List of Trinity College, Kandy alumni

This is a list of Trinity College, Kandy alumni , located in Sri Lanka.

Politicians

• Lakshman Kadirgamar – former Sri Lankan Foreign minister
• Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke – High Commissioner to New Delhi, India
• Sarath Amunugama – Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister (Min. of Public Administration and Home Affairs), Minister
• Lionel Gamini Dissanayake PC – presidential candidate, United National Party; Leader of the Opposition, Minister of Lands, Land Development and Mahaweli Development
• Kabir Hashim – Former cabinet minister and MP for Kegalle
• Dilum Amunugama – Former cabinet minister and MP for Kandy District
• Edwin Loku Banda Hurulle – Former Cabinet Minister of Communications and Cultural Affairs
• Lakshman Jayakody – Former Cabinet Minister for Religious Affairs
• Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke – Ceylonese Cabinet Minister and Member of the Legislative Council
• Anuruddha Ratwatte – former Minister of Power and Energy and Deputy Minister of Defence
• Edward Lionel Senanayake – Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Hector Kobbekaduwa – Former cabinet minister and presidential candidate
• Tissa Vitharana – Former Cabinet minister and the leader of Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP)
• Batty Weerakoon – Former Cabinet minister and the leader of Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP)
• Tissa Balalla – Former MP for Kurunegala & Governor of North Western Province
• Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe -Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon. (Father of Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
• Lohan Ratwatte – MP for Kandy District
• Shelton Ranaraja – Former MP for Senkadagala & Deputy Minister of Justice
• P. C. Imbulana- Former MP for Ruwanwella, Minister of labour & Governor of Central Province
• Shanakiya Rasamanickam – Member of Parliament - Batticaloa District (TNA)
• P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan – Former Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly & former Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments in the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Civil servants

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)

Mayors

• Sir Cuda Ratwatte – First Kandyan Knight; first Mayor of Kandy
• Fredrick de Silva – Former Mayor of Kandy
• Mahendra Ratwatte – Former Mayor of Kandy
• Kesera Senanayake – Mayor of Kandy

Missionaries

Name	Notability	References
Arnolis Weerasooriya	First Ceylonese colonel of the Salvation Army	[2]

Arts

Name	Notability	References
George Keyt	Artist	[1]
David Paynter	Artist	[1]

Judiciary

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

Military

Sri Lanka Army

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

Indian Army

Name	Notability	References
Ajit Rudra	Southern Command of the Indian Army

Policemen

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

Sports

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	Cricketer
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	National cricketer
Sachith Pathirana	National cricketer
Niroshan Dickwella	National cricketer
Matheesha Pathirana	National cricketer
Lahiru Kumara	National cricketer
Duncan White	Olympic swimmer
Heshan Unamboowe	Olympic swimmer
Ajith Abeyratne	Racing driver

Academics

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]

Commerce

Name	Notability	References
Cecil Balmond	Chairman of Arup	[ citation needed ]

References

1. Centenary Number, Trinity College, Kandy, 1872–1972, Appendix II – Old Boys, published by Trinity College Press, Kandy, March 1972
2. "Online edition of Daily News - Features".

External links

• Trinity College official website
• Trinity Digital History
• Trinity College YouTube channel
• Trinity College Flickr image gallery