List of British Sri Lankans

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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.

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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

Alistair Blair - Ceylonese Cricketer, Born in British Ceylon and represented the Ceylon National Cricket Team.
Jude Chaminda - Played First-class cricket in Wales.
Dimitri Mascarenhas - English Cricketer of Sri Lankan Descent and played Hampshire and represented the England Cricket Team.
Gehan Mendis - English and Sri Lankan Cricketer who played for Sussex and Lancashire.
Walter Philps - Ceylonese Cricketer who played for Buckinghamshire.
Glucka Wijesuriya - English and Sri Lankan Cricketer who played for Suffolk.

Murugan Thiruchelvam - Chess Played
Duncan White - British Ceylon born Olympic Athlete who represented Ceylon at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a Silver Medal and became the first Ceylonese/Sri Lankan to win a medal in the Modern day Olympics.