List of Trinity College, Kandy alumni
This is a list of alumni of Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka, commonly referred to as Old Trinitians, organised alphabetically by surname.
A
- Ajith Abeyratne – rugby union player, administrator, commentator and coach.
- L. O. Abeyaratne – Ceylonese paediatrician and Member of Parliament.
- Saliya Upul Aladeniya – Captain, Sri Lanka Army; first recipient of the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya, Sri Lanka's highest military decoration.
- W. T. I. Alagaratnam – engineer and Director of Irrigation.
- Bernard Aluwihare – Cabinet minister.
- Richard Aluwihare – first Ceylonese and 12th [Inspector General (Sri Lanka)|General of Police (Sri Lanka)|Inspector General of Police], high commissioner to India and veteran of World War I.
- Dilum Amunugama – Cabinet minister.
- Sarath Amunugama – Cabinet minister.
- John Attygalle – 16th Inspector General of Police.
B
- Tissa Balalle – Member of Parliament and governor of North Western Province.
- Cecil Balmond – Deputy chairman of Arup Group, designer, artist and writer.
- Michael Banda – Trotskyist and General Secretary of the British Workers Revolutionary Party.
- Senaka Bibile – Professor of pharmacology, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and founder of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
- Louis Edmund Blaze – founder of Kingswood College, Kandy.
- Hasitha Boyagoda – first-class cricketer.
- Edward Buultjens – [Sri Lanka Sri Lanka national cricket team|national cricket team|national] cricketer and rugby union player.
C
- V. Coomaraswamy – Ceylonese high commissioner to Canada.
- R. R. Crossette-Thambiah – 18th Solicitor General of Ceylon, commissioner of assize and barrister.
D
- Bertie de Silva – Conservator of Forests of the Forest Department, civil servant and first-class cricketer.
- Desmond de Silva – criminal law barrister, international lawyer and chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
- Fredrick de Silva – Member of Parliament, mayor of Kandy and ambassador to France.
- Janak de Silva – Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, judge of the Court of Appeal and Senior Deputy Solicitor General.
- Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva – Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Solicitor General.
- Kemal Deen – professor, academic, surgeon and consultant in gastrointestinal surgery.
- Jayantha Dhanapala – UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs and ambassador to the United States.
- N. Q. Dias – civil servant and high commissioner to India.
- Niroshan Dickwella – national cricketer.
- Gamini Dissanayake – 9th Leader of the Opposition, cabinet minister, presidential candidate and sports administrator.
- Gishan Dissanaike – economist, Dean of Cambridge Judge Business School.
- Wimal Dissanayake – writer, academic, university professor and film critic.
- Samantha Dodanwela – first-class cricketer and businessman.
- B. H. Dunuwille – Member of the Senate of Ceylon; father of Harindra Dunuwille.
- Harindra Dunuwille – Member of Parliament, mayor of Kandy and first-class cricketer.
E
- Narendra Ekanayake – captain of the Bahamas national cricket team.
G
- Jabez Gnanapragasam – 12th Anglican Bishop of Colombo.
- Kushil Gunasekera – businessman, philanthropist and first-class cricketer.
- Chandra Dharma Sena Gooneratne – lecturer, historian, poet, diplomat, social activist and military officer; veteran of World War I and World War II.
H
- John Halangode – Brigadier, Sri Lanka Army and founder of Gemunu Watch.
- Kabir Hashim – Cabinet minister.
- Kanaka Herath – Cabinet minister.
- E. L. B. Hurulle – Cabinet minister and governor of Central and North Central Provinces.
I
- P. C. Imbulana – Cabinet minister and governor of Central Province.
- Quentin Israel – rugby union player, coach and school teacher.
J
- Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze – 31st Attorney General of Ceylon and 20th Solicitor General of Ceylon.
- Lakshman Jayakody – Cabinet minister.
- Atma Jayaram – 5th Director of the Intelligence Bureau of India.
- Anuradha Jayaratne – State minister.
- Bandula Jayasekara – journalist, broadcaster, newspaper editor and diplomat.
- W. T. Jayasinghe – civil servant and ministerial secretary.
- CAHP Jayawardena – Brigadier, Ceylon Army; forest conservator, equerry to Queen Elizabeth II and aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of Ceylon.
- Japana Jayawardena – Brigadier, Sri Lanka Army; rugby union player and sports administrator.
- M. D. H. Jayawardena – Cabinet minister, lawyer and businessman.
K
- Lakshman Kadirgamar – Cabinet minister.
- Michael Kawalya Kagwa – Katikkiro of Buganda.
- Chelva Kanaganayakam – university professor, academic, author and translator.
- Neville Karunatilake – 8th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, civil servant and economist.
- Jayantha Kelegama – economist.
- George Keyt – artist and painter.
- Denzil Kobbekaduwa – Lieutenant general, Sri Lanka Army; General officer commanding Northern Province.
- Hector Kobbekaduwa – Cabinet minister and presidential candidate.
- Tikiri Kobbekaduwa – Governor of Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces.
- Gladwin Kotelawala – Member of Parliament and businessman.
- J. C. T. Kotelawala – Member of Parliament and ambassador to the Soviet Union.
- Parami Kulatunga – Lieutenant general, Sri Lanka Army; 18th Deputy chief of staff.
- Lahiru Kumara – national cricketer.
L
- Graeme Labrooy – national cricketer.
- Mohamed Latheef – Member of the People's Majlis of Maldives, politician, co-founder of the Maldivian Democratic Party and human rights activist.
M
- Godfrey Edward Madawala – Member of both the Legislative Council and the State Council of Ceylon.
- Ranjan Madugalle – captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team and chief of the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.
- Dilantha Malagamuwa – racing driver.
- Suraj Mapa – actor, producer, choreographer, dancer and model.
- Theodore Barcroft L. Moonemalle – Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
- Faisz Musthapha – Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and high commissioner to the United Kingdom.
N
- Alan Nugawela – Colonel, Ceylon Army; aide-de-camp to the Governor-General and planter.
- Derrick Nugawela – Colonel, Ceylon Army; banker and planter.
P
- Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke – Member of Parliament and high commissioner to India.
- Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II – Cabinet minister and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
- Matheesha Pathirana – national cricketer.
- Sachith Pathirana – national cricketer.
- David Paynter – artist and painter.
- R. S. Pelpola – 7th Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon and high commissioner to Malaysia.
- T. B. Poholiyadde – Member of Parliament and colonial-era headman.
R
- P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan – 9th Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and minister.
- Tellipalai Rajaratnam – Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, commissioner of assize and member of Parliament.
- Rudra Rajasingham – 20th Inspector General of Police and ambassador to Indonesia.
- J. A. Rambukpota – Member of Parliament and colonial-era administrator.
- Shelton Ranaraja – Deputy minister and mayor of Kandy.
- Roshanka Ranasinghe – University professor and coastal engineer.
- Donald Jasen Ranaweera – Member of Parliament, plantation owner and chairman of The Times of Ceylon.
- Shanakiya Rasamanickam – Member of Parliament.
- David Ratnavale – psychiatrist and advocate of disaster relief.
- Nilantha Ratnayake – national cricketer.
- Ravi Ratnayeke – vice captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
- A. C. L. Ratwatte – Mayor of Kandy, high commissioner to Ghana and Malaysia; son of Cudah Ratwatte and brother of J. C. Ratwatte II.
- Anuruddha Ratwatte – General, Sri Lanka Army; Cabinet minister.
- Barnes Ratwatte – Member of both the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon; father of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
- Barnes Ratwatte II, Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and public trustee.
- Cudah Ratwatte – first Mayor of Kandy and the first person from Kandy to be awarded a knighthood; father of A. C. L. Ratwatte and J. C. Ratwatte II.
- J. C. Ratwatte II – Member of the State Council of Ceylon and Adigar; son of Cudah Ratwatte and brother of A. C. L. Ratwatte.
- Lohan Ratwatte – Non-cabinet minister, MP.
- Mackie Ratwatte – physician and private secretary to the prime minister.
- Mahendra Ratwatte – Mayor of Kandy, basnayake nilame of Sri Maha Vishnu Devalaya of Kandy and Dedi Munda Devalaya of Aluthnuwara.
- Nigel Ratwatte, captain of the Sri Lanka national rugby union team.
- S. D. Ratwatte – Colonel, Ceylon Army; Commandant of the Volunteer Force and veteran of World War II.
- Tharinda Ratwatte – rugby union player.
- Wilfred A. Ratwatte – Member of Parliament.
- Joseph Lionel Christie Rodrigo – university professor and dean of the faculty of arts of the University of Ceylon.
- Ajit Rudra – Major general, Indian Army; General officer commanding Southern Command; veteran of World War I and World War II.
S
- Neville Samarakoon – 36th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.
- Kumar Sangakkara – captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
- Vernon Schokman – first-class cricketer, rugby union player and police officer.
- E. L. Senanayake – 13th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ; father of Kesera Senanayake.
- Kesera Senanayake – Mayor of Kandy.
- Sujeewa Senasinghe – Non-cabinet minister.
- Berty Seneviratne – actor, filmmaker and choreographer.
- Partap Sharma – author, novelist, playwright, commentator, actor and documentary filmmaker.
- Sarath N. Silva – 41st Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.
- Travis Sinniah – Admiral, Sri Lanka Navy; 21st Commander of the Navy.
- Peri Sundaram – Minister of the State Council of Ceylon, member of the Senate of Ceylon, lawyer and trade unionist.
T
- Herbert Tennekoon – 6th Governor of the Central Bank and civil servant; brother of William Tennekoon.
- R. S. Tennekoon – Member of both the first and second State Councils of Ceylon.
- William Tennekoon – 5th Governor of the Central Bank and civil servant.
- Duvindu Tillakaratne – first-class cricketer.
U
- Richard Udugama, Major general, Ceylon Army; 5th Commander of the Army, Member of Parliament and ambassador to Iraq.
- Heshan Unamboowe – Olympic swimmer, men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- Ukku Banda Unamboowe – Member of Parliament and colonial-era administrator.
V
- Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage – Cabinet minister.
- Tissa Vitharana – Cabinet minister and the leader of Lanka Sama Samaja Party.
W
- Batty Weerakoon – Cabinet minister and the leader of Lanka Sama Samaja Party.
- Kaushalya Weeraratne – national cricketer.
- Arnolis Weerasooriya – first Ceylonese colonel of the Salvation Army.
- T. B. Werapitiya – Non-cabinet minister, school teacher, police officer and first-class cricketer.
- Duncan White – Olympic athlete and silver medallist in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics; first Ceylonese to win an Olympic medal.
- Leonard Merlyn Wickramasuriya – Brigadier, Ceylon Army; first commandant of the Army Training Centre and veteran of World War II.
- Kanchana Wijesekera – Cabinet minister.
- Sean Wijesinghe – rugby union player and coach.
- Stanley Wijesundera – Professor of biochemistry and 1st Vice-chancellor of the University of Colombo.