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This is a list of Trinity College, Kandy alumni , located in Sri Lanka.
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This is a list of Trinity College, Kandy alumni , located in Sri Lanka.
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Jayantha Dhanapala | Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs | |
| Jayantha Kelegama | Economist | |
| V. Coomaraswamy | Former Ceylonese High Commissioner to Canada | |
| Faisz Musthapha | Former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
| Richard Aluwihare | Former Inspector General of Police and Former Ceylonese High Commissioner to India | [1] |
| W. T. I. Alagaratnam | Former Director of Irrigation | |
| Atma Jayaram | Former Chief of the Indian Intelligence Bureau | |
| Faisz Musthapha | Chairman of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (2000–2003) |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Arnolis Weerasooriya | First Ceylonese colonel of the Salvation Army | [2] |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| George Keyt | Artist | [1] |
| David Paynter | Artist | [1] |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Neville Samarakoon | Former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka | |
| Sarath N. Silva | Former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka | |
| R. R. Crossette-Thambiah | Former Solicitor General of Ceylon, Commissioner of Assize and Barrister | [1] |
| Desmond Lorenz de Silva | Former Chief Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Tribunal | |
| Tellipalai Rajaratnam | Former Commissioner of Assize, Supreme Court judge and Member of Parliament | |
| Barnes Ratwatte II | Judge of the Supreme Court and former President of Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Saliya Aladeniya † | First recipient of the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya | |
| Denzil Kobbekaduwa † | General Officer Commanding Northern Province | |
| Parami Kulatunga † | Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army | |
| Richard Udugama | Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army | [1] |
| Travis Sinniah | Former Commander of Sri Lanka Navy |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Ajit Rudra | Southern Command of the Indian Army |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Aluwihare | Former Inspector General of Police and former Ceylonese High Commissioner to India | [1] |
| Rudra Rajasingham | Former Inspector General of Police |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Dilantha Malagamuwa | Racing driver | |
| Narendra Ekanayake | Former Captain of the Bahamas national cricket team | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Former Captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team | |
| Lakshman Kadirgamar | Oxford University Cricket Blue | |
| Ranjan Madugalle | Former Captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team and presently Chief Match Referee of the International Cricket Council | |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | Former Vice Captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team | |
| Nilantha Ratnayake | Former Sri Lankan national cricketer | |
| Kaushalya Weeraratne | Former Sri Lankan national cricketer | |
| Sachith Pathirana | Sri Lanka national cricketer | |
| Niroshan Dickwella | Sri Lanka national cricketer | |
| Matheesha Pathirana | Sri Lanka national cricketer | |
| Lahiru Kumara | Sri Lanka national cricketer | |
| Duncan White | Sri Lankan Olympic silver medalist | |
| Heshan Unamboowe | Sri Lankan swimmer | |
| Ajith Abeyratne | Racing driver |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Seneka Bibile | Former Professor of Pharmacology, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and founder of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation[ citation needed ] | [1] |
| Stanley Wijesundera | Former Professor of Bio-Chemistry and first Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo | [ citation needed ] |
| Gishan Dissanaike | Financial economist | [ citation needed ] |
| Rohan de Silva | Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London[ citation needed ] | [1] |
| Louis Edmund Blaze | Founder of Kingswood College, Kandy | [1] |
| Name | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|
| Cecil Balmond | Chairman of Arup | [ citation needed ] |
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