Royal College, Colombo - Alumni

Alumni

Main article: List of Royal College Colombo alumni See also: Category:Alumni of the Royal College, Colombo

Past pupils of Royal College Colombo are known as Old Royalists, they include many distinguished figures. The school has produced the first Executive President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene; the longest serving President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; the last Sultan of the Maldives Muhammad Fareed Didi and also three Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka, including General Sir John Kotalawela and Ranil Wickremasinghe.

Many of the prominent leaders of the independence movement in the early twentieth century including Anagarika Dharmapala, E.W.Perera, Sir James Peiris, Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan and C.A. Hewavitharne were educated at the Colombo Academy.

The school's alumni also include Shirley Amerasinghe (President of the United Nations General Assembly), Gamani Corea (Secretary-General of the UNCTD), Christopher Weeramantry (Vice President of the International Court of Justice), Sir Nicholas Attygalle (First Sri Lankan Vice Chancellor), V. K. Samaranayake (Founder of the UCSC), Mohan Munasinghe (Vice Chairman of the IPCC) and General Deshamanya Sepala Attygalle (First Sri Lankan Four-star General).

• J. R. Jayewardene

• Sir John Kotalawela

• Anagarika Dharmapala

• Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam