List of Royal College Colombo alumni

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This is a List of illustrious Old Royalists, they being alumni of the Royal College Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Heads of State and Government

Presidents

• President J.R. Jayawardene - former President & Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
• President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom - former President of the Maldives

Monarchs

• H.M. Sultan Muhammad Fareed Didi - last Sultan of the Maldives

Prime Ministers

• General Sir John Lionel Kotalawela, CH, KBE, CLI - former Prime Minister of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Military)
• Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, MP - former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka & current Leader of the Opposition

Prominent figures in the Independence Movement

• Anagarika Dharmapala - leading figure in the independence movement and the revival of Buddhism in the twentieth century
• E.W.Perera "Lion of Kotte" - Freedom fighter, Senator, member of Legislative Council and State Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Sir James Peiris, JP - prominent leader and first Vice President of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC - Tamil political leader, Solicitor General of Ceylon and first member to be elected to the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators & Civil servants)
• Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, CCS - Tamil political leader of Ceylon, member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Captain D.E.Henry Pedris, CTG - prominent figure executed by the British
• Dr C.A. Hewavitharne, FRCS - prominent leader in the independence movement (note: - Also listed in Medicine)

Provincial governors

• Hon. Tyronne Fernando, PC - former Governor of the Northern Province (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Hon. Deshamanya Neville Kanakeratne - former Governor of the Southern Province (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Hon. General Nalin Seneviratne, VSV, ndc, SLE - first Governor of the North East Province (note: - Also listed in Military)

Ministers and legislators

Current

• Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Urban Development, Sacred Area Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Milinda Moragoda, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Justice and Law Reforms & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Arumugam Thondaman, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Youth Empowerment, Socio Economic Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, MP - current Minister of State Revenue and Finance, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dilan Perera, MP - current Non-Cabinet Minister of Justis & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Mano Wijeyeratne, MP - current Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development, former Minister of Plantation Services & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Naween Dissanayake, MP - current Non-Cabinet Minister of Investment Promotion & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Piyankara Jayaratne, MP - current Deputy Speaker of Parliament
• Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, MP - current Deputy Minister of Power, Energy & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Duminda Dissanayake, MP - current Deputy Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources

• Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Rauff Hakeem, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Posts & Telecommunication & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Lakshman Kiriella, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Kabir Hashim, MP - former Non-Cabinet Minister of Tertiary Education, Training & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Sajith Premadasa, MP - former Deputy Minister of Health & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Sagala Ratnayaka, MP - former Deputy Minister of Power, Energy & current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka, MP - current Member of Parliament
• Hon. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, MP - current Member of Parliament
• Mohamed Latheef - former Member of the Maldivian Parliament

Former

Post-Independence

• Senator Sir Nicholas Attygalle - former President of the Senate of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Academics & Medicine)
• Senator Sir Cyril de Zoysa - former President of the Senate (note: - Also listed in Industrialist)
• Senator E.W.Perera - Senator, member of the State Council and the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Senator Justin Kotalawela - former Senator & Member of the State Council
• Senator Somasundaram Nadesan, QC - former Senator(note: - Also listed in Counsels)

• Hon. Lalith Athulathmudali - former Cabinet Minister of National Security & Defence, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Education & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Anura Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs, tourism, Industry, Investment & National Heritage, Speaker, Leader of the Opposition & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Major E. A. Nugawela, CLI - former Cabinet Minister of Education (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council
• Hon. Cathiravelu Sittampalam, CCS - former Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament, District Judge and Government Agent
• Hon. A. Ratnayaka - former Cabinet Minister of Food and Cooperatives (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council
• Hon. Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Finance, Public Administration, Local Government, Home Affairs, Justice & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Deshamanya Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Cabinet Minister of Education, Higher Education & Justice, Member of Parliament & Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. (note: - Also listed in Senior civil servants)
• Hon. Dr. Colvin R de Silva - former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Tyronne Fernando, PC - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs & Member of Parliament(note: - Also listed in Provincial Governers, Diplomats)
• Hon. Anil Moonesinghe - former Cabinet Minister of Communications, Deputy Speaker & Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Hon. Pieter Keuneman - former Cabinet Minister of Housing and Local Government & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Cyril Mathew - former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. Ranjit Atapattu - former Cabinet Minister of Health & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Stanly de Zoysa - former Cabinet Minister of Finance & Member of Parliament
• Hon. C.V. Gunaratne - former Cabinet Minister Industrial Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. R.G. Senanayake - former Cabinet Minister of Trade & Member of Parliament holding two concurrent seats from two continuances
• Hon. Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP - former Cabinet Minister of Trade, Deputy Speaker, Member of Parliament, the Senate & the State Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Hon. Deshamanya J.P. Obeyesekere III - former Minister of Health, Senator and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Aviation)
• Hon. Gamini Jayasuriya - former Cabinet Minister of Health, Agriculture Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Indika Gunawardena - former Cabinet Minister of Fisheries & Member of Parliament
• Hon. George Rajapakse - former Cabinet Minister of Fisheries & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Susil Moonesinghe - former Chief Minister of the Western Provincial Council & Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Local governement & Diplomats)
• Hon. T. B. Panabokke - former Deputy Minister of Justice & Agriculture and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Hon. Mangala Moonesinghe - former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Hon. H. Sri Nissanka, QC - former Member of Parliament and one of the founders of the SLFP (note: - Also listed in Counsels)
• Hon. Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvam - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. A.P. Jayasuriya - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. P.B. Bulankulame - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. Wilmot A. Perera - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. G. Arthur de Zoysa - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. A. H. Macan Markar - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. J.A. Martenze - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. Dr. V.R. Schockman - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. P.B.G Keuneman - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. G.T .Kapukotuwa - former Member of Parliament
• Hon. M. Balasunderam - former Member of Parliament

Pre-Independence

• Sir James Peiris, JP - prominent leader and Vice President of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, CCS - member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC - member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement & Civil Servants)
• Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG - former Minister Home Affaires of the State Council and member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Adigar Sir T. B. Panabokke - First Minister of Health in the State Council and a member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Sir F A Obeysekera - Speaker of the State Council and a member of the Legislative Council
• Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - Deputy Speaker of the State Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy - former Member of the Legislative Council
• Sir Henry de Mel - former Member of the Legislative Council
• Sir Donald Obeyesekere - former Member of the State Council & the Legislative Council
• Colonel T. G. Jayewardene, JP, CLI - former Member of the State Council(note: - Also listed in Military)
• Hon. Justice Maas Thajoon Akbar, KC - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Judges & Civil Servants)
• C.E. Corea - former Member of the Legislative Council
• S.C. Obeysekara (Jnr) - former Member of the Legislative Council
• Thambaiyah Mudaliar Sabharatnam - former Member of the Legislative Council
• Francis Beyen - former Member of the Legislative Council
• Charles Ambrose Lorensz, QC - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Judges)

Local government

• Hon. Susil Moonesinghe - former Chief Minister of the Western Provincial Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators & Diplomats)
• Mohan Lal Grero - Provincial Councilor, Western Province (note: - Also listed in Educationalists)
• Harshana Rajakaruna - Provincial Councilor, Western Province
• Shalitha Wijesundera - Provincial Councilor, Western Province
• Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne - former Member of the Provincial Council, Sabaragamuwa and Acting Diyawadana Nilame (Chief lay Custodian) of the Sri Dalada Maligawa
• Chandana Jayakody - Provincial Councilor,Western Province

Mayors

• Omer Kamil - former Mayor of Colombo (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Prasanna Gunawardena - former Mayor of Colombo & Presidential adviser
• Cathiravelu Ponnambalam - the first Mayor of Jaffna
• Dai Liyanage, MBE - former Mayor of Medway

Prelates

• The Most Reverend Roger Adrian Herft - Current Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia
• Most Venerable Professor Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera - Chief Incumbent (Priest) of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara (note: - Also listed in Academics)
• Rt.Revd. Duleep De Chickera - His Lordship the current Bishop of Colombo (note: - Also listed in Educationalists)
• Rt.Revd. Harold De Soyza - First Ceylonese Bishop of Colombo
• Rt.Revd. Kenneth Fernando - Former the Bishop of Colombo
• Rt.Revd. Lakdasa De Mel - First Bishop of Kurunegala
• Rt.Revd. Dr. Lakshman Wickremasinghe - Bishop of Kurunegala & Youngest Bishop in the Church of England
• Revd. Canon Ivan Corea - Rural Dean of Colombo
• Revd. Francis Lorenz Beven - former Archdeacon of Colombo

Royalty

• HRH Prince Hassan Farid Didi - Maldivian Minister for the Interior and son of HRH the Sultan Elect of the Maldives
• HRH Prince Henveyru Ganduvaru Manippulu - Member of the Maldivian Royal family

Civil servants

• Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Health (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Deshamanya Dr Gamani Corea - former Secretary-General of the UNCTD (1974-1984), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Rajendra Coomaraswamy, CCS - former Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the UNDP and President Colombo Plan Council.
• Hon. Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministries of Information & Broadcasting, Transport and Cultural Affairs (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Lalith Weeratunga, SLAS - current Permanent Secretary to the President
• G.V.P. Samarasinghe, CCS - former Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary of Defence and Foreign Affairs
• Dr Wickrema Weerasooria - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation and current Insurance Ombudsman (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Harsha Wickremasinghe, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Trade and Commerce
• Austin Perera, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries
• S.J. Walpita, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries & Fisheries and Vice Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• J.Charitha Ratwatte - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury
• Dr B.S. Wijeweera, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary
• D.G.P. Seneviratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary
• P.H. Premawardhana, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs
• Nalin R. Ratnaike - former Permanant Secretary ot the Ministry of Cultural Affairs & Commissioner-General Inland Revenue
• D.M.P.B.Dasanayake, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministries of Education, Labour & Budhasasana
• Nihal Jayawickrama - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice

• Neville Jansz - Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and Defence (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• S. Nihal Seneviratne - former Secretary General of Parliament (1981-1994) and parliamentary affairs adviser to the Prime Minister
• Dhammika Kitulgoda - Secretary General of Parliament (1999-2002, 2008- ), Secretary to the Constitutional Council and former District Judge (note: - Also listed in Judges)
• A.S.Jayawardene - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C
• Sunil Mendis - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (note: - Also listed in Corporate Executives)

• C. R. De Silva, PC - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
• Shibly Aziz, PC - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
• Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC - Tamil political leader, Solicitor General of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement & Legislators)
• Hon. Justice Maas Thajoon Akbar, KC - former Solicitor General of Ceylon (note: - Legislators & Judges)
• Mervyn Fonseka, KC - former Solicitor General of Ceylon & Legal Draftsman
• Deshamanya Ranjit Abeysuriya, PC - Chairmen National Police Commission, former Director Public Prosecutions, Attorney General's Department and President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka
• Commodore Palitha Fernando, PC - Additional Solicitor General and Judge Advocate of the Sri Lanka Navy (note: - Also listed in Military)
• Douglas V. Atapattu - former Commissioner of Excise

• Dhammika Dasanayake - Deputy Secretary General of Parliament
• Anil P. Samarasekara - Serjeant at Arms of Parliament
• P.C.S. Jayaratnam - former member of the Indian Civil Service

• Bimal Padameperuma - former Chairman of the Ceylon Engineering Corp
• Livy Wijemanne - former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (note: - Also listed in Media personalities & Journalist)
• D.C. Wimalasena - former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corp
• Asantha De Mel - former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corp (note: - Also listed in Sportsmen)
• S.C. Amarasinghe - former Managing Director of the Ceylon Electricity Board

Diplomats

• Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ceylon's High Commissioner to India, Ambassador to Nepal and Afghanistan (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)
• Deshamanya Dr Gamani Corea - Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Sri Lankan Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)
• Deshamanya Dr Vernon L. B. Mendis, SLOS - former United Nation's Special Envoy to the Middle East, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Canada; Ambassador to USSR, Cuba and Secretary General of the Non Aligned Movement
• Wilhelm Woutersz, SLOS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lankan Ambassador to People’s Republic of China, Italy & Yugoslavia
• Yogendra Duraiswamy, SLOS - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to United States, China, Italy
• Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - former Ambassador to Japan and Burma (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP - High Commissioner to Pakistan (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva - former High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Adigar Sir T. B. Panabokke - former Representative of the Government of Ceylon in India (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• General Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle, MVO, CLI - High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (note: - Also listed in Military)
• General T. I. Weerathunga, VSV, ndc, SLLI - Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (note: - Also listed in Military)
• Vice Admiral Asoka de Silva, VSV, ndc, psc, SLN - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cuba (note: - Also listed in Military)
• Ana Seneviratne (IGP) - Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia (note: - Also listed in Police)
• Gamini Seneviratne, SLOS - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand and the Republic of Korea
• Shelton Koelmeyer, SLOS - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Sweden and first Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Ceylon to the UN, Geneva
• Ahmed Aflal Jawad, SLOS - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former Ambassador to Sweden
• Hon. T. B. Panabokke - former High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Hon. Tyronne Fernando, PC - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Hon. Anil Moonesinghe - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Austria and Ambassador/Permanent Representative the UN, Geneva (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Hon. Mangala Moonesinghe - former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Hon. Susil Moonesinghe - former Ambassador to Iran (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Dr Wickrema Weerasooria - former High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)
• Daya Perera, PC - Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada and former Ambassador to the United Nations
• Ernest Corea - Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to Canada (note: - Also listed in Media personalities & Journalist)
• Tissa Wijeyeratne - Sri Lankan Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO, Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister & Additional Secretary to Ministry of External Affairs and Defence
• Deshamanya Neville Kanakeratne - Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States and High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Provincial Governors)
• Oliver Weerasinghe, FRIBA - Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to the United States (note: - Also listed in Architects)
• Omer Kamil - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran (note: - Also listed in Mayors)
• T.D.S.A. Dissanayake - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia, Egypt & prominent Sri Lankan diplomat in the UN
• Javed Yusuf, SLOS - former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
• S.J. Walpita, CCS - Ceylon's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)
• Neville Jansz - former Ceylon's Ambassador to Australia (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)
• Devinda R. Subasinghe - former Ambassador to United States & Mexico
• John De Saram - former Sri Lanka's Representative to the UN & prominent Sri Lankan Diplomat in the UN
• Hemantha Warnakulasuriya, PC - Sri Lankan Ambassador Italy
• Douglas Gunasekera - former Ceylon's Representative to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund
• Nimalasiri Silva, COS - former Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence

Judges

• Hon. Justice Sir Richard Morgan - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and first Ceylonese to be a member of the Governor's Executive Council
• Hon. Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• Hon. Justice Parinda Ranasinghe - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Weeramantry - former Judge of the International Court of Justice and Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice Sir Thomas De Sampayo, KC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• Hon. Justice V Manicavasagar - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka & Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
• Hon. Justice Maas Thajoon Akbar, KC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon & Solicitor General (note: - Legislators)
• Hon. Justice T.S. Fernando, QC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice C.V. Wigneshwaran, PC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• Hon. Justice S.W.B. Wadugodapitiya, PC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice Asoka Wijetunga - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice C.V. Wigneswaran - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice Siva Selliah - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof, PC - Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and former President of the Court of Appeal
• Hon. Justice P. Edussuriya - Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

• Hon. Justice K. T. Chitrasiri - Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka, former Chief Magistrate of Colombo and District Judge of Colombo
• Hon. Justice Anil Goonaratne - Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

• Sarath Ambepitiya - former Judge of the Colombo High Court
• Charles Ambrose Lorensz, QC - former District Judge, Acting Queen’s Advocate & Editor of the 'Ceylon Examiner (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• T.K.N. Thilakan - District Judge
• Dhammika Kitulgoda - District Judge (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Military

Sri Lankan Army

• General Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle, MVO, idc, psc, SLAC - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967 - 1977) and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• General T. I. Weerathunga, VSV, ndc, psc SLLI - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1981 - 1985) and GOC, Joint Operations Command (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• General Nalin Seneviratne, VSV, ndc, psc SLE - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1985 - 1988) (note: - Also listed in Provincial Governers)
• Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, USP, ndc, psc, SLAC - Current Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
• Major General B.R. Heyn, idc, psc, CLI - former Commander of the Ceylon Army (1966 - 1967)
• Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, GR  †-former Brigade Commander - Jaffna, a Leader of Operation Liberation
• Major General Gemunu Kulatunge, RSP, USP - former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
• Major General R.S. Balasooriya, USP, ndc, IG, SLA - Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force and former Commandant, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
• Major General Jayantha de S. Jayaratne, VSV, ndc, IG, SLA - former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SF HQ (J))
• Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya, RWP, RSP, USP, psc, SLSR - former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - East (SF HQ (E))
• Major General Nandana Udawatta, RSP, USP, psc, SLAC - current Security Forces Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) and former GOC, 59 Division
• Major General Percy P. Fernando, RWP, RSP, psc, CR  † - former Deputy GOC, 54 Division, Sri Lanka Army
• Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja, USP, SLMC - former Director Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (note: - Also listed in Medicine)
• Major General G.L. Sigera, KSV, SLAOC - former Master-General of the Ordnance, Sri Lanka Army
• Major General C.H. Fernando, VSV, psc
• Brigadier W.A.A.P. Bhathiya Jayatilleka, RSP, SLA  † - former brigade commander, 54-1 brigade
• Brigadier V.U.B. Nanayakkara, USP, Hdmc, SLE - current Director, Directorate of Media and military spokesmen, former Director, Directorate of Psychological Operations, Brigade Commander 55-2 "Muhamale" Brigade and 21-4 "Paryanakulam " Brigade.
• Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle - Chief of Civil Defence
• Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe - founder of the Sri Lanka Rifle Corps
• Brigadier R. Parry Liyanage - former Quartermaster-General, Sri Lanka Army
• Colonel Fredrick C. de Saram, OBE, CA - first commanding officer Ceylon Artillery and the leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962(note: - Also listed in Sportsmen)
• Colonel Janaka Masakkara, RSP, USP, psc, SLLI - former commanding officer, Sri Lanka Light Infantry
• Colonel Kingsley Jayawardena - former commanding officer, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps
• Colonel Rohan Anthonis - former Brigade Commander, 23-3 brigade
• Colonel Harin Malwatte - an architect of Operation Liberation
• Lieutenant A. W. M. N. M. de Silva, WWV, SLLI  † - recipient of the Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya, the 2nd highest award for combat bravery in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Navy

• Admiral Deshamanya D.B. Goonesekara, ndc, psc, SLN - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy (1973-1979)
• Vice Admiral Asoka de Silva, VSV, ndc, psc, SLN - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy (1983-1986) (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Vice Admiral Thisara S.G. Samarasinghe, RSP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, DISS, MNI, SLN - current Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy
• Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar, MVO, ADC, RCyN - former Commander of the Royal Ceylon Navy (1960-1970)
• Commodore Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne, WV, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, MNI, SLN - Commander Western Naval Command, former Commander Southern Naval Command, former Director Naval Operations and a recipient of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya
• Commodore Shemal Fernando, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, SLN - former Director Naval Administration
• Commodore Palitha Fernando, PC - Judge Advocate of the Sri Lanka Navy (note: - Also listed in Counsels)
• Captain Peminda Jayasinghe
• Commander W.D.C.W. Wijerupa, RWP, SLN † Captain - P 463, 4th Fast Attack Flotilla

Sri Lanka Air Force

• Air Chief Marshal Harry Goonatilake, USP, ndc, psc, SLAF - former Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force (1976-1981)
• Air Vice Marshall Harsha Abeywickrama, RWP, RSP, USP, rcds, psc, qfi, SLAF - Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force
• Air Vice Marshal Kolitha Gunathilake, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, qfi, SLAF - Director Air Operations, SLAF
• Air Vice Marshal Dr. Nimal Herat Gunaratne, VSV, USP, SLAF - Director Health Services, SLAF (note: - Also listed in Medicine)
• Air Commodore Shirantha Goonatilake, RWP, RSP, SLAF  † - Commanding Officer, No. 1 Flying Training Wing
• Air Commodore Rohan J Pathirage, USP, CEng, MIE, SLAF - Director Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, SLAF
• Group Captain D. S. Wickramasinghe, RWP, SLAF  † - Commanding Officer, No. 2 Heavy Transport Squadron
• Group Captain A. N. Sugandapala
• Wing Commander Thilina Chandima Kaluarachchi, SLAF
• Wing Commander H.P.Karunarathna, RSP, SLAF  †
• Squadron Leader E. A. Dushantha Edirisinghe, WWV, SLAF  † - recipient of the Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya, the 2nd highest award for combat bravery in Sri Lanka
• Squadron Leader Janaka Kahandawage, SLAF
• Flying Officer U. R. Fernando (Jnr), WWV, SLAF  † - recipient of the Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya, the 2nd highest award for combat bravery in Sri Lanka

Ceylon Defence Force

• General Sir John Lionel Kotalawela, CH, KBE, CLI - former Commanding officer Ceylon Light Infantry (note: - Also listed in Heads of State & Government)
• Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene, JP, CLI - first Ceylonese commanding officer Ceylon Light Infantry(note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Gunner Kenneth R. Porritt, CGA - One of the Cocos Islands mutineers

British Army

• Captain O. J. Robertson, MC, LR - first Ceylonese to receive a Military Cross in World War I

Police

• L.G.D.C.L. Herath - former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence
• S.A. Dissanayake - former Inspector General of Police (IGP) & Additional Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence
• Ana Seneviratne - former Inspector General of Police (IGP) (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• C. C. "Jungle" Dissanayake - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG), Range I and a leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962
• Sydney de Zoysa - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG), Range II and a leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962
• Jayantha Jayasinghe - former Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Eastern Range
• P. "Brute" Mahendran - former Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Northern Range
• Hilton "H C" Perera - former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), deputy head National Intelligence Bureau
• Roshan Fernando - Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Director Police Medical Services
• Fred H. Brohier - former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Director Police Training
• Ananda Wijesuriya - Senior Superintendant of Police (SSP), Badulla Division
• Eddie Grey - former Superintendent of Police (SP), first Ceylonese head of the Police Mounted Section
• Niman Cumaratunga - Assistant Superintendant of Police (ASP), Police Transport Division
• Bandula Wijewardane - Assistant Superintendant of Police (ASP), Colombo Metropolitan Police

Academics

• Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle, FRCS - former Vice Chancellor of University of Ceylon, President of the Senate of Ceylon, Dean Faculty of Medicine & Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (note: - Also listed in Legislators & Medicine)
• Vidya Jyothi Professor E.O.E. Pereira - former Vice Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and Founder of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ceylon
• Professor C.L.V. Jayathilake - Chancellor of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka & former Vice Chancellor of University of Peradeniya
• Professor Chandre Dharma-wardana - former Vice Chancellor of Vidyodaya University (now the University of Sri Jayewardenepura), currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Universite de Montreal
• Professor Hema Ellawala - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Dean of the faculty of Arts and Professor of History & Sociology
• Professor Muhammad Monty Cassim - Vice Chancellor of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan
• Professor M.J.S.Wijeratne - Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya
• Professor Susirith Mendis - Vice Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna

• Professor T. Nadaraja - Chancellor of the University of Jaffna and the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ceylon
• Dr T. Varagunam, FRCP - Chancellor of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka

• Vidya Jyothi Professor V. K. Samaranayake - former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo and Founder of University of Colombo School of Computing
• Vidya Jyothi Professor Osmund Jayaratne - President of the Colombo Campus, University of Sri Lanka (now University of Colombo), Professor of Physics and left wing politician.
• Professor Mohan Munasinghe - Vice President of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Professor, United Nations University, Tokyo
• Professor S.R. Kottegoda - former Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Colombo, and National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health

• Vidya Jyothi Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe - Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology
• Professor K. N. Jayatilleke - Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ceylon
• Most Venerable Professor Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera - Head of the Buddhist and Pail Faculty of the University of Kelaniya (note: - Also listed in Prelates)
• Professor Suran Goonatilake, OBE - Chairman & Co-Founder of Bodymetrics and Searchspace and Professor at the University of the Arts London
• Professor M. Maheswaran - Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, formerly Professor and Head, Dept of Mathematics, University of Peradeniya
• Professor Ranjan Ramasamy - Chairman of the National Science Foundation
• Professor Saman Gunatillaka, FRCP, FCCP - Professor of Medicine, Head of the Department of Medicine, University of Kelaniya (note: - Also listed in Medicine)
• Professor Lal Jayakody - Professor of Pharmacology and Head of the Department of Pharmacology, University of Colombo
• Professor K. N. Seneviratne - Professor of Medicine and founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
• Vidya Jyothi Professor Rezvi Sheriff - Senior Professor of Medicine & Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Professor Lakshman Marasinghe - Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Windsor, Director of the SCOPP and Chairman of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka
• Professor B.A. Abeywickrama - Emeritus Professor, Department of Botany, University of Colombo
• Professor W.D. Ratnasooriya - Senior Professor and Chair in Zoology of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
• Professor William Norman, RAE - Professor of Chemistry & Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Professor R.H. Paul - Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Peradeniya
• Professor Chelvanayagam Vaseeharan - Professor of Mathematics and former Sri Lanka Athletics team Captain
• Professor Dayalal Abeysekera, Professor of Sociology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Director of the University Grants Commission
• Professor Colvin Goonaratna, FRCP - Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Colombo[4]
• Professor Parakrama Chandrasoma - Professor of Pathology, University of Southern California
• Professor Douglas Amerasekera - Professor of Mathematics, University of Ceylon
• Professor P.C.B. Fernando - Professor of Mathematics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Professor Nalin de Silva - Department of Mathematics, University of Kelaniya
• Professor Siri Kannangara - Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
• Professor A. Suri Ratnapala - Professor of Law, T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
• Professor L. P. Samaranayake - Professor of Pathology, Hong Kong University
• Professor R. K. W. Goonesekera - Professor of Law, Ahmadu Bello University
• Professor Gihan Dias - Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronics & Telecommunications, University of Moratuwa
• Professor Priyan Mendis - Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne
• Professor Saman Amarasinghe - Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Professor Asantha Cooray - Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine and a leading researcher in the field of Cosmology and theoretical astrophysics
• Dr Ajith P. Madurapperuma - Former Dean and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa
• Dr A M Mubarak - Director, National Science Foundation
• Dr Nalin Ranasinghe - Deputy Director, University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo
• Dr Gihan N. Wikramanayake - Head, Department of Information Systems Engineering (ISE), University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo
• Dr. Brendon Gooneratne - Head and Senior Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya(note: - Also listed in Authors)
• Dr D.A.I.Munindradasa - Defence Advisor and Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering of the Moratuwa University
• Dr Devaka Weerakoon - Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Colombo
• Dr Chula Jayawardene - Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo
• Dr Chamith Keppetiyagama - Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo
• Dr W. Mallawaratchi - Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Peradeniya
• Dr Muditha Darshana Senarath Yapa - Staff Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University
• J.K.B.Abeysinghe - Former Head and Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo
• E.U. Padumadasa - Lecturer, Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology Sri Lanka

Educationalists

• J.C.A. Corea - First Sri Lankan Principal of Royal College, Colombo (1946-1953)
• Dudley K G de Silva - Principal of Royal College, Colombo (1954-1966) and Director of Technical Education, Ministry of Education
• Cedric Orlorff - Principal of Trinity College, Kandy (1957-1968) and Wesley College, Colombo
• Rt.Revd. Duleep De Chickera - Sub-warden of S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia (note: - Also listed in Prelates)
• Vijitha Weerasinghe - Deputy Principal of Royal College, Colombo & Mentor, Royal College Union
• Mohan Lal Grero - Founder of the Lyceum International School (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Peter De Abrew - Co-founder and patron of Musaeus College
• E.F.C. Pereira - Senior Master of both Royal College and S. Thomas' College

Industrialists and corporate executives

• Sir Ernest De Silva - Greatest Sri Lankan Philanthropist of the 20th Century and the founding Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon
• Sir Cyril de Zoysa - Recorded Richest Sri Lankan to date, Philanthropist and Founder of the AMW group (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• U.N.Gunasekera - Considered to be the Most Successful Sri Lankan Construction Engineer of the 20th Century, Owner of Glass House
• Phillip Upali Wijewardena - Founder of Upali Group
• Mallory Evan Wijesinghe, KStJ - former Chairman Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Bartleet Group and Founder Chairman of the Ceylon Hotels Corporation
• Deshamanya Mahesh Amalean - Chairman MAS Holdings
• Deshamanya Dr. Lalith Kotelawala - Chairman Ceylinco Consolidated

• Deshamanya Ken Balendra - former Chairman of John Keells Holdings and Bank of Ceylon
• Susantha Ratnayake - current Chairman of John Keells Holdings
• Norman Gunewardene - former Chairman Aitken Spence & Vice Chairman Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka
• Ratna Sivaratnam - former Chairman and Managing Director Aitken Spence
• Hemaka Amarasuriya - Chairman Singer Sri Lanka
• Vijaya Malalasekara - Chairman Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC)
• Harindranath George Dias - founding Chairman National Savings Bank
• Mahendra Amarasuriya - Chairman Commercial Bank, former Chairman United Motors Ltd and the International Chamber of Commerce
• Wijaya "Stanley" Unamboowe - former Chairman Carsons Cumberbatch PLC Group
• Ajit Gunewardene - Chairman of Nations Trust Bank, Union Assurance & former Chairman Colombo Stock Exchange
• D. S. Jayasundera - Chairman Hayleys
• Sunil Mendis - former Chairman Hayleys (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)
• Chrisantha Perera - former Chairman Forbes & Walker
• Eraj Wijesinghe - Chairman Bartleet Group
• Sunil C. Wijsinghe - Deputy Chairman Bartleet Group
• S Skandakumar - Chairman George Steuarts & Co Ltd
• Thaya Thayakaran - President Emmeci USA

• Dian Gomes - Managing Director, MAS Intimates (Pvt) Ltd, Slimline (pvt) Ltd & President Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Rajendra Theagarajah - CEO of Hatton National Bank
• Ajita Pasqual - CEO of Seylan Bank
• Uddaka Tennekoon - former Managing Director of Mercantile Merchant Bank
• Ravi Wijenathan - CEO of Millennium Development (Pvt) Ltd
• Ajith Fernando - Managing Director, Capital Alliance (Pvt)Ltd
• Captain Ajith Peiris - Group Managing Director, Ceyline Agencies (Pvt)Ltd
• Ravi Kumararatne - CEO of Asia Siyaka Commodities
• Dr Dilanjan Soysa - CEO Commercial Leasing Company
• Chutta Ratnathicam - former Senior Vice President & CFO of Con-way, current Chairman of Audit Committee for Franklin Resources
• Nushad Perera - General Manager Sales and Marketing Dialog Telekom
• Ranjith Samaranayake - Former Area Director of Sales , India & Sri Lanka for Hilton International Co
• Ramesh Shanmuganathan - CIO of John Keells Holdings
• K. Manikkavasagar - former Director of Glaxo
• Rizvi Zaheed - Director Hayleys
• Akbar Jahir - Director of JaUk Trading, United Kingdom
• Delano Uduman - Executive Chairman, Survey Research Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
• Jeremy Muller - Director, Agility Logistics, USA
• Hanif Yusoof - Director, Expolanka Holdings, Sri Lanka

Sportsmen and sports administrators

• Ranjan Madugalle - former Test Cricket Captain of Sri Lanka and current Chief Match Referee of the International Cricket Council
• Gamini Goonesena - former Ceylon & Cambridge University Cricket Captain
• Dr. Churchill Gunasekara - former Ceylon Cricket Captain
• Colonel Fredrick C. de Saram, OBE, CA - former Ceylon Cricket Captain (note: - Also listed in Military)
• C. I. Gunesekera - former Ceylon Cricket Captain
• Sargo Jayewickrema - former Ceylon Cricket Captain
• Asantha De Mel - former Sri Lankan cricketer (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)
• N.S. Joseph - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• Jayantha Amerasinghe - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• Rohan Jayasekera - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• Roshan Jurangpathy - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• Lionel Almeida - former Sri Lankan cricketer
• Jehan Mubarak - Sri Lankan cricketer, National coloursman in Water Polo
• Dr. Ajith C. S. Perera - former Sri Lankan test-match-panel senior cricket Umpire, qualified scorer, training instructor.
• Mahesh Rodrigo - former Ceylon Rugby Captain
• Timothy Speldewinde - former Sri Lankan Swimming Champion, first Sri Lankan to win Gold at a international swimming meet.
• Dr. Maiya Gunasekara - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain & former President of the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU)
• L.W.De.Z.Guneratne - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Asanga Rodrigo - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Indrajith Coomaraswamy - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Saman Jayasinghe - former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain, National Selector for Rugby
• Jullian Bolling - former Sri Lankan Swimming Captain & South Asian Gold Medalist
• Ananda Ranasinghe - former Sri Lankan Swimming Champion
• Hugh Aldons - former Ceylon Hockey Captain
• Franklyn Emmanuel - former Sri Lankan Youngest Tennis Champion and Davis Cup Player
• Salinda de Zoysa - Former Sri Lanka Squash Champion, represented Sri lanka in the Asian Games.
• Summa Navaratnam - represented Ceylon in Athletics, former Asian record holder, dubbed "The fastest man in Asia"
• Pavithra Fernando - current Senior Sri Lankan Rugby Player and captain of Sri Lanka Rugby for Asian Five Nations, 2009.
• Tyrrel Muttiah - former Sri Lankan Rugby player
• Alfred Hensman - former Sri Lankan Rugby player
• Harin Kaluaratchi - former Sri Lankan Rugby Player
• Rajith Jayasundara - former Sri Lankan Rugby Player (first represented Sri Lanka at age 16)
• Niluka Karunaratne - Internationally Ranked Badminton Player
• Ravi Wijenathan - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player, National Selector for Rugby
• S.Sujantha Kumar - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• Rahim Junaideen - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• S.Sritharan - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• Johann Muller - former Sri Lanka Rugby Player
• Eddie Grey - former Ceylon Boxer represented Ceylon in the 1948 Olympics (note: - Also listed in Police)
• Harshana Godamanne - National Tennis Coloursman & Professional Tennis Player
• Chanaka Wickramasinghe - former Captain of the Sri Lanka Diving Team

Counsels

• Dr. Harry Wilfred Jayewardene, QC - former President Sri lanka Bar Association, Chairman Industrial Disputes Commission, UN Human Rights Commission & a well known criminal lawyer
• Somasundaram Nadesan, QC - former President of the Bar Council(note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• H. Sri Nissanka, QC - a well known criminal lawyer (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Frederick Dornhorst, KC - Famous King's Advocate
• Kumar Ponnambalam (G. G. Ponnambalam Jr) - former General Secretary of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress & prominent defence lawyer
• Gritakumar E. Chitty - former Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
• Shyamlal Rajapaksa - former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• Dr. Harsha Cabral, PC - a Commissioner of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka
• George Edmund Chitty Jnr., QC - a well known Crown Counsel, former Commissioner of Assize
• Ainsley Clive de Zoysa, PC - a well known criminal lawyer & crown counsel
• Sam Kadirgamar, QC - a well known lawyer
• Mohan Peiris, PC - former Senior State Counsel
• Jayantha Gunasekera, PC - a well known lawyer & former Secretary of the Sri lanka Bar Association
• Chula De Silva, PC - a well known lawyer
• Fredrick Christian Loos - former Commissioner of Requests and Crown Proctor

Architects

• Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa, FRIBA - Most renowned Architect in Sri Lanka
• Oliver Weerasinghe, FRIBA - Architect & Sri Lanka's first City Planner (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Dr. Lochi Gunaratna - Architect
• V.K. Gunasekara - Architect, Geoffrey Bawa's partner and winner of the Rockefeller Scholarship

Medicine

• Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle, FRCS - former President of the Ceylon Medical Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators & Academics)
• Vidyaj Yothi Dr H.H.R.Samarasinghe, FRCP, FRACP, - President of the Sri Lanka Medical Council
• Professor Saman Gunatillaka, FRCP, FCCP - former President of the Ceylon College of Physicians(note: - Also listed in Academics)
• Dr E.M. Wijerama, FRCP - first President of the Ceylon College of Physicians, donated his house to the Medical College Library
• Dr J.B. Peiris, FRCP - former President of the Sri Lanka College of Physicians
• Dr Henry N. Rajaratnam, FRCP, FCCP, FRACP - former President of the Sri Lanka College of Physicians
• Dr C.A. Hewavitharne, FRCS - former prominent member of the Ceylon University College Council (note: - Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)
• Dr Siri Kannangara, FRACP - Director of the New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine & Member of the FIFA medical committee
• Dr Edwin Arthur Blok, CBE - former Director of Health Services, Ceylon
• Dr Hector Weerasinghe - Director, Colombo National Hospital, Sri Lanka
• Dr R.S.B. Wickremasinge - Director of the Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka
• Major General Dr Chelliah Thurairaja, USP, SLMC - former Director Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (note: - Also listed in Military)
• Air Vice Marshal Dr Nimal Herat Gunaratne, VSV, USP, SLAF - Director Health Services, SLAF (note: - Also listed in Military)
• Dr Ajitha Wijesundere - Senior Obstetrician, Castle Street Maternity Hospital, Colombo
• Dr Luckdasa Dissanayake - Prominent Surgeon, Cancer Hospital, Sri Lanka
• Dr Nandana Dasanayake - Consultant Surgeon, Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Sri Lanka
• Dr Maiya Gunasekera - Consultant Surgeon, Nawaloka Hospital, Colombo

Poets, novelists and academic writers

• Phiroz Mehta - writer and lecturer on religious topics
• Carl Muller- well known author and Journalist
• Dr. Brendon Gooneratne - well known author (note: - Also listed in Academics)
• James De Alwis - well known sinhala ninetheenth century poet
• Dr. R. L. Spittle, CBE - well known author
• Dr. Susantha Goonatilake - well known author
• Gamini Salgado - author Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and appointed Chair of English at University of Exeter
• Shyam Selvadurai- internationally acclaimed author

Media personalities and journalists

• Vernon Corea - Pioneer radio broadcaster & News Director with Radio Ceylon, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC. (Ethnic Minorities Adviser to the BBC)
• Leon Belleth - pioneer radio broadcaster at Radio Ceylon, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• Livy Wijemanne - pioneer radio broadcaster at Radio Ceylon and former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (note: - Also listed in Senior civil servants)
• Ernest Corea - former Editor, Ceylon Daily News (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Mervyn De Silva - Editor in Chief of Lake House and of the Times of Ceylon, editor of the Ceylon Daily News
• Edmund de Livera - former Editor, Times of Ceylon & composer of the College Song of S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia
• Dushy Ranetunge - International Journalist
• Janiytha Seneviratne - Journalist
• Sinha Rathnathunga - Editor in Chief, The Sunday Times
• Dinesh Weerawansa - Editor in Chief, The Sunday Observer
• Kanchana Dassanayake - Editor in Chief, Tharunaya
• Hema Nalin Karunaratne - Television Presenter, current Chairman and Managing Director,Heritage TV & former Director programs of EAP Networks

Aviation

• Hon. Deshamanya J.P. Obeyesekere III - first Sri Lankan to fly solo from England to Sri Lanka. (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
• Captain George Ferdinand - A pioneer in Sri Lankan aviation and World War II RAF bomber pilot.
• Ravi Jayewardene - aviator, presidential security adviser and founder of the Special Task Force

Artists

• Rohan Joseph - Sri Lanka's foremost Conductor
• Lucky Senanayake - Renowned painter
• Senaka Senanayake- Renowned painter
• Channa Perera - Internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan film director & actor
• Santhush Weeraman - musician
• Ranidu Lankage - Musician
• Iraj Weeraratne - Music producer & musician
• Dushyanth Weeraman - Musician and dancer
• Lakshman Joseph de Saram - Violinist and Film Composer
• Dilup Gabadamudalige - Musician with the Amazing Grace & producer
• Ishan Bahar - Musician with the Jetliners
• Rukshan Perera - Musician with the Golden Chimes, Super Golden Chimes, Esquire Set & Serendib
• Reza Deane - Musician with The Amazing Grace and Purple Rain
• Chandimal Fernando - Musician
• Athula Adikari - Sinhala vocalist
• Sangeeth Wickramasinghe - Sinhala vocalist
• Suresh Maliyadda - Musician

Other prominent alumni

• Neranjan Wijeyeratne - Diyawadana Nilame (Chief lay Custodian) of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy (1985-2005)
• Dr. Arjuna Sittampalam - World renowned Investment Banker
• Malik Samarawickrema - former Chairman of the United National Party
• Dr. Harsha de Silva - well known economist