List of Trinity College, Kandy alumni
This is a list of Trinity College, Kandy alumni , located in Sri Lanka.
Politicians
- Lakshman Kadirgamar – former Sri Lankan Foreign minister
- Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke – High Commissioner to New Delhi, India
- Sarath Amunugama – Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister (Min. of Public Administration and Home Affairs), Minister
- Lionel Gamini Dissanayake PC – presidential candidate, United National Party; Leader of the Opposition, Minister of Lands, Land Development and Mahaweli Development
- Kabir Hashim – Former cabinet minister and MP for Kegalle
- Edwin Loku Banda Hurulle – Former Cabinet Minister of Communications and Cultural Affairs
- Lakshman Jayakody – Former Cabinet Minister for Religious Affairs
- Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke – Ceylonese Cabinet Minister and Member of the Legislative Council
- Anuruddha Ratwatte – former Minister of Power and Energy and Deputy Minister of Defence
- Edward Lionel Senanayake – Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Hector Kobbekaduwa - Former cabinet minister and Presidential candidate
- Tissa Vitharana – Former Cabinet minister and the leader of Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP)
- Batty Weerakoon – Former Cabinet minister and the leader of Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP)
- Tissa Balalla – Former MP for Kurunegala & Governor of North Western Provice
- Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe -Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon. (Father of Sirimavo_Bandaranaike)
- Lohan Ratwatte - MP for Kandy District
- Shelton Ranaraja - Former MP for Senkadagala & Dept, Minister of Justice
- P. C. Imbulana- Former MP for Ruwanwella, Minister of labour & Governor of Central Province
Diplomats, Senior civil servants and Heads of government departments
- Jayantha Dhanapala – former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs
- Jayantha Kelegama – Prominent Economist
- Sir V. Coomaraswamy – former Ceylonese High Commissioner to Canada
- Faisz Musthapha – former High Commissioner to the UK
- W. T. I. Alagaratnam – Director of Irrigation
- Atma Jayaram – former Chief of the Indian Intelligence Bureau
- Faisz Musthapha, PC – Chairman of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, 2000–2003
Mayors
- Sir Cuda Ratwatte – first Kandyan Knight; first Mayor of Kandy
- Fredrick de Silva – former Mayor of Kandy
- Mahendra Ratwatte – former Mayor of Kandy
Missionaries
- Colonel Arnolis Weerasooriya – first Ceylonese Colonel of the Salvation Army[1]
Arts
- George Keyt – Sri Lankan artist[2]
- Stanley Kirinde – Sri Lankan artist[2]
- David Paynter RA, OBE – Sri Lankan artist[2]
Judges and senior counsel
- Neville Samarakoon – former Chief Justice, Sri Lanka
- Sarath Nanda Silva – Chief Justice, Sri Lanka
- R. R. Crossette-Thambiah – former Solicitor General of Ceylon, Commissioner of Assize and Barrister[2]
- Sir Desmond Lorenz de Silva - Former Chief Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Tribunal
- Barnes Ratwatte II - Judge of the supreme court and President of court of appeal of Sri Lanka
Military
- † Capt. Saliya Aladeniya – first recipient of the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya
- † Lt.Gen. Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa – General Officer Commanding Northern Province
- † Lt.Gen Parami Kulatunga – former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
- Maj.Gen Richard Udugama – former Commander of the Army, Ceylon;[2]
- Admiral Travis Sinniah - Former Commander of Sri Lanka Navy
Indian Army
- Ajit Rudra – Southern Command of the Indian Army
Police
- Sir Richard Aluwihare – first Ceylonese Inspector General of Police and later High Commissioner to India[2]
- Rudra Rajasingham – former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
Sportsmen and administrators
Cricket
- Dilantha Malagamuwa - Racing Driver
- Narendra Ekanayake – captain of Bahamas national cricket team
- Kumar Sangakkara – Sri Lankan cricket captain
- Lakshman Kadirgamar – Oxford University Cricket Blue
- Graeme Labrooy – former Sri Lanka National Cricketer
- Ranjan Senarath Madugalle – former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain; presently Chief Match Referee of the International Cricket Council
- Joseph Ravindran (Ravi) Ratnayeke – former Sri Lanka Vice Captain of Cricket
- N.L.K. (Nilantha) Ratnayake – former Sri Lanka national cricketer
- Kaushalya Weeraratne – Sri Lanka national cricketer
- Sachith Pathirana – Sri Lanka national cricketer
- Niroshan Dickwella – Sri Lanka national cricketer
- Lahiru Kumara -Sri Lanka national cricketer
Athletics
- Duncan White – Olympic silver medalist
Academics
- Seneka Bibile – former Professor of Pharmacology,[2] Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and founder of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Stanley Wijesundera – Former Professor of Bio-Chemistry and Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo
- Gishan Dissanaike – Financial economist
Educators
- Louis Edmund Blaze – founder and first Principal of Kingswood College, Kandy[2]
Commerce and business
- Cecil Balmond – Chairman of Arup (Europe)
References
- http://archives.dailynews.lk/2004/05/18/fea04.html
- Centenary Number, Trinity College, Kandy, 1872–1972, Appendix II – Old Boys, published by Trinity College Press, Kandy, March 1972
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