List of University of Colombo people

The following people spent time at the University of Colombo as either teaching staff or students.

Heads of state and government

Prominent figures in the independence movement

Legislators and political figures

Clergy and religious figures

Civil servants

Diplomats

  • T. D. S. A. Dissanayake - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and Egypt
  • Yogendra Duraiswamy, SLOS - former Sri Lankan diplomat
  • Deshamanya Dr Vernon Mendis, SLOS - former United Nations' Special Envoy to the Middle East, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Canada; Ambassador to USSR, Cuba and Secretary General of the Non Aligned Movement[4]
  • Daya Perera, PC - former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada; Ambassador to the United Nations in New York
  • Wickrema Weerasooria - former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation

Military

Police

  • Sydney de Zoysa - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Range II; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security; a leader of the attempted military coup in 1962[5]
  • C. C. Dissanayake - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) and a leader of the attempted military coup in 1962[6]
  • S.A. Dissanayake - former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Additional Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence
  • N. K. Illangakoon - current Inspector General of Police (IGP)[7]

Academics

Vice Chancellors

Professors and scholars

Artists

Novelists, poets and playwrights

Actors

Visual artists

  • Malaka Dewapriya - filmmaker, short film director, video artist, radio play writer

Judges

Medicine

Journalists

Sportsmen

Lawyers

Engineers

  • B.D Rampala - former Chief Mechanical Engineer and General Manager of the Ceylon Government Railway

Activists

Faculty

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References

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