This is a list of alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia Sri Lanka.It also includes without distinction the alumni from its affiliated schools S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela, S. Thomas' College, Guruthalawa, and S. Thomas' Preparatory School.
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tikiri Bandara Panabokke I | Kandyan Sinhalese member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, Police Magistrate for Kandy, acting Diyawadana Nilame | [1] | |
| Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaika | Headmen, Head Mudaliyar of the British Ceylon | ||
| Maduwanwela Maha Disawe | Maha Dissava of British Ceylon (late1800s) | ||
| William Ellawala | Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon (1856), Rate Mahatmaya | ||
| Donald Obeyesekere | Legislator, Member of State Council of Ceylon, Legislative Council of Ceylon, President of National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka | ||
| Member of Parliament (Mirigama) (1947 - 1952), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1947 - 1952) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Dedigama) (1947 - 1956, 1957 - 1970), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1952 - 1953, 1960, 1965 - 1970) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Attanagalla) (1947 - 1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1956 - 1959) | |||
| Sir Paul Pieris | Ceylon's Trade Commissioner, District Judge, Advocate, President of Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Civil servant | ||
| Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere | Lawyer, Legislator, Unofficial Member of Legislative Council of Ceylon (1900-1916) | ||
| Member of Parliament (Galle) (1947 - 1977, 1979 - 1988), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1959 - 1960) | |||
| Member of Legislative Council (1924 - 1931), member of State Council (1936 - 1947), member of Parliament - Colombo Central (1947 - 1950) | |||
| Arthur Wijewardena | Governor-General of Ceylon (1953-1953), Chief Justice of Ceylon(1949-1950), Solicitor General of Ceylon(1936-1939) | ||
| founder of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka | |||
| Member of Parliament (Kankesanthurai) (1947 - 1952, 1956 - 1972, 1975 - 1977) | |||
| Member of Parliament (National List) (1989 - 2010) | |||
| S. L. Gunasekara | Senior Lawyer and Member of Parliament | ||
| Member of Parliament (Matara) (1965 - 2004) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Minneriya) (1952 - 1970) | |||
| Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon (1911–?) | |||
| Mayor of Colombo (1996 - 1997) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Panadura) (1956 - 1977) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Balangoda) (1947 - 1951) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Colombo) (1994 - 2001) (National List) (2001 - 2015) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Hambantota) (2000 - present) | |||
| Chief Minister of Uva Province (2009 - 2015) | |||
| Member of Parliament (1960-1965-SLFP) and (1978-1988-UNP); | |||
| Mayor of Colombo (1937, 1941 - 1942) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Kegalle) (1973 - 1977), (Polonnaruwa) (1994 - 2001), (Kegalle) (2001 - present) | |||
| Member of Legislative Council (? - 1926) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Gampaha) (2010 - 2015), (Polonnaruwa) (2015 - present) | |||
| Member of Parliament (Kalutara) (1994 - present) | |||
| Senator, Minister of Justice (1953 - 1956) | |||
| Member of Parliament (National List) (1989 - 1991) | |||
| Member of Parliament (National List) (2010 - 2015) |
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader of Cocos Islands mutiny | |||
| Ceylonese militia officer and a prominent socialite |
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Director General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation | |||
| Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2009) | |||
| Sri Lankan Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2009 - 2015) | |||
| Commissioner of Tea Control and Rubber Control (1946) | |||
| Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1989 - 1994) | |||
| Secretary to the Prime Minister (1955 - 1970) | |||
| Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (? - 1997) | |||
| Solicitor General (1977) | |||
| Secretary to the Ministry of Defence (2018 -) |
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Chief Marshal - Commander of the Air Force (1971 - 1976) | |||
| Air Chief Marshal - Commander of the Air Force (2002 - 2006) | |||
| Air Vice Marshal - Chief of Staff of the Air Force (2006 - ?) |
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General - Commander of the Army (2004 - 2005) | |||
| General - Commander of the Army (1988 - 2000) | |||
| Major General - Chief of Staff of the Army (2009 - present) | |||
| Gratian Silva | Major General - Military Secretary | ||
| Second Lieutenant - Victoria Cross recipient (1918) |
| Name | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Inspector General of Police (1967 - 1970) | [2] | |
| Inspector General of Police (1955 - 1959) | ||
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Department of Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya (2013 - present) | [3] [4] | ||
| Foundation Professor of Medicine, University of Sri Jayawardanapura | |||
| Director, National Science and Technology Commission | [5] | ||
| Mathematician; author; human rights activist | |||
| Chairman of University Grants Commission (1977 - 1989) | |||
| co-founder of S Thomas College Gurutalawa | |||
| Professor (Emeritus) of Anthropology at Harvard University, | |||
| Douglas Walatara | Professor of Education (University of Colombo), | ||
| Dayantha Wijeyesekera | Vice Chancellor (Moratuwa University, Open University), Chairman, Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission | ||
| Professor of Accounting and Finance, School of Accounting, La Trobe University |
| Name | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| International test cricket player (1986 - 1988) | ||
| International test cricket player (1985) | ||
| Niroshan Wijekoon | Sri Lankan Olympian and the first badminton player to represent Sri Lanka. Held the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships singles title for nine years (1983–1987 and 1989–1992). | |
| International test cricket player (1983 - 1988) | ||
| First-class cricket player | ||
| Rugby union player | ||
| Rugby union player | ||
| International test cricket player (1982 - 1988) | ||
| One Day International, Twenty20 International cricketer (2010 - 2018) | ||
| Rugby union player | ||
| First-class cricket player (1964 - 1969) | ||
| One Day International cricket player (1983 - 1984); International hockey player (1985 - 1986) | ||
| Sports administrator | ||
| International test cricket player (2011 - 2016) | ||
| Olympic sailor (1968) | ||
| One Day International cricket player (1975 - 1979) | ||
| One Day International cricket player (1975) | ||
| International test cricket player (1991 - 1992) | ||
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editor-in-Chief of the Daily News; former Chief Editor of the Sunday Observer; founder and Chief Editor of Sunday Lakbima News | [6] | ||
| Fraud and corruption investigator; author | |||
| Sir | Tea planter, entrepreneur and philanthropist | ||
| Sir | industrialist; lawyer; philanthropist; member of the Legislative Council (1921 - 1936) | ||
| Sir | Stockbroker; publisher; philanthropist | ||
| Founder of Janashakthi Insurance (1994) | |||
| Chief executive officer of Dialog Axiata | |||
| Publisher, founder of Lake House Group & Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd |
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Director of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies | |||
| Founder of Autism Awareness Campaign UK and Autism Sunday | |||
| Founder of Sneakertub |
| Name | Notability | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor, director, Member of Parliament (Matara) (1989 - 1970), Governor of North Eastern Province (1995 - 1998) | |||
| Singer (Sirasa Superstar winner - 2007) | |||
| Journalist, author, actor | |||
| Author (Booker Prize winner - 1992) | |||
| Poet |