Alumni
The alumni of St. John's College are known as Old Johnians. Alumni include:
- Premasiri Khemadasa - music composer
- Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - Deputy Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and Ceylon's first Ambassador to Burma and Japan
- Lalith Athulathmudali - Former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and deputy minister of defence
- Dr. Colvin R De Silva - Former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs
- Leslies Gunewardana - Former Cabinet Minister of Transport
- Percy Samaraweera - First Chief Minister of Uva Province
- Prof Ediriweera Sarachchandra - Professor Emeritus, playwright and Sri Lankan Ambassador to France
- Prof Gunapala Malalasekara, OBE - Professor of Languages and first Ceylon's Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York
- Ravindra Pushpakumara - Sri Lankan cricketer
- Charitha Buddhika - Sri Lankan cricketer
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