List of Dharmaraja College alumni

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This is a list of Old Rajans, they being the alumni of Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Name Notability Reference
Amarasiri Kalansuriya Legendary Film Actor (Most Popular Actor in 70s & 80s)
Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2001 – 2010)
Nalin Angammana Lieutenant General former GOC, 3rd Division Sri Lanka Engineers
Chandrarathna Bandara Author
J. B. Disanayake Linguistics professor; author
Lalith Dissanayake Member of Parliament (Kegalle District) (2008 – 2015)
Sarath Dissanayake Rear Admiral
T. B. Dissanayake President's Counsel; former Commissioner of Assizes (1969 – 1970)
C. A. S. Marikkar Member of Parliament 1952, 1957 1960. Minister for Post, Broadcasting and Communication.
William Gopallawa MBE President of Sri Lanka (1972 – 1978); Governor-General of Ceylon (1962 – 1972)
A. Ekanayake Gunasinha Mayor of Colombo (1940 – 1943); Member of Parliament (Colombo Central District) (1947 – 1952)
Ananda W. P. Guruge Buddhist scholar; author
Pujith Jayasundara Inspector General of Police (2016 – 2020)
Major General Prasanna Chandrasekera Former Master-General of the Ordnance at Sri Lanka Army
Chamara Kapugedera International test cricketer (2006 – 2009)
W. S. Karunaratne Buddhist scholar
T.B. Kehelgamuwa First-class cricketer
Wimalaratne Kumaragama Poet
Sunanda Mahendra Author; poet
Dharma Sri Munasinghe Playwright; screenwriter; director
Keerthi Pasquel Singer
Dharmasena Pathiraja Film director; screenwriter
Roshan Pilapitiya Actor; producer
Tilak Ratnayake Governor of Uva Province (1990 – 1993)
Godwin Samararatne Meditation instructor
Anuradha Seneviratna Linguistics professor; author
Sir Bennet Soysa Member of the State Council; Member of the Senate of Ceylon; Mayor of Kandy
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Member of Parliament (Matale District) (1994 – present)
Heshan Unamboowe Olympic swimmer
Eric Prasanna Weerawardena Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2010 – present)
Stanley Wijesundera Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo (1979 – 1989)
Sudarshana Pathirana Presiding commander of the Sri Lankan Airforce (2020 - present)
Sandun Weerakkody International test cricketer
Dayan Witharana Renowned Singer

See also