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 Sujit Sivasundaram - Professor of World History, University of Cambridge; Fellow British Academy.
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
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
See also List of Sri Lankans
References