This is a list of Old Sylvestrines, the alumni of St. Sylvester's College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Name Notability ReferenceInternational cricket and hockey player Anura Ranasinghe - won Observer Schoolboy Cricket Award twice - 1974 and 1975 Vice-Chancellor of University of Peradeniya (2009–2012)Tilake AbeysingheInternationally reputed painter and sculptor - awarded “Cavaliere of the Order of Merit" (knighthood) by the Italian Government. Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (2013–present), Deputy Solicitor General (?-2013) 1964 Olympic welterweight boxer, boxing referee (1944 –) Ceylon national football team player (1961 – 1968) Admiral - Commander of the Navy (2012 – 2014) Director-General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (1998 – ) Governor of North Eastern Province (1993 – 1994) Member of Parliament - Matara (2010–present) Governor of Central Province (2005 – 2015) Member of Parliament - Kandy (2015–present) Member of Parliament - National List (1977-1989), Ambassador to Maldives, Ambassador to Italy Member of Parliament - (1977-1989), Ambassador to Jordan (2011-2015) Member of Parliament - Kegalle (1989-1994) Filmmaker and actor (1934-1983) General - Chief of Staff Sri Lankan Army; first General Officer Commanding the Joint Operations Command; Secretary of Defence Chief Minister of Uva Province (1988-1998), Member of Parliament - Welimada (1965-1970, 1977-1989) Vice-Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University (2014-2017) Member of Parliament - National List (2015–present) Major general, Brigade Commander, 51-4 Brigade Member of Parliament - National List (2015–present) Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka (2020–2025) 20th Commander of the Air Force (2025–present)
See also St. Sylvester's College
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