List of St. Sylvester's College alumni

This is a list of Old Sylvestrians, the alumni of St. Sylvester's College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Name	Notability	Reference
Ishak Sahabdeen	former Sri Lankan cricketer	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishak_Sahabdeen
S. B. S. Abayakoon	Vice-Chancellor of University of Peradeniya (2009–2012)
Tilake Abeysinghe	Internationally reputed painter and sculptor - awarded “Cavaliere of the Order of Merit" (knighthood) by the Italian Government.	^[1]
Buwaneka Aluwihare	Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (2013–present), Deputy Solicitor General (?-2013)	^{[citation needed]}
Malcolm Bulner	1964 Olympic welterweight boxer, boxing referee (1944 –)
Jayanath Colombage	Admiral - Commander of the Navy (2012 – 2014)
Eric Fernando	Director-General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (1998 – )
Lionel Fernando	Governor of North Eastern Province (1993 – 1994)
Hemal Gunasekara	Member of Parliament - Matara (2010–present)
Tikiri Kobbekaduwa	Governor of Central Province (2005 – 2015)
M. Velu Kumar	Member of Parliament - Kandy (2015–present)
George Pelpola	Member of Parliament - National List (1977-1989), Ambassador to Maldives, Ambassador to Italy	^{[citation needed]}
Gamini Rajapakse	Member of Parliament - (1977-1989), Ambassador to Jordan (2011-2015)	^{[citation needed]}
Chandradasa Ranatunga	Member of Parliament - Kegalle (1989-1994)	^{[citation needed]}
Kingsley Rajapakse	Filmmaker and actor (1934-1983)	^[2]
Cyril Ranatunga	General - Chief of Staff Sri Lankan Army; first General Officer Commanding the Joint Operations Command; Secretary of Defence
Percy Samaraweera	Chief Minister of Uva Province (1988-1998), Member of Parliament - Welimada (1965-1970, 1977-1989)
Chandana P. Udawatte	Vice-Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University (2014-2017)	^{[citation needed]}
Jayampathy Wickramaratne	Member of Parliament - National List (2015–present)

References[edit]

^ "Artscope". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ "Kingsley Rajapaksa ignited the cinema with Deepashika". Sarasaviya. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links[edit]

[1] "Artscope". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[2] "Kingsley Rajapaksa ignited the cinema with Deepashika". Sarasaviya. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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