List of St. Thomas' College alumni

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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 (1924–1931), member of State Council (1936–1947), member of Parliament - Colombo Central (1947–1950)
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 (1953–1956)
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 (2014–2017) [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)

Navy[]

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
Wasim Thajudeen 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 (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

Religion[]

Name Notability Reference
Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo 16th Anglican Bishop of Colombo (2020 to present) [7]

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.
  7. ^ "Archbishop of Canterbury appoints Father Dushantha Rodrigo as next Bishop of Colombo". Anglican Communion News Service. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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