Composers

• W. D. Amaradeva
• Dilup Gabadamudalige
  Dilup Gabadamudalige
  Kala Suri Diliup Gabadamudalige is a Sri Lankan pianist, composer, lyricist and producer. He was a pioneer in Computer Animation in Sri Lanka.Educated at Royal College, Colombo, where he was a pioneer member of the Royal College Band. A prize winner in Piano from the Trinity College of Music, he...
  
  
• Premasiri Khemadasa
  Premasiri Khemadasa
  Dr.Premasiri Khemadasa also known as "Khemadasa Master" is one of the most influential composers in Sri Lankan music. Exploring the various styles of music around the world Khemadasa endeavored to develop a unique style of music...
  
  
• Nanda Malini
  Nanda Malini
  Nanda Malini who traditional style Singer is well known the queen of classical , contemporary Sinhala music and the most talented and much loved female singer in Sri Lanka....
  
  

Dancers

• Owen de Abrew
  Owen de Abrew
  Owen de Abrew is one of Sri Lanka's leading ballroom dance personalities, he is known as the 'King of Ballroom dancing' in Colombo. He was born on the island in 1920.- Fifty Years in Ballroom Dancing in Sri Lanka :...
  
  
• Chitrasena
  Chitrasena
  Chitrasena was a pioneering dancer from Sri Lanka, internationally known for his work in establishing a modern Sri Lankan tradition of dance and popularizing traditional Sri Lankan dance forms worldwide.-Early life:Amaratunga Arachige Maurice Dias alias Chitrasena was born on January 26, 1921 at...
  
  
• Shesha Palihakkara
  Shesha Palihakkara
  Shesha Palihakkara was an Sri Lankan dancer, actor, and producer. He achieved critical recognition with a starring role in Lester James Peries' masterpiece Rekava and as producer of Getawarayo, Sarawita and Ranmuthu Duwa....
  
  

Freedom agitators and martyrs

Industrialists

• Sir Ernest de Silva
• Phillip Upali Wijewardena
  Upali Wijewardene
  Philip Upali Wijewardene was a well-known businessman in Sri Lanka who established the Upali Group. At the time of his death, Wijewardene had branched in to newspapers, confectionery and even started a domestic air line named Upali Air...
  
  
• U.N.Gunasekera
• Harry Jayawardena
  Harry Jayawardena
  Deshamanya Don Harold Stassen Jayawardena , widely known as Harry Jayawardena, is one of the most prominent and controversial Sri Lankan businessmen...
  
  
• Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana
  Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana
  Muhandiram Lansage Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana was a Sri Lankan businessman, a philanthropist and a pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement...
  
  
• Don Carolis Hewavitharana
  Don Carolis Hewavitharana
  Don Carolis Hewavitharana Wijeyaguneratne was a Ceylonese businessman, industrialist, philanthropist and a pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement. He was the father of Anagarika Dharmapala, and created a political family of considerable influence.-Early life:He was born in Yatiyana, Hittetiya,...