List of British Sri Lankans
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This is a list of people of Sri Lankan descent living in the United Kingdom. "Sri Lankan Britons" refers to all Sri Lankan ethnic groups.
Business and Industry
Most of the Srilankan Britons are doing businesses such like cornershop , petrol stations , restaurants, jewellery store, textiles, and etc..
- Subaskaran Allirajah businessman and entrepreneur, founder of the Lycamobile, world's largest MVNO based in UK.
- Ratheesan Yoganathan is a British entrepreneur, and founder of the Lebara.
- Karunamoorthy is a film producer and founder of Ayngaran International.
- Arjuna Sittampalam, Financier.
Academic
Actors
- Jai Akash
- Romesh Ranganathan is a British stand-up comedian and actor.
- Tony Jayawardena
- Amara Karan
- Albert Moses
- Kim Vithana
- ThusithaJayasundera[1]
- Prasanna Puwanarajah[2]
Engineers
- Dr.Sabesan Sithamparanathan
- Cecil Balmond
- Kanagaratnam Sriskandan
- Lokusatu Sumanadasa[3]
Lawyers
Media
Tamil media like IBC Tamil, Deepam TV are headquartered in UK.
- George Alagiah
- Nigel Barker
- Suranga Chandratillake
- James Coomarasamy
- Rasantha Cooray
- Vernon Corea
- Darshini David
- Elmo Fernando
- Christopher Greet
- Rohan Jayasekera
- Neville Jayaweera
- Tim Kash
- Emmanuel Ray
Military
- Christopher Hamilton
- Cyril Nicholas
- Rohan Amerasekera[4]
Musicians
- Teejay
- Arjun Coomaraswamy
- Beverley Craven
- Rohan de Saram
- Desmond de Silva
- Siva Kaneswaran
- Lay Low
- M.I.A.
- Nimal Mendis
- DJ Nihal
Physicians
Politicians
- Desmond Lorenz de Silva
- Nirj Deva
- Jan Jananayagam
- Ranil Jayawardena
- Alexander Robert Johnston
- Karima Marikkar ,Mayor of Harrow.
Religion
Scientists
- Suran Goonatilake
- Chandra Wickramasinghe
- Cyril Ponnamperuma[5]
Sports
- Francis Bacon
- Alistair Blair
- Jude Chaminda
- Dimitri Mascarenhas
- Gehan Mendis
- Walter Philps
- Murugan Thiruchelvam
- Duncan White
- Glucka Wijesuriya
Writers
Others
- Sangeeta Sornalingam, wife of veteran actor Vijay.
- Kali Arulpragasam
- Peter Kuruvita
- Ganesh Sittampalam
- Sir Christopher Ondaatje
See also
References
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419708/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2373081/
- ^ http://www.hatfield-herts.co.uk/aviation/sumanadasa.html
- ^ http://nation.lk/online/2016/07/02/air-vice-marshall-e-rohan-amarasekara-dfc.html
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/24/obituaries/cyril-ponnamperuma-scholar-of-life-s-origins-is-dead-at-71.html