Dandeniya Hemachandra de Silva
Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva( 5 November 1932- 25 April 2014) was a Sri Lankan cricket player.
Commonly known as D.H. de Silva, he was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and at the University of Peradeniya.
He captained both his school cricket team and the university cricket team, before representing Nomads Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club in Sri Lankan cricket.
He was a founding member of the Nomads Sports club and is a former captain of the Nomads cricket team.
D.H. de Silva worked as the Charity Commissioner of the Colombo Municipal Council and later as the Municipal commissioner of the Kandy Municipal Council.
He also served as a cricket and tennis coach for the school children in Kandy district, before migrating to Australia.
De Silva was the first cricket coach of the Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara.
His younger brother Premachandra de Silva represented Ceylon and his youngest brother Somachandra de Silva played
Test cricket for Sri Lanka.
Somachandra later became the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket.
De Silva died on April 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 82.
Igor Sergeev (footballer)
Igor Sergeev( born 30 April 1993) is an Uzbek professional footballer of Russian origin, who plays as a forward for Pakhtakor Tashkent.
A tall and powerful striker who is prolific in front of goal, he is regarded as one of the brightest young talents in Asian football.
George E. de Silva
George Edmund de Silva( 8 June
1879- 12 March 1950) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.
He was the first Cabinet Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries in independent Sri Lanka( then Ceylon)( 1947 – 1948), a Member of Parliament and State Council.
He started his career as a journalist in the Ceylon Independent and in" The Times of Ceylon".
Later he entered the Ceylon Law College and started a law practice in Kandy.
In 1915 de Silva and E. W. Perera carried a secret Memorial initiated and drafted by Sir James Peiris to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, pleading for the repeal of martial law and vindication of the reputations of those who had been falsely accused during the riots of 1915.
De Silva entered politics after he was elected to the Kandy Municipal Council in 1930.
In 1931 he was elected to the State Council from the Central Province.
Having been re-elected, he was appointed Minister of Health.
In 1943 he was elected the President of the Ceylon National Congress.
After Ceylon gained independence, de Silva was elected to the seat of Kandy, at the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, and appointed to D. S. Senanayake's cabinet as the first Minister for Industries and Fisheries.
Together with his wife, Agnes née Neil, he is the father of Fredrick de Silva, MBE who was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka ’s Ambassador in France.
His grandson is Sir Desmond de Silva, former United Nations Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in Sierra Leone and former husband of Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia.
George E. de Silva's daughter Minnette de Silva was the first Asian woman to qualify as an architect with the Royal Institute of British Architects.
She worked on early experiments of tropical modernism in Sri Lanka.
He is also grand- uncle to journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge.
Pradeep de Silva (cricketer, born 1989)
Pradeep de Silva( born Warshamannada Pradeep de Silva on 30 September 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.
He is a right- handed batsman and right- arm medium- fast bowler who played for Singha Sports Club.
He was born in Galle.
De Silva made his cricketing debut during the 2009 – 10 season, against Lankan Cricket Club.
He scored six runs from the opening order.
Osmund de Silva
Osmund De Silva was the thirteenth and the first Ceylonese career police officer to become Inspector- General of Police( 1955 – 1959).
He was the son of Mudliyar Thomas de Silva, founder principal of Dharmasoka College.
Educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and University College, Colombo, De Silva joined the Ceylon Police Force as an Assistant Superintendent of Police, where he served in the Kegalle District before being transferred to the Police Training Academy.
In 1941 he married Ena Aluvihare, the teenage daughter of Sir Richard Aluwihare, who was the serving Inspector General of Police at the time.
In 1955 de Silva was the first Ceylonese to be appointed as Inspector General of Police from within the force and the first Buddhist Inspector General.
De Silva was responsible for introducing community policing to the country, a vision that was not shared by his successors.
In 1959 the Prime Minister of Ceylon, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike requested that the police intervene against trade union action occurring at Colombo Harbour.
De Silva declined to do the Prime Minister ’s bidding on the basis that he believed the request was not lawful.
On 24 April 1959, de Silva was compulsorily retired from the police force and M. Walter F. Abeykoon, a civil servant, was appointed in his place.
M. W. H. de Silva
M. W. H. de Silva was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.
He was the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and a member of the Senate of Ceylon.
He was the great uncle of Harsha de Silva.
Sampath Lakmal de Silva
Sampath Lakmal de Silva( – July 2, 2006) was a Sri Lankan Freelance press and television journalist specialising in defense articles and wrote for various publications including Irudina, Lakbima, Sathdina and TNL and he also worked for various television channels earlier he was the defense correspondent for now- defunct Sathdina Weekly.
He was found shot dead in Dehiwela in Colombo.
Hasitha Lakmal de Silva
Hasitha Lakmal de Silva( born 25 March 1991) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.
He made his Twenty 20 debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in the 2017 – 18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.
He made his List A debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in the 2017 – 18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 12 March 2018.
Ashley de Silva
Ashley Matthew de Silva( born 3 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 4 ODIs from 1986 to 1993.
He is,, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket.
De Silva was born in 1963 in Colombo into a Roman Catholic family.
He attended Saint Joseph's College, Colombo, where he played in four of the annual Battle of the Saints against St. Peter's College, Colombo, the last —in 1982 —as captain.
He became the first former Saint Joseph's player to play Test cricket.
De Silva began his domestic cricket career for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the Lakspray Trophy.
He later moved to Colombo Cricket Club where he was playing when the competition attained First- class cricket status in 1989.
After his playing career, de Silva became a referee as well as taking charge of one List A match as an umpire in 2011.
In 2013, de Silva became acting CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, later taking on the role permanently.
Gayan de Silva (Sri Lankan cricketer)
Yakupiti Gayan Asanka de Silva( born 1 December 1988), known as Gayan de Silva, is a Sri Lankan cricketer.
He made his senior competitive debut during the 2008 – 09 season, playing for the Colombo Cricket Club, and has since spent seasons with Antonians, Nondescripts, and Badureliya Sports Club.
Born in Balapitiya, Southern Province, de Silva attended Royal College, Colombo, and played for the school team in both the 2004 and 2005 editions of the annual Royal – Thomian match.
He made his debut in the Under- 23 Tournament for Colombo Cricket Club in mid-2004, despite being only 15 at time.
De Silva made his senior debut for Colombo in early January 2009, during the 2008 – 09 season of the Premier Limited Overs Tournament, and played several more one- day games the following season.
His first- class debut came during the 2010 – 11 season of the Premier Trophy, by which time he had switched to Antonians.
Playing as an opening batsman, de Silva scored a maiden half- century, 68, against Seeduwa Raddoluwa in his second match of the season, which he followed with an innings of 97 against Burgher Recreation Club two games later.
The latter innings came from a team total of 172 and took only 104 balls, with De Silva( as the last man out) narrowly missing out on carrying his bat.
De Silva has since scored only one further half- century, for Badureliya against Colombo C.C. during the 2012 – 13 season, having earlier spent the 2011 – 12 season with Nondescripts.

Question: Who was born earlier, Igor Sergeev (Footballer) or Hasitha Lakmal De Silva?
Answer: Hasitha Lakmal De Silva