Jayawardene
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Jayewardene may refer to:
- Mahela JayawardeneMahela JayawardeneDenagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s...
(born 1977), former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team - Prasanna JayawardenePrasanna JayawardeneHewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan cricketer...
(born 1979), a Sri Lankan cricketer - Jayawardene Welathanthrige Hemantha Devapriya Boteju (born 1977), another Sri Lankan cricketer
- Junius Richard JayewardeneJunius Richard JayewardeneJunius Richard Jayewardene , famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the first executive President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence...
(1906–1996), Sri Lankan president from 1978 until 1989