List of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka explained

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon.

The list is complete through 1980.

Ceylon (through 1972)

• Victoria of the United Kingdom (1857)
• Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1903)
• George V of the United Kingdom (1912)
• George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
• D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1949, 1966, 1968)
• Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
• Sir John Kotelawala, prime minister (1956)
• Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, educator (1959)
• Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, educator (1959)
• Anagarika Dharmapala, Buddhist missionary (1964)
• Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1961)
• Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1967)
• D. B. Jayatilaka, Buddhist scholar (1968)
• E. W. Perera, legislator (1969)
• Alexander Ekanayake Goonesinha, trade unionist, politician (1969)
• Ananda Coomaraswamy (1971)
• Vladimir Lenin, Soviet leader (1971)
• Cumaratunga Munidasa (1971)
• Arumuga Navalar (1971)
• Edward Henry Pedris, patriot (1971)
• Ananda Rajakaruna (1971)
• Charles Henry de Soysa, philanthropist (1971)
• S. Mahinda Thero (1971)

Sri Lanka (from 1972)

• Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1973, 1974)
• Muhammad Lafir, billiards player (1973)
• Ponnambalam Ramanathan, lawyer, educator (1975)
• D.J. Wimalasurendra, engineer (1975)
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike, prime minister (1976)
• Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1976)
• Ponnambalam Arunachalam, educator (1977)
• Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, poet (1977)
• Mohammed Cassim Siddi Lebbe, lawyer, educator, journalist (1977)
• Veera Puran Appu, revolutionary (1978)
• Sir Ernest de Silva, Philanthropist
• D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1979)
• Piyadasa Sirisena, patriot, writer (1979)
• Swami Vipulananda, philosopher (1979)
• Rowland Hill, postal reformer (1979)
• Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1980)
• A. Ratnayake, educator (1980)
• George E. de Silva, politician (1980)
• H. W. Amarasuriya, politician, educationist, proprietor and philanthropist. (1983)
• Dr. E. W. Adikaram, educationist, populariser of science, philosopher,^[1] and thinker. (1988)
• Joseph Vaz, Indian Catholic missionary, "Apostle of Sri Lanka" (1992)
• Pope John Paul II, leader of Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 (1995)
• Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera, Buddhist monk (2005)
• Professor Seneka Bibile, pharmacologist, politician (2006)
• Sri Narayana Guru Saint, Social Reformer, Poet KERALA (2009)
• ERabindranath Tagore, poet (2011)
• Dudley Senanayake, politician (2011)
• Eddie Jayamanne, comedian (2012)
• Sandhya Kumari, actress (2012)
• Titus Thotawatte, director, editor (2012)
• Joe Abeywickrama, actor (2012)
• Malini Fonseka, actress (2012)
• Gamini Fonseka, actor (2012)
• Prof. Walpola Rahula Thero, Buddhist monk, scholar and writer (2012)
• Kusuma Gunawardena, politician (2012)
• Swami Vivekananda, Indian Hindu monk (2013)
• Reverend Father Tissa Balasuriya, Roman Catholic priest and theologian (2013)
• Alec Robertson, Buddhist preacher and lecturer (2013)
• Dr. Premasiri Khemadasa, composer (2013)
• Dr. Tissa Abeysekara, filmmaker (2013)
• Dharmadasa Walpola, musician (2013)
• Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Nayaka Thero, Buddhist monk (2013)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commemoration of Dr. E.W Adikaram .