# List of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon.
The list is complete through 1980.

## Ceylon (through 1972)

* Victoria of the United Kingdom (1857)
* Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1903)
* George V of the United Kingdom (1912)
* George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
* D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1949, 1966, 1968)
* Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
* Sir John Kotelawala, prime minister (1956)
* Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, educator (1959)
* Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, educator (1959)
* Anagarika Dharmapala, Buddhist missionary (1964)
* Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1961)
* Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1967)
* D. B. Jayatilaka, Buddhist scholar (1968)
* E. W. Perera, legislator (1969)
* Alexander Ekanayake Goonesinha, trade unionist, politician (1969)
* Ananda Coomaraswamy (1971)
* Vladimir Lenin, Soviet leader (1971)
* Cumaratunga Munidasa (1971)
* Arumuga Navalar (1971)
* Edward Henry Pedris, patriot (1971)
* Ananda Rajakaruna (1971)
* Charles Henry de Soysa, philanthropist (1971)
* S. Mahinda Thero (1971)

## Sri Lanka (from 1972)

* Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1973, 1974)
* Muhammad Lafir, billiards player (1973)
* Ponnambalam Ramanathan, lawyer, educator (1975)
* D.J. Wimalasurendra, engineer (1975)
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike, prime minister (1976)
* Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1976)
* Ponnambalam Arunachalam, educator (1977)
* Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, poet (1977)
* Mohammed Cassim Siddi Lebbe, lawyer, educator, journalist (1977)
* Veera Puran Appu, revolutionary (1978)
* Sir Ernest de Silva, Philanthropist
* D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1979)
* Piyadasa Sirisena, patriot, writer (1979)
* Swami Vipulananda, philosopher (1979)
* Rowland Hill, postal reformer (1979)
* Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1980)
* A. Ratnayake, educator (1980)
* George E. de Silva, politician (1980)
* H. W. Amarasuriya, politician, educationist, proprietor and philanthropist. (1983)
* Dr. E. W. Adikaram, educationist, populariser of science, philosopher, and thinker. (1988)
* Joseph Vaz, Indian Catholic missionary, "Apostle of Sri Lanka" (1992)
* Pope John Paul II, leader of Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 (1995)
* Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera, Buddhist monk (2005)
* Professor Seneka Bibile, pharmacologist, politician (2006)
* Sri Narayana Guru Saint, Social Reformer, Poet KERALA (2009)
* ERabindranath Tagore, poet (2011)
* Dudley Senanayake, politician (2011)
* Eddie Jayamanne, comedian (2012)
* Sandhya Kumari, actress (2012)
* Titus Thotawatte, director, editor (2012)
* Joe Abeywickrama, actor (2012)
* Malini Fonseka, actress (2012)
* Gamini Fonseka, actor (2012)
* Prof. Walpola Rahula Thero, Buddhist monk, scholar and writer (2012)
* Kusuma Gunawardena, politician (2012)
* Swami Vivekananda, Indian Hindu monk (2013)
* Reverend Father Tissa Balasuriya, Roman Catholic priest and theologian (2013)
* Alec Robertson, Buddhist preacher and lecturer (2013)
* Dr. Premasiri Khemadasa, composer (2013)
* Dr. Tissa Abeysekara, filmmaker (2013)
* Dharmadasa Walpola, musician (2013)
* Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Nayaka Thero, Buddhist monk (2013)