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Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka, KBE (Sinhala:ශ්‍රීමත් දොන් බාරොන් ජයතිලක; 13 February 1868 – 29 May 1944) known as D.B. Jayatilaka was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese

Francis George Morley (16 June 1873 – 18 May 1955) was a British colonial administrator who served as the 26th Colonial Auditor of Sri Lanka (then known

M. F. S. Pulle (1898–1975) was Ceylonese judge and lawyer. He was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and the 17th Solicitor General of Ceylon

Maureen Neliya Ballard (née Hingert) (born 9 January 1937), also professionally known as Jana Davi is a Sri Lankan actress, dancer, model and beauty pageant

Rajasinghe Hewavitarne, CBE, JP (1 November 1898 – 1959) was a Ceylonese businessman and politician. Rajasinghe Hewavitarne was born on 1 November 1898

Peter De Abrew, MBE (1862–1940) was a Ceylonese industrialist and philanthropist. Born to William de Abrew, a successful businessman of Portuguese descent

FRIBA Born Geoffrey Manning Bawa (1919-07-23)23 July 1919 Colombo, British Ceylon Died 27 May 2003(2003-05-27) (aged 83) Colombo, Sri Lanka Nationality

George Gardner (1810, Ardentinny – 1849, Kandy) was a Scottish biologist mainly interested in botany. Gardner's father was a gardener first to the Earl

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Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar (16 June 1893 – 29 July 1974), often called the 'Textile King ' or 'Textile Baron ', was an Indian independence activist

Sir Edward St John Jackson, KCMG, KBE, QC (14 October 1886 – 29 August 1961) was a British colonial judge and administrator. The son of Sir Henry Moore

Sir Henry Lawson De Mel, CBE (21 January 1877 – 8 May 1936) was a Ceylonese industrialist, lawyer, philanthropist and politician. He was a member of the

The Mahâ Adigâr (Sinhala: මහා අධිකාරම්) (also known as Adikārama, Adikār) was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in

Dewan Bahadur Chevalier Ignatius Xavier Pereira KCSS (26 April 1888 – 21 July 1951) was a colonial-era Ceylonese businessman and politician. Ignatius Xavier

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Sir Patrick Muir Renison GCMG (24 March 1911 – 10 November 1965) was a British colonial administrator. Renison was born in 1911 in Rock Ferry, England

James Arthur Van Langenberg KC (2 March 1866 – 30 April 1915) was the 5th Solicitor General of Ceylon. James Arthur Van Langenberg was born in Colombo

Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof (Tamil: முகம்மது எகுத்தார் ஹாஜியார் மகரூப்; 5 January 1939 – 20 July 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament

Sir Bennet Soysa, CBE (30 March 1889 – 1981) was a Ceylonese politician and philanthropist. He was a member of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon and the

Arumugam Canagaratnam (Tamil: ஆறுமுகம் கனகரத்தினம்; 1873–1929) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Canagaratnam

delegate to discuss the grievances of the Buddhists with the Governor of British Ceylon until 1903. He was shot by police during the 1915 riots and died on

Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah (Tamil: சின்னத்தம்பி சிவமகராஜா; 28 June 1938 – 20 August 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher, politician and Member

James Cecil Walter Pereira (10 September 1856 – 9 June 1915) was the 4th Solicitor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1906, succeeding Ponnambalam

John Wilhelmus Lucius Attygalle (1906–1981) was the 16th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (IGP) (1966–1967). Attygalle joined the police force

George Turnour Jnr, CCS (1799–1843) was a British colonial administrator, scholar and a historian. A member of the Ceylon Civil Service, he served as a

John Gladstone Rajakulendran (20 September 1907 – 27 February 1950) was a Ceylon Tamil politician and teacher. John Gladstone Rajakulendran was born in

Major Walter Culpepper Stanser Ingles, VD, FRGS (23 November 1868 – 29 July 1953) was a British surveyor. He was the 14th Surveyor General of Ceylon and

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Major Walter Culpepper Stanser Ingles, VD, FRGS (23 November 1868 – 29 July 1953) was a British surveyor. He was the 14th Surveyor General of Ceylon and

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Neelakandan Tiruchelvam, PC (Tamil: நீலகண்டன் திருச்செல்வம்; 31 January 1944 – 29 July 1999) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, academic, human rights activist

Anthony Theodoric Armand "Doric" de Souza (1914–1987) was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist politician, Senator, Professor of English and a brilliant Marxist theoretician

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Charles Hubert Zaleski Fernando (18 November 1892 - 5 July 1973) was a Ceylonese lawyer and colonial era politician. He was a member of the Legislative

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Ronald A. Senior-White FRSE FRES (1891–30 October 1954) was an English entomologist and malariologist who worked in India and Ceylon. His entomological

Lionel George Henricus Wendt (3 December 1900 – 19 December 1944) was a pianist, photographer, filmmaker and critic from Sri Lanka. He was the leader of

Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston (born in West Ashby on 4 September 1902; died in Barcelona on 17 March 1958) was an English botanist. His father was a vicar

national pageant in Sri Lanka. The name of Sri Lanka previously named as British Ceylon between 1902 and 1948 then made an independence in 1948 as Ceylon. In

Aldo Luigi Mario Castellani, Marchese di Chisimajo, KCMG (8 September 1874 – 3 October 1971) was an Italian pathologist and bacteriologist. He is best

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (Sinhala: දිසානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ ජයරත්න, Tamil: திசாநாயக்க முதியன்சேலாகே ஜயரத்ன; 4 June 1931 – 19 November 2019), known

Wilfred Martin Rajapakse (1864 – ????) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon from 1921 to 1924. Born

Laurence Oliphant (3 August 1829 – 23 December 1888), a Member of Parliament, was a South African-born British author, traveller, diplomat, British intelligence

Sir William Rough (c.1772–1838) was an English lawyer, judge and poet. The only son of William Rough of London, he was born on 21 August, in 1772 or 1773

Brigadier James Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness, CVO, CBE, DSO (29 September 1906 – 8 May 1965) was a British Army officer during World War II

Sir Hilarion Marcus Fernando, FRCP (21 October 1864 – 18 December 1936) was a pre-independence Ceylonese statesman, physician and banker. He was a member

Arthur Alvis (16 June 1856 – ??) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Educated at S. Thomas' College

Echelon Barracks was a former military barracks situated in Colombo Fort, Colombo. It was occupied by the newly formed Ceylon Army following independence

Nevins Selvadurai (Tamil: நெவின்ஸ் செல்வதுரை; 15 October 1863 – 28 April 1938) was a Ceylon Tamil teacher, principal of Jaffna Hindu College and a member

Henry Trimen (26 October 1843 – 16 October 1896) was a British botanist who worked in Sri Lanka. He named several plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae

Sir John Frederick Dickson KCMG (17 September 1835 – 21 December 1891) was a British colonial administrator in Singapore. He was also President of the

Bacon QPM Bacon in January 1966. 11th Inspector-General of Police of British Ceylon In office 1944–1947 Preceded by Gordon Halland Succeeded by Richard

Seemanpillai Mudaliar Anantham was a Ceylon Tamil proctor, politician and member of the State Council of Ceylon. Anantham was an unofficial magistrate

Walter Terence Stace (17 November 1886 – 2 August 1967) was a British civil servant, educator, public philosopher and epistemologist, who wrote on Hegel

Hugh L. Nevill (1847 – 1897) was a British civil servant, best known for his scholarship and studies of the culture of Sri Lanka. Hugh Nevill was born

Tissa Balasuriya (Sinhala: තිස්ස බාලසූරිය) (August 29, 1924 – January 17, 2013) was a Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest and theologian. He was educated

Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall (16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon – 27 July 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold

Brahmachari Walisinghe Harischandra (Sinhala:බ්‍රහ්මචාරී වලිසිංහ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර; 9 July 1876 – 13 September 1913 ) was a social reformer, historian, author

George Thomas Temple-Poole (born George Thomas Temple, 29 May 1856 – 27 February 1934) was a British architect and public servant, primarily known for

Stephen William Dassenaike (21 December 1874 - 1935) was a Ceylonese engineer and politician. Dassenaike was born on 21 December 1874, the only son of

Charles Edgar Corea (1866-1946) was a politician and a prominent freedom fighter of Sri Lanka. C.E.Corea was born in the west coast town of Chilaw, in

colonial governor Sir Charles Justin MacCarthy (1811–1864), Governor of British Ceylon Charles J. McCarthy (1861–1929), fifth Territorial Governor of Hawai'i

Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson (3 March 1894 – 27 September 1981) was a British physician, medical investigator and author who wrote the medical

Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: මෛත්‍රී වික්‍රමසිංහ; born 11 August 1964) is the former First Lady of Sri Lanka as the wife of President Ranil

Ganga Addara (English : Beside the River) was a 1980 Sinhalese language film directed by Sumitra Peiris and produced by Sumathi Films. The film stars Vasanthi

Colonel William Vincent Legge (2 September 1841 – 25 March 1918) was an Australian soldier and an ornithologist who documented the birds of Sri Lanka.

Cyril Esmond Lucien Wickremesinghe (29 May 1920 – 29 September 1985) was a Ceylonese media proprietor, lawyer and politician. He also played key role in

Sajith Premadasa (Sinhala: සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස, Tamil: சஜித் பிரேமதாச; born 12 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition

Vidya Jyothi E. O. Eustace Pereira (13 September 1907 – 1988) was a Sri Lankan Engineer and Academic. He was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon

Cyril Esmond Lucien Wickremesinghe (29 May 1920 – 29 September 1985) was a Ceylonese media proprietor, lawyer and politician. He also played key role in

Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje, Earl of Rothes (/ɒnˈdɑːtʃi/; born 22 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian-English businessman, philanthropist

Desmond Anthony Carl Kelly (July 2, 1936 - April 29, 2023) was a Sri-Lankan-born Australian musician and actor who has entertained in Sri Lanka and in

Dame Alicia Frances Jane Lloyd Still, DBE, RRC (4 November 1869 – 23 July 1944) was a British nurse, teacher, hospital matron and leader of her profession

Professor Karthigesu Indrapala (born 22 October 1938) is a Sri Lankan academic, historian, archaeologist, author and former dean of the Faculty of Arts

Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Albert Nicholas, MBE, (4 May 1897 - 1956) was the sixteenth Postmaster General of Ceylon, serving between 1951 and 1956, and

Arthur Donald Stuart Duncan (6 August 1875 – 10 March 1951) was a New Zealand golfer and businessman. He was born in Colombo, Ceylon. Duncan was the dominant

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Kadirgamapillai (Kathirkamar) Nallainathan (Tamil: க. உமாமகேசுவரன்; 18 February 1945 – 16 July 1989; commonly known by the nom de guerre Uma Maheswaran)

Sir Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere (12 February 1848 – 13 October 1927) was Ceylonese lawyer and legislator. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative

Hedi Stadlen (6 January 1916 – 21 January 2004), better known in Sri Lanka as Hedi Keuneman, was an Austrian Jewish philosopher, political activist, and

Gaasinather Gangaser Ponnambalam (Tamil: காசிநாதர் காங்கேசர் பொன்னம்பலம்: 12 August 1938 – 5 January 2000; known as Kumar Ponnambalam) was a Sri Lankan

Edmund Hewavitarne (1873 – 19 November 1915) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) businessman and reservist. A member of Ceylon Defence Force, he was court-martialed