List of Dharmaraja College alumni

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

Name Notability Reference
Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2001 – 2010) [1]
Nalin Angammana   Lieutenant General / GOC, 3rd Division Sri Lanka Engineers [2][3]
Chandrarathna Bandara Author [4]
Prasanna Chandrasekera Major General/Master-General of the Ordnance at Sri Lanka Army [5]
J. B. Disanayake Linguistics professor; author [6]
Lalith Dissanayake Member of Parliament (Kegalle District) (2008 – 2015)
Sarath Dissanayake Rear Admiral
T. B. Dissanayake President's Counsel; Commissioner of Assizes (1969 – 1970) [7]
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) [8]
A. Ekanayake Gunasinha Mayor of Colombo (1940 – 1943); Member of Parliament (Colombo Central District) (1947 – 1952) [9]
Ananda W. P. Guruge Buddhist scholar; author
Pujith Jayasundara Inspector General of Police (2016 – 2020) [10]
Amarasiri Kalansuriya Legendary Film Actor (Most Popular Actor in 70s & 80s) [11]
Chamara Kapugedera International test cricketer (2006 – 2009)
W. S. Karunaratne Buddhist scholar
T.B. Kehelgamuwa First-class cricketer [12]
Wimalaratne Kumaragama Poet
Sunanda Mahendra Author; poet
Dharma Sri Munasinghe Playwright; screenwriter; director [13]
Keerthi Pasquel Singer [14]
Dharmasena Pathiraja Film director; screenwriter [15]
Sudarshana Pathirana commander of the Sri Lankan Airforce (2020-2023) [16]
Roshan Pilapitiya Actor; producer [17]
Tilak Ratnayake Governor of Uva Province (1990 – 1993)
Godwin Samararatne Meditation instructor
Anuradha Seneviratna Linguistics professor; author [18]
Sir Bennet Soysa Member of the State Council; Member of the Senate of Ceylon; Mayor of Kandy [19]
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Member of Parliament (Matale District) (1994 – present) [20]
Heshan Unamboowe Olympic swimmer
Sandun Weerakkody International test cricketer
Eric Prasanna Weerawardena Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2010 – present)
Stanley Wijesundera Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo (1979 – 1989) [21]
Dayan Witharana Singer
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  10. ^ "Pujith New IGP". Daily Mirror. 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Kalan, the simple guy". The Nation. 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  12. ^ "'Kehel' - a 'born' pace bowler". The Sunday Observer. 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  13. ^ "Works of Dharma Sri Munasinghe:SLRC". Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  14. ^ Kannangara, Nirmala (22 January 2006). "Keerthi: life in the limelight". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  15. ^ Attanayake, Ranjith Bandara (3 March 2007). "Pathi felicitated in Kandy". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  16. ^ "Air Vice Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana takes command of SLAF". News First. 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Good looks and charm drive him on". Daily News. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  18. ^ "Prof Anuradha Seneviratna made great contribution to Sinahala literature". Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  19. ^ Dassanayake, M. B. (30 March 2002). "113th Birth Anniversary : Sir Bennet Soysa - the philanthropist of the hills". Daily News. Archived from the original on 26 December 2004. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  20. ^ "Janaka Bandara Tennakoon". The Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  21. ^ "Educationist and administrator of high calibre". Sunday Times. 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2011.