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Alumni of the University of Peradeniya
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The list Alumni of the University of Peradeniya includes
Gunasena Galappatty, Simon Navagattegama, Gishan Dissanaike, Kshanika Hirimburegama and Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera.
The list consists of 83 members
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Gunasena Galappatty
Playwright
Overview: Gunasena Galappatty (born June 7, 1927, in Dikwella in Matara, Sri Lanka) was a Sri Lankan dramatist, director, producer, and Sinhala radio play writer regarded as the pioneer of suspense drama in Sri ...Date of birth: 7 June 1927Date of death: 27 November 1984Age: 57 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Writer
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Simon Navagattegama
Sri Lankan writer
Overview: Simon Navagattegama [also spelled Nawagattegama] (September 15, 1940 – October 9, 2005) was a Sinhala novelist, Sinhala Radio Play writer, playwright and actor.Date of birth: 15 September 1940Date of death: 9 November 2005Age: 65 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Writer 0
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3.Overview: Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary B.Sc, M.Sc., M. Phil (5 September 1950 - 2 December 2006) was a scientist and inventor born in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. His father named him after the Pole Star, "Dhuruvan N ... 0
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Alim Mohamed Hisbulla
Sri Lankan politicianOverview: Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah (born 2 February 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician and state minister. He is one of the presidential candidates running in the 2019 Presidential Elections. 0
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Y Karunadasa
Philosopher
Overview: Yakupitiyage Karunadasa is a Sri Lankan scholar in Buddhist Studies. His main areas of specialization are Early Buddhism and Theravada Abidhamma.Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Writer 0
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Dayananda Gunawardena
Sri Lankan writer
Overview: Hettipathirannehelage Dayananda Gunawardena (Sinhala: දයානන්ද ගුනවර්ධන) (15 October 1934 – 24 June 1993), better known as Dayananda Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan playwright, actor, lyricist, dramatist ...Date of birth: 15 October 1934Date of death: 24 June 1993Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Writer 0
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Gishan Dissanaike
Sri Lankan, WriterOverview: Gishan Dissanaike is a financial economist and holds the Adam Smith Professorial Chair in Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge. He was, until recently, the Head of the Finance & Accounting ...Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Writer 0
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Kshanika Hirimburegama
Sri Lankan academic
Overview: Sannas Mudiyanselage Kshanika Kumari Hirimburegama (known as Kshanika Hirimburegama) (born January 1, 1958) is a Sri Lankan academic. She was the 17th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo. Prior ... 0
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Overview: Ven Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera (Sinhala:????? ????? ??????? ??????) is the incumbent Head Priest of the London Buddhist Vihara and the current Chief Sangha Nayaka of Great Britain. He was appointed ...Nationality: Sri Lankan 0
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Susantha De Alwis
Sri Lankan diplomatOverview: Susantha De Alwis (d. 22 December 2008) was a Sri Lankan diplomat, the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Japan, South Korea and former Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva) ...Date of death: 22 December 2008Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Diplomat 0
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Ana Seneviratne
Sri Lankan diplomat
Overview: Ganegoda Appuhamelage Don Edmund Ananda Seneviratne (20 April 1927 – 26 September 2015) was a former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia, former adviser to ...Date of birth: 20 April 1927Date of death: 26 September 2015Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Diplomat 0
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David Kalupahana
Sri Lankan Buddhist scholar and philosopher (1936–2014)Overview: David J. Kalupahana (1936–2014) was a Buddhist scholar from Sri Lanka. He was a student of the late K.N. Jayatilleke, who was a student of Wittgenstein. He wrote mainly about epistemology, theory of l ...Date of birth: 1936Date of death: 2014Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Philosopher 0
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Janaka Perera
Sri Lankan politician
Overview: Major General Janaka Perera, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, VSP, rcds, psc, CR (1 February 1946 – 6 October 2008) was a Sri Lankan General and politician. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and ...Date of birth: 1 February 1946Date of death: 6 October 2008Age: 62 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Politician 0
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Sengai Aaliyan
Sri Lankan Tamil writer
Overview: Kanthaiya Kunarasa or Senkaialiyan (In Tamil : செங்கை ஆழியான்) was a Sri Lankan Tamil writer who emerged after the 1960s. He is also the author of several non-fiction books. He also served as the registrar ...Date of birth: 1941Date of death: 28 February 2016Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Activist 0
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Nyanaponika Thera
German Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar
Overview: Nyanaponika Thera or Nyanaponika Mahathera (July 21, 1901 – 19 October 1994) was a German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk, co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society, contemporary author ...Date of birth: 21 July 1901Date of death: 19 October 1994Age: 93 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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16.Overview: Ernest Thalayasingam MacIntyre, (a.k.a. Macintyre, Ernest Thalayasingam), (born 26 September 1934) is a Sri Lankan playwright of the English language, who has been active in the Sri Lankan English theatre ... 0
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Indira Samarasekera
President of the University of Alberta
Overview: Indira Vasanti Samarasekera OC, (née Arulpragasam; April 11, 1952), is the former president and former vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. She has been a member of the Independent Advisory Board ... 0
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Darmasena Pathiraja
Film director
Overview: Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. He has been referred to as a ‘rebel with a cause’, an ...Date of birth: 28 March 1943Date of death: 28 January 2018Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: Sri LankanOccupation: Film DirectorGender: Male 0
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Sarath Amunugama
Sri Lankan politician
Overview: Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama (Sinhala:සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම), MP, SLAS (born July 10, 1939) is a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration ... 0
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Malik Peiris
Sri Lankan virologistOverview: Professor Malik Peiris FRS, d'Honneur, (Sinhala:මලික් පීරිස්; born 10 November 1949) is a renowned Sri Lankan pathologist and virologist. He has been long based in Hong Kong. His research interests include ... 0
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