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This is a List of St. Anthony’s College alumni, of the St. Anthony’s College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2011)

Head of Government

Presidents

President William Gopallawa - first President of Sri Lanka and last Governor-General of Ceylon^{[citation needed]}

Ministers and legislators

T. B. Ilangaratne - former Cabinet Minister and diplomat^{[citation needed]}
M. D. Banda - former Cabinet Minister and diplomat^{[citation needed]}
Jayampathy Wickramaratne - former Cabinet Minister and diplomat^{[citation needed]}
Mano Ganesan - Cabinet Minister and diplomat^{[citation needed]}
Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed - former Cabinet Minister and diplomat^{[citation needed]}

Judges

Asoka De Silva - 32nd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka^{[citation needed]}
Victor Tennekoon - former Attorney General, Former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka^{[citation needed]}

Military

Sri Lankan Army

A. Fazly Laphir - Parama Weera Vibhushanaya recipient and former Commanding Officer, 1st Special Forces Regiment^{[citation needed]}

Sri Lankan Navy

Susith Weerasekara - Deputy Chief of staff of the Sri Lanka Navy /Commandant Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force^{[citation needed]}

Sri Lankan Police

Wickremasinghe Rajaguru - Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka) /Commandant Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force^{[citation needed]}

Academics

A. H. Sheriffdeen - surgeon, academic and volunteer^{[citation needed]}
Canagarayam Suriyakumaran - internationalist, United Nations civil servant, specialist in local government and devolution, economist, environmentalist and writer^{[citation needed]}
Malik Peiris - microbiologist, first Sri Lankan Fellow of the Royal Society^{[citation needed]}

Artists

Rookantha Gunathilake - musician, singer^{[citation needed]}
T. M. Jayaratne - musician, singer^{[citation needed]}
Kingsley Jayasekera - actor, singer, play producer^{[citation needed]}
Stanley Peiris - musician^{[citation needed]}

Economists

Canagarayam Suriyakumaran - internationalist, United Nations civil servant, specialist in local government and devolution, economist, environmentalist and writer^[1]

Sports

Muttiah Muralitharan - Sri Lankan test cricketer^{[citation needed]}
Ruwan Kalpage - Former Sri Lankan test cricketer, current national fielding coach, Sri Lanka cricket^{[citation needed]}
Mahes Goonatilleke - Former Sri Lankan test cricketer (Wicket keeper of the first Sri Lankan test Cricket cteam) ^{[citation needed]}
Piyal Wijetunge - Former Sri Lankan test cricketer^{[citation needed]}
A. C. M. Lafir - Former Sri Lankan cricketer ^[2]
Imran Bisthamin - Sri Lankan rugby player^{[citation needed]}

Scientists

Malik Peiris - virologist, discovered SARS coronavirus cytokine storm theory of avian influenza^{[citation needed]}

Media

Victor Ivan - former rebel and editor of Ravaya newspaper^{[citation needed]}

Others

R. I. T. Alles - educationist^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business. Sundayobserver.lk (2002-01-20). Retrieved on 2012-08-21.
^ "Sri Lanka Sports News". Sundayobserver.lk. 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

External links

Prominent Antonians

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