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List of British Sri Lankans
List of notable people of Sri Lankan descent living in the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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
Lawyers
Media
Military
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
Politicians
Religion
Scientists
Sports
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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.
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