List of S. 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
Tikiri Bandara Panabokke I	Kandyan Sinhalese member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, Police Magistrate for Kandy, acting Diyawadana Nilame	[1]
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)
S. L. Gunasekara	Senior Lawyer and Member of Parliament
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)
Shashindra Rajapaksa	Chief Minister of Uva Province (2009 – 2015)
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
Gratien Fernando	Leader of Cocos Islands mutiny
Henry Pedris	Ceylonese militia officer and a prominent socialite

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)
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– )

Judiciary

Name	Notability	Reference
Gihan Kulatunga	Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka (2024–present)	[2] [3]
Mahen Gopallawa	Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka (2024–present)	[2] [3]

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)
Gratian Silva	Major General - Military Secretary
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)	[4]
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)	[5] [6]
Devaka Fernando	Foundation Professor of Medicine, University of Sri Jayawardanapura
R. D. Gunaratne	Director, National Science and Technology Commission	[7]
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),
Dayantha Wijeyesekera	Vice Chancellor (Moratuwa University, Open University), chairman, Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission	[ citation needed ]
Paul R. Mather	Professor of Accounting and Finance, School of Accounting, La Trobe University

Sports

Name	Notability	Reference
Kaushik Amalean	International test cricket player (1986 – 1988)
Saliya Ahangama	International test cricket player (1985)
Niroshan Wijekoon	Sri Lankan Olympian and the first badminton player to represent Sri Lanka. Held the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships singles title for nine years (1983–1987 and 1989–1992).
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	[8]
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

Religion

Name	Notability	Reference
Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo	16th Anglican Bishop of Colombo (2020 to present)	[9]

References

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6. "SLADA will have wider area to work on | Daily News Online : Sri Lanka's National News". dailynews.lk. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
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9. "Archbishop of Canterbury appoints Father Dushantha Rodrigo as next Bishop of Colombo". Anglican Communion News Service. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-08-02.