List of alumni of Ananda College explained

This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Heads of state

• Gotabaya Rajapaksa - 7th President of Sri Lanka

Heads of government

• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2000—2001, 2005—2010)

National politics

Heads of legislature

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
Anandatissa de Alwis	Speaker of the National State Assembly of Sri Lanka (1977—1978), Government Minister
	Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2015—2020), Government Minister, former Ambassador to Germany

Ministers and legislators

Current

Government benches

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
Dullas Alahapperuma	Government Minister, Member of Parliament
	Member of Parliament, Leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Professor of Microbiology
R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara	Minister of Public Administration and Management, Member of Parliament
	Minister of Primary Industry, Member of Parliament
	State Minister of University Education, Member of Parliament, educationists
	Member of Parliament
Ashu Marasinghe	Member of Parliament^[1]
	Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Member of Parliament
Arjuna Ranatunga	Cabinet Minister of Ports and Shipping, Member of Parliament, former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team
Rajitha Senaratne	Cabinet Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine, Dental surgeon

Opposition benches

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
P. Dayaratna	Member of Parliament for Ampara (1989-present)
Gitanjana Gunawardena	Member of Parliament
Nalaka Godahewa	Member of Parliament for Gampaha (2020-present)
Pradeep Undugoda	Member of Parliament for Colombo (2020-present)

Former

• Ossie Abeygunasekara – former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
• Thomas Amarasuriya – former Member of the State Council of Ceylon; President of the Senate of Ceylon
• D. P. Atapattu – former Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70
• R. M. Dharmadasa Banda – ex minister of Agriculture
• Rohitha Bogollagama – former minister of Foreign Affairs; former Member of Parliament
• General Sarath Fonseka – leader of Democratic Party; former Member of Parliament
• Tudor Gunasekara – former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha; first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Diplomats")
• Philip Gunawardena – served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet; Minister of Fisheries
• Indradasa Hettiarachchi – former Minister of Industries
• I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla – former Minister of Education
• D. D. Athulathmudali – former Senator
• Prins Gunasekera – former Member of the Parliament
• Lakshman Jayakody – former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister; Presidential advisor
• V. G. W. Ratnayake – former Sri Lankan MP
• P. B. G. Kalugalla – former Minister of Finance
• Wickremabahu Karunaratne – leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party; served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District
• P. Kumarasiri- former Member of the Parliament
• Sanjeewa Kavirathna – former Member of Parliament; Member of Central Provincial council; Sri Lanka's first Green Awarded politician
• Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi – former Colombo District Minister; Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa)
• Imthiaz Bakeer Markar – former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications
• V. Navaratnam – former Member of Parliament
• Herbert Sri Nissanka – former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• C. E. Attygalle – former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• N. M. Perera – founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister of Finance
• Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra – former Member of Parliament
• V. Karalasingham – former lawyer, writer; politician
• Basil Rajapaksa – former Minister of Economic Development; Member of Parliament
• Prins Gunasekera former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• Suranimala Rajapaksha – former Minister of School Education
• Lalitha Rajapakse – former Minister of Justice of Ceylon, elected Member of the Senate of Ceylon; former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France; High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• N. R. Rajavarothiam – Ceylon Tamil politician; former Member of Parliament
• Bimal Rathnayaka – former Member of Parliament
• Dharmasiri Senanayake – former Cabinet Minister of Media, Tourism and Civil Aviation; General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
• William de Silva – former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries; former Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada
• T. B. Subasinghe – former Speaker of the Parliament; Cabinet Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs
• Dingiri Bandara Welagedara – former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation; former Governor of North Central Province
• S. A. Wickramasinghe – former senator; founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka
• V. Yogeswaran – former Member of Parliament
• S. K. K. Suriarachchi - former Member of Sri Lankan Parliament
• G. K. W. Perera - Former Member of the Ceylon State Council
• K. D. David Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• Siri Andrahennady - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament
• Bernard Soysa - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament
• Noel Wimalasena - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament
• Piyasena Tennakoon - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament
• V. G. W. Ratnayake - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament
• C. E. Attygalle - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament
• S. A. Peeris - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament
• Noel Wimalasena - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament from Kandy District
• G. K. W. Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• Sanjeeva Kaviratne - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• Dayasena Pasqual - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• K. D. David Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• Noel Wimalasena - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• J. D. Weerasekera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament

Judiciary

Chief justice

• G. P. S. de Silva - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Arthur Wijewardena - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Puisne justice of the Supreme Court

• - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, Attorney General of Burma, architect of the first Constitution of Burma in 1947
• - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• - Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, former President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

Armed forces

Army

Name	Rank	Notability	Reference(s)
		Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces (2009), Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2005–2009)
		Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces (2004–2005), Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2000–2004)
		Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1988-1991)
		Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1996–1998)
		Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2017-2019)
Sanjaya Wanasinghe	Major General	Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces (July 2023 - Oct 2023)
		former Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army, former Commander of the Security Forces – Headquarters East (SF HQ (E))
		former Commander of the Security Forces – Headquarters East (SF HQ (E))
		former Chief of Staff of Sri Lankan Army
		former Commander 57th division of Sri Lankan Army, former Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army
	Major General	former Commander 53rd division of Sri Lankan Army, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence
		former Commander 56th division, Special Forces Regiment, and Army Commando Regiment of Sri Lankan Army
	Lieutenant Colonel
		first Sri Lankan commissioned officer to be killed in action in Sri Lankan Civil War

Navy

Name	Rank	Notability	Reference(s)
		Commander of the Navy (2005–2009)	^[2]
	Rear Admiral

Air force

Police

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	Inspector-General of Police (1955–1959)
	Inspector-General of Police (2009–2011)	^[3]
	Inspector-General of Police (1951–1953)	^[4]
	Deputy Inspector General of Police, 1960 national featherweight champion, 1960 Olympic Games competitor

Academics

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	Professor in Buddhist Philosophy and Comparative Religion at Peradeniya University; Dean of the Faculty of Arts; member of Board of Regents of University of Sri Lanka
	Lecturer of Electronics at Peradeniya University; Leader of Nava Samsamaja Party
	Dean - Faculty of Applied Sciences Simon Fraser University, Canada; Vice-President (Research and International), Carleton University, Canada
	Professor, School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia
	Founder of North Colombo Medical College
	Linguist, Head of the Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo
	3rd Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
	Economist, 7th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
	Economist, 17th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Legal

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	Former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
	Former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
	Burmese Lawyer, Entrepreneur

Corporate

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism; Former Managing Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
	Former Chief of Board of Investment (Sri Lanka); Chief Executive Officer Forbes and Walker Ltd
	Music & Tech Entrepreneur. Current Group CEO of the music distribution franchise, Bonfire Distribution Inc.

Sports

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	International cricket player (1982–2000); captain (1988–2000); Member of Parliament (Colombo (2001–10), Kalutara (2010–15), Gampaha (2015–present))
	International cricket player (1990–2007)
	International cricket player (2010–present); captain (2017-–present)
	One Day International cricket player (2001–06)
	One Day International cricket player (2001–06)
	International cricket player (1998–2005)
	International cricket player (1991–1999)
	International cricket player (2001)
	International cricket player (2015)
	One Day International cricket player (2004–2011)
	International cricket player (1987–1991)
	One Day International cricket player (2009–10)
	Olympic rifle shooter (1972, 1988)
	International cricket player (1989)
	One Day International cricket player (1993)
	International cricket player (1994–98)
	International cricket player (1993–95)
	International cricket player (2001–13)	^[5]
	International cricket player (1991)
	International cricket player (2013)
	International cricket player (1982)
	International cricket player (2018)
	First-class cricket player (1958–1965)
	International cricket player (1985)
	International cricket player (1983)
	International cricket player (1982–87)
	One Day International cricket player (1975–79)
	One Day International cricket player (1993)
	First-class cricket player (1965–68)
	First-class cricket player (2016)
	Motor Racer; former Secretary of Sri Lanka Association of Sri Lanka

Engineers

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	Former General Manager of Ceylon Railways
	Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
	Buddhist writer; chartered engineer (mechanical and civil)
	Pioneer of hydro power in Sri Lanka

Media

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	former head of the children's programmes unit of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
	CEO of CSN TV
	Sri Lankan journalist, writer, former Lake House chairman
	Journalist (Lake House); writer; diplomat; former First Secretary (Press and Information)	^[6]
	Journalist, poet, writer, playwright
	Journalist; former UNICEF Deputy Executive Director of External Relations

Arts

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	Composer; narrator
	Author
	Video artist; short filmmaker
	Director, producer, Screenplay writer
	Author; journalist
	Author; director
	Actor
	Playwright; actor; lyricist; radio play producer
	Film actor
	Journalist
	Singer
	Music director, singer, composer
	Singer
	Author; Civil Servant
	Singer
	Author; critic
	Film director; founding CEO / General Manager of the State Film Corporation pioneer of Sri Lankan television production
	Author
	Film director
	Poet, Journalist, Author
	Physician; author; folklorist; historian; conservationist
	Actor
	Singer
	Actor
	Author; Journalist
	Actor
	Actor, Dean - Faculty of Graduate Studies University of the Visual and Performing Arts
	Actor
	Film and TV actor
	Film journalist and editor

Religion

Name	Notability	Reference(s)
	Writer, Buddhist Scholar
	Theosophist, Author, Buddhist Scholar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hon. (Prof.) Ashu Marasinghe, M.P.. Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 27 June 2017.
2. Web site: Distinguished Old Anandians. 2015-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150213070031/http://www.ananda.sch.lk/spprofessionals4.php. 2015-02-13. dead.
3. Web site: Distinguished Old Anandians, Page 1. 14 February 2015.
4. Web site: Distinguished Old Anandians, Page 1. 14 February 2015.
5. Web site: PROFILE: THILAN SAMARAWEERA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150213063805/http://www.cricturf.com/general/profile/profile-thilan-samaraweera.html . 2015-02-13 .
6. Web site: The Island . www.island.lk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200623114530/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=76726 . 2020-06-23.