# List of British Sri Lankans

This is a list of notable people of Sri Lankan descent living in the United Kingdom. The term "Sri Lankan Britons" refers to Sri Lankans of all ethnic groups.

## Academic

* Nishan Canagarajah - British Tamil academic and the current president and vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester.Abhaya Induruwa
* Sunitha Wickramasinghe - Sri Lankan Born British former Deputy Dean of the Imperial College School of Medicine

## Actors

* Jai Akash
* Tony Jayawardena
* Amara Karan
* Indy Lewis
* Albert Moses
* Romesh Ranganathan – stand-up comedian, actor, presenter
* Anneika Rose
* Nethra Tilakumara
* Kim Vithana

## Business

* Subaskaran Allirajah – businessman, entrepreneur, founder of the Lycamobile; the world's largest MVNO based in the UK
* Karunamoorthy – film producer, founder of Ayngaran International
* Arjuna Sittampalam – financier
* Ratheesan Yoganathan – entrepreneur, founder of the Lebara

## Engineers

* Cecil Balmond
* Shini Somara
* Kanagaratnam Sriskandan

## Lawyers

* Desmond Lorenz de Silva

## Media

* George Alagiah
* Nigel Barker
* Suranga Chandratillake
* James Coomarasamy
* Rasantha Cooray
* Vernon Corea
* Darshini David
* Elmo Fernando
* Christopher Greet
* Rohan Jayasekera
* Neville Jayaweera
* Tim Kash

## Military

* Jack Churchill
* Cyril Nicholas

## Musicians

* Arjun Coomaraswamy
* Beverley Craven
* Rohan de Saram
* Desmond de Silva
* Tanya Ekanayaka – composer, pianist
* Siva Kaneswaran
* Lay Low
* M.I.A.
* Nimal Mendis
* Andrew Nethsingha – choral conductor, organist
* DJ Nihal
* Ashan Pillai – violinist

## Physicians

* Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
* Henry Speldewinde de Boer
* Ajith Kumar Siriwardena
* Richard Lionel Spittel

## Politicians

* Desmond Lorenz de Silva
* Nirj Deva
* Jan Jananayagam
* Ranil Jayawardena
* Alexander Robert Johnston

## Religion

* Kamal Chunchie
* Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera
* Lakshman Wickremasinghe

## Scientists

* Suran Goonatilake
* Cyril Ponnamperuma
* Chandra Wickramasinghe

## Sports
### Cricket

* Alistair Blair - Ceylonese Cricketer, Born in British Ceylon and represented the Ceylon National Cricket Team.
* Jude Chaminda - Played First-class cricket in Wales.
* Dimitri Mascarenhas - English Cricketer of Sri Lankan Descent and played Hampshire and represented the England Cricket Team.
* Gehan Mendis - English and Sri Lankan Cricketer who played for Sussex and Lancashire.
* Walter Philps - Ceylonese Cricketer who played for Buckinghamshire.
* Glucka Wijesuriya - English and Sri Lankan Cricketer who played for Suffolk.

### Football

See also: British Asians in association football
* Dillon De Silva - winger for Sutton United and the Sri Lankan National Team.
* Sam Durrant - plays as a winger for Dundalk.
* Vimal Yoganathan - plays as a midfielder for Barnsley and Wales U19.
* Nikki Ahmed - former midfielder who played for Chelsea and FSV Frankfurt.
* Marvin Hamilton - midfielder for Hythe Town and the Sri Lanka National Team.

### Other

* Murugan Thiruchelvam - Chess Played
* Duncan White - British Ceylon born Olympic Athlete who represented Ceylon at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a Silver Medal and became the first Ceylonese/Sri Lankan to win a medal in the Modern day Olympics.

## Writers

* Mahinda Deegalle
* Rohan Jayasekera
* Michael Ondaatje
* Christine Pillainayagam
* Nadarajah Selvarajah
* Ambalavaner Sivanandan

## Others

* Kali Arulpragasam
* Peter Kuruvita
* Sir Christopher Ondaatje
* Ganesh Sittampalam
* Anton Balasingham