Directory

Notable People

Presidents, prime ministers, independence patriots, scholars and cultural figures.

These biographies describe public record — offices held, dates, and what each person did. They do not assert anyone's caste. Community affiliation is documented for only a few of these individuals, and claiming it without evidence is precisely the error this archive has been correcting elsewhere.

Executive Presidents

Anura Kumara Dissanayake 10th Executive President of Sri Lanka (Current) Ranil Wickremesinghe 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa 6th Executive President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga 5th Executive President of Sri Lanka D.B. Wijetunga 4th Executive President of Sri Lanka J.R. Jayewardene 1st Executive President of Sri Lanka

Prime Ministers & State Leaders

D.S. Senanayake 1st Prime Minister of Ceylon (Father of the Nation) Dudley Senanayake 2nd Prime Minister of Ceylon Sir John Kotelawala 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike 4th Prime Minister of Ceylon Sirimavo Bandaranaike World’s First Female Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Former Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne Former Prime Minister

Politicians & Statesmen

Gamini Dissanayake Prominent Minister and architect of the Mahaweli Project Lalith Athulathmudali Prominent Minister and founder of the Mahapola scheme Anura Bandaranaike Former Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya Former Speaker of the Parliament W.J.M. Lokubandara Former Speaker of the Parliament Mangala Samaraweera Former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs General Anuruddha Ratwatte Former Deputy Minister of Defense

Aristocracy & Independence

Maha Mudaliyar Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike Paramount Native Chief during the British Era Keppetipola Disawa Great Hero of the Uva-Wellassa Rebellion Gongalegoda Banda Leader of the Matale Rebellion F.R. Senanayake Prominent independence activist D.C. Senanayake Independence activist Hector Jayewardene Advocate and political organizer W.A. de Silva Philanthropist and Buddhist revivalist

Scholars & Cultural Icons

Martin Wickramasinghe Father of modern Sinhala literature Munidasa Kumaratunga Grammarian and founder of Hela Havula Sir Paul Pieris Eminent historian and scholar Dr. E.W. Adikaram Scholar and philosopher