List of alumni of Ananda College

This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Religion

• Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa - former president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and author
• Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero - Sri Lankan scholar monk and a personality of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century

Ministers and legislators

Current

Government benches

• Karu Jayasuriya - 20th Speaker of the Parliament
• R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara - Minister Public Administration and Management
• Mohan Lal Grero, MP - State Minister of University Education and Member of Parliament (note: also listed in "Educationalists")
• Daya Gamage - Minister of Primary Industry
• Ajith Perera - Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
• Arjuna Ranatunga - Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping
• Rajitha Senaratne - Cabinet Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine
• Achala Jagodage - Member of Parliament
• Chathura Senarathne - Member of Parliament

Opposition benches

• Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - current Member of Parliament
• Dullas Alahapperuma - current Member of Parliament
• P. Dayaratna - current Member of Parliament
• Mohan Lal Grero - chairman, Lyceum Group of Companies; Member of Parliament, Colombo District
• Gitanjana Gunawardena - current Member of Parliament
• Tissa Vitharana - current Member of Parliament, professor of microbiology and leader of the LSSP
• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - current Member of Parliament, Kalutara District

Former

• Thomas Amarasuriya - former Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon
• S. A. Wickramasinghe - former senator and founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka
• N. M. Perera - founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister of Finance
• William de Silva - former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries; former Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada
• D. P. Atapattu - former Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70
• R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - ex minister of Agriculture
• Anandatissa de Alwis - former Speaker of the National State Assembly in Sri Lanka; Cabinet Minister of State
• General Sarath Fonseka - leader of Democratic Party and former Member of Parliament
• Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Diplomats")
• Dharmasiri Senanayake - former Cabinet Minister of Media, Tourism and Civil Aviation & General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
• Tikiri Banda Subasinghe - former Speaker of the Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Industries & Scientific Affairs
• Philip Gunawardena - served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet; Minister of Fisheries
• Indradasa Hettiarachchi - former Minister of Industries
• P. B. G. Kalugalla - former Minister of Finance
• I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla - former Minister of Education
• Lakshman Jayakody - former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Presidential advisor
• Wickremabahu Karunaratne - leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party; served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District
• Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi - former Colombo District Minister and Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa)
• Imthiaz Bakeer Markar - former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications
• Sanjeewa Kavirathna - Former Member of Parliament and Member of Central Provincial council. Sri Lanka's first Green Awarded politician.
• V. Navaratnam - former Member of Parliament
• V. Yogeswaran former Member of Parliament
• Herbert Sri Nissanka - former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra - former Member of Parliament
• Rohitha Bogollagama - former minister of Foreign Affairs and ex Member of Parliament
• Basil Rajapaksa - former Minister of Economic Development and Member of Parliament
• Ossie Abeygunasekara - former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa - former Secretary of Defense
• Lalitha Rajapakse - former Minister of Justice of Ceylon, elected Member of the Senate of Ceylon; former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Suranimala Rajapaksha - former Minister of School Education
• N. R. Rajavarothiam - Ceylon Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament
• Bimal Rathnayaka - former Member of Parliament
• Dingiri Bandara Welagedara - former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation and former Governor of North Central Province

Mayors

• Karu Jayasuriya - former Mayor of Colombo, former Minister, MP, and current deputy leader of the United National Party
• N. M. Perera - former Mayor of Colombo; founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister Of Finance

Diplomats

• Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE, CCS - Civil Servant, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• J B Disanayake - writer, language specialist, former Head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, and Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand
• Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Ministers" and "Legislators")
• Karu Jayasuriya - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Germany
• Wasantha Karannagoda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Adviser, Commander of the Navy (note: also listed in "Military")
• Lalitha Rajapakse, KC - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

Military

Sri Lankan Army

• Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka - former Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Commander of the Army
• General Hamilton Wanasinghe - former Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka, Commander of the Army
• General Lionel Balagalle - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
• General Rohan Daluwatte - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
• Major General Lakshman Algama - VSV, USP, NDC, PSC (1940-1999) former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army
• Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi - former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
• Major General Jagath Dias - former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army
• Major General Kamal Gunaratne - Commander 53rd division of the Sri Lankan Army
• Lt. A.P.N.C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene - Sri Lankan commissioned officer
• Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa - Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence

Sri Lankan Navy

• Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda - Commander of the Navy, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Advisor

Sri Lanka Police

• Osmund de Silva - former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
• Mahinda Balasuriya - former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
• Sumith Liyanage - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
• Kanchana Senerat Kadigawe - former Senior Superintendent of Police

Academics

• Stanley Wijesundera - former Professor of Chemistry; Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
• LH Sumanadasa - aviator, engineer, educator; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
• Chandratne Patuwathavithane - former Professor of Engineering & Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa
• K. D. Arulpragasam - first Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, Sri Lanka
• Charles Dahanayake - Writer, Professor of Physics & Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• K.K.Y.W. Perera - Professor of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
• Harendra de Silva - Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama
• Chandre Dharma-wardana - scientist, Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Université de Montréal
• Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe - Professor of Civil Engineering; Founding Dean (Emeritus), Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
• D. Shelton A. Gunaratne - Professor of Mass Communications Emeritus affiliated with Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA
• Nimal Rajapakshe - Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences Simon Fraser University, Canada
• M. P. Ranaweera - Professor of Civil Engineering; Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
• V. K. Samaranayake - Professor of Computer Science and former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
• W.S. Karunaratne - late Professor in Buddhist Philosophy & Comparative Religion at Peradeniya University; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and a member of the Board of Regents of University of Sri Lanka
• Wickremabahu Karunaratne - Lecturer of Electronics at Peradeniya University; leader of Nava Samsamaja Party
• Ravindra Fernando - Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
• Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri - Professor of Theology, University of Toronto
• Bogoda Premaratne - author, former Principal of Royal College, Colombo
• Vicumpriya Perera - Professor of Mathematics, Kent State University

Industrialists and corporate executives

• Dr Nalaka Godahewa - Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism; former Managing Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
• Thilan Wijesinghe - former Chief of BOI; CEO of Forbes & Walker Ltd.
• Harsha Purasinghe - founder Microimage

Civil servants

• Warnasena Rasaputra - former Governor of the Central bank of Sri Lanka
• Anandatissa de Alwis - former Governor of North-North Western Province of Sri Lanka
• V. M. Panchalingam - former District Secretary for Jaffna
• Tissa Devendra - Writer, former Civil Servant

Sports

• Marvan Atapattu - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain
• Dinesh Chandimal - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Ajit de Silva - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Akalanka Ganegama - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Avishka Gunawardene - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Chandika Hathurusingha - former Test cricketer and National Junior Coach
• Dinuka Hettiarachchi - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Thilina Kandamby - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Brendon Kuruppu - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Muthumudalige Pushpakumara - Sri Lankan ODI cricketer
• Daya Rajasinghe - rifle shooting - national champion, SAF Games gold medalist
• Arjuna Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain and Member of Parliament; 1996 World Cup-winning team captain
• Dammika Ranatunga - Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Nishantha Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka ODI cricketer, Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket
• Sanjeeva Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Dulip Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Thilan Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Charith Senanayake - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Sachithra Senanayake - Sri Lanka T20 and ODI cricketer
• Mahela Udawatte - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Sanjeewa Weerasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Mithra Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Sidath Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Sunil Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Opening Batsman
• Hemantha Wickramaratne - former ODI Cricketer

Engineers and Architects

• B. D. Rampala - engineer, former General Manager of Ceylon Railways
• L. H. Sumanadasa - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
• R. G. de S. Wettimuny - Buddhist writer and double chartered engineer (mechanical and civil)
• D. J. Wimalasurendra - engineer, Pioneer of hydro power in Sri Lanka
• Jayantha Perera - Chartered Architect and Past President of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

Legal

• Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
• Shiva Pasupati - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
• Yuwanjana Wijayatilake - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
• Chan Htoon - Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, and the architect of the first constitution of Burma in 1947
• Ye Htoon - Burmese lawyer and entrepreneur
• Gamini Perera - senior lawyer and legal consultant
• V. Sivasubramaniam - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• J. F. A. Soza - former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• P. Sriskandarajah - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• Irwin Jayasuriya - lawyer and former Chairmen of Ceylon Transport Board

Medical professionals

• Prof. Harendra de Silva – Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
• Prof. Ravindra Fernando – Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
• C G Uragoda – physician, author, folklorist, historian and conservationist
• Gamini Wickremasinghe – MD, Informatics Group

Poets, novelists and academic writers

• Sunanda Mahendra - author and critic
• G. B. Senanayake - Sinhala writer

Media personalities and journalists

• Nishantha Ranatunga - CEO of CSN TV
• Regi Siriwardena - Sri Lankan journalist, poet, writer, playwright and writer of screenplays
• Tarzie Vittachi - journalist and former UNICEF Deputy Executive Director of External Relations

Artists

• Premakeerthi De Alwis - composer and narrator
• Malaka Dewapriya - video artist and short filmmaker
• Lucky Dias - TV and film actor
• Dayananda Gunawardena - playwright, actor, lyricist, radio play producer, and Sinhala radio play writer
• Nalaka Gunawardene - journalist
• Bathiya Jayakodi - singer
• Kasun Kalhara - music director, singer, composer
• Indrachapa Liyanage - singer
• D. B. Nihalsinghe, film director; founding CEO and General Manager of the State Film Corporation; pioneer of Sri Lanka television production
• Titus Thotawatte - film director
• Wijeratne Warakagoda - veteran actor in stage, movie and tele-drama
• Jagath Wickramasinghe - singer