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People from British Ceylon

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

Mahinda Rajapaksa

President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015

Chandrika Kumaratunga

President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005

Maithripala Sirisena

President of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019

Michael Ondaatje

Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)

Julia Margaret Cameron

British photographer (1815–1879)

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-59

Junius Richard Jayewardene

President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Sri Lankan politician (1933–2016)

Ranasinghe Premadasa

President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993

D. M. Jayaratne

Sri Lankan politician (1931–2019)

William Gopallawa

Sri Lankan President (1897-1981)

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

President of Sri Lanka from 1993 to 1994

Anagarika Dharmapala

Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer (1864-1933)

Dudley Senanayake

Sri Lankan politician (1911–1973)

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1841–1920)

Laurence Oliphant

British author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic (1829-1888)

Heather Armitage

British sprinter

British tennis player (1855-1946)

Thomas William Rhys Davids

British scholar of the Pāli language (1843–1922)

George Henry Kendrick Thwaites

English botanist and entomologist (1812–1882)

Richard Henry Beddome

British scientist, naturalist, and military officer (1830-1911)

British scientist (1812-1849)

Wijeyananda Dahanayake

Sri Lankan Prime Minister (1902-1997)

Mark Aitchison Young

British High Commissioner (1886-1974)

Chandra Wickramasinghe

Christopher G. Weeramantry

Sri Lankan judge (1926-2017)

Edward Frederick Kelaart

Sri Lankan physician (1819-1860)

Sri Lankan architect (1919–2003)

Thomas Savundaranayagam

Sri Lankan Tamil bishop

Sajith Premadasa

Sri Lankan politician

British botanist (1843-1896)

Sri Lankan Tamil bishop (1940-2021)

Rosemary Rogers

British-American romance novelist

Anton Balasingham

Sri Lankan rebel (1938-2006)

William Vincent Legge

Australian ornithologist (1841-1918)

Joseph Kingsley Swampillai

Sri Lankan Tamil priest

Anna Maria Walker

British botanist, botanical collector and scientific illustrator (1778-1852)

David de Kretser

medical researcher and Governor of Victoria

Dominic Aloysius Vendargon

Malaysian archbishop

Philip Gunawardena

Sri Lankan politician (1901–1972)

Sri Lankan Tamil politician (1933–2024)

British actor (1937-2017)

Tyronne Fernando

Sri Lankan politician (1941–2008)

Ponnambalam Arunachalam

Sri Lankan politician (1853–1924)

Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury

British politician (1887-1971)

Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff

British politician (1826-1913)

C. V. Vigneswaran

Sri Lankan politician, judge

Christopher Ondaatje

Businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer

Jnana guru Siva Yogaswami (யோகா டீச்சர் A பட சாமி) of Jaffna (1872–1964) was a spiritual master, a śivajnani and anatha siddhar revered by Hinduism of the 20th century. He had Catholic and Buddhist devotees as well. He was the 161st Jagadacharya of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. Yogaswami was trained in and practiced Kundalini yoga under the guidance of Satguru Chellappaswami, from whom he received guru diksha (initiation).

Ezlynn Deraniyagala

Sri Lankan barrister and lawyer (1908-1973)

Canadian doctor, gynecologist, and suffragist

Charles Eastlake Smith

English footballer (1850-1917)

Bastiampillai Deogupillai

Ceylon Tamil priest (1917-2003)

A. L. Abdul Majeed

Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) politician (1932-1987)

German politician

Colvin R. de Silva

Sri Lankan politician

John Gellibrand

Australian politician (1872-1945)

Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero

monk (1827–1911)