Mathematician; author; human rights activist
Stanley Kalpage Chairman of University Grants Commission (1977 1989)
R. S. de Saram co-founder of S Thomas College Gurutalawa
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah Professor (Emeritus) of Anthropology at Harvard University,
Douglas Walatara Professor of Education (University of Colombo),
Paul R. Mather Professor of Accounting and Finance, School of Accounting, La Trobe University

Sports

Name Notability Reference
Saliya Ahangama International test cricket player (1985)
Kaushik Amalean International test cricket player (1986 1988)
Guy de Alwis International test cricket player (1983 1988)
Fredrick de Saram First-class cricket player
Michael Jayasekera Rugby union player
Duleep Mendis International test cricket player (1982 1988)
Jeevan Mendis One Day International, Twenty20 International cricketer (2010 2018)
P. L. Munasinghe Rugby union player
Mano Ponniah First-class cricket player (1964 1969)
Ishak Sahabdeen One Day International cricket player (1983 1984); International hockey player (1985 1986)
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Sports administrator
Kaushal Silva International test cricket player (2011 2016)
Ray Wijewardene Olympic sailor (1968)
Anura Tennekoon One Day International cricket player (1975 1979)
Michael Tissera One Day International cricket player (1975)
Kapila Wijegunawardene International test cricket player (1991 1992)

Business

Name Notability Reference
Rajpal Abeynayake Editor-in-Chief of the Daily News; former Chief Editor of the Sunday Observer; founder and Chief Editor of Sunday Lakbima News [6]
Nihal Sri Ameresekere Fraud and corruption investigator; author
Sir Charles Henry de Soysa Tea planter, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Sir Henry De Mel industrialist; lawyer; philanthropist; member of the Legislative Council (1921 1936)
Sir Christopher Ondaatje Stockbroker; publisher; philanthropist
Chandra Schaffter Founder of Janashakthi Insurance (1994)
Hans Wijayasuriya Chief executive officer of Dialog Axiata
D. R. Wijewardena Publisher, founder of Lake House Group & Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd

NGO

Name Notability Reference
Jeevan Thiagarajah Executive Director of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies
Ivan Corea (Autism Campaign and Journalist) Founder of Autism Awareness Campaign UK and Autism Sunday
Kamaj Silva Founder of Sneakertub

Arts

Name Notability Reference
Gamini Fonseka Actor, director, Member of Parliament (Matara) (1989 1970), Governor of North Eastern Province (1995 1998)
Pradeep Rangana Singer (Sirasa Superstar winner - 2007)
Richard de Zoysa Journalist, author, actor
Michael Ondaatje Author (Booker Prize winner - 1992)
Lakdasa Wikkramasinha Poet

References

  1. http://www.srilankamirror.com/news/3770-kapila-waidyaratne-appointed-as-defence-secretary
  2. Wijesinghe, Geoff (10 August 2002). "An IGP's hearty laugh". Daily News. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://dailynews.lk/?q=sports/slada-will-have-wider-area-work Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Dr. Ranil D. Gunarathne Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Rajpal Editor-in-Chief of Daily News". The Nation. 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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