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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.

Academic

• Nishan Canagarajah
• Abhaya Induruwa
• Sunitha Wickramasinghe

Actors

• Jai Akash
• Tony Jayawardena
• Amara Karan
• Albert Moses
• Romesh Ranganathan – stand-up comedian, actor, presenter
• 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
• Nihal Gurusinghe – OBE professor, neurosurgeon

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 ^[1]
• Chandra Wickramasinghe

Sports

• Alistair Blair
• Jude Chaminda
• Dimitri Mascarenhas
• Gehan Mendis
• Walter Philps
• Murugan Thiruchelvam
• Duncan White
• Glucka Wijesuriya

Writers

• Mahinda Deegalle
• Rohan Jayasekera
• Michael Ondaatje
• Nadarajah Selvarajah
• Ambalavaner Sivanandan

Others

• Kali Arulpragasam
• Peter Kuruvita
• Sir Christopher Ondaatje
• Ganesh Sittampalam
• Anton Balasingham

See also

• List of Sri Lankans

References