Ernest MacIntyre (1935 -) is a Sri Lankan playwright of the English language.

Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970 in Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory) was a left-handed cricket batsman (LHB) and a slow left arm chinaman (SLC) bowler. He was widely regarded as one of the finest ODI batsman in the world for his ability to see out a match, and his phenomenal average. He played 232 ODI matches for Australia, and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 teams that won the World Cup. In List A cricket as a whole, Bevan has an exceptional average of over 58, …

Guy Theodore Sebastian (born October 26, 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and winner of the first "Australian Idol" TV talent competition quest in 2003. Since winning the competition, he has released three top five albums and seven top twenty singles and has sold over a million albums and singles in Australia alone. He has also had substantial success overseas with number one hits in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Jaime Durie (born 6 March 1970) is an Australian television personality of Sri Lankan origin. The former Channel Nine, now Channel Seven star has hosted a variety of programs, mostly "lifestyle" shows, including Channel Nine's Backyard Blitz, Renovation Rescue and The Block. Jamie is now the host of Channel Seven's Australia's Best Backyards.

C.J. Eliezer (Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer). born during a wedding in Sri Lanka, 1918, died during a wedding on March 10, 2001. Eliezer was a mathematician, Tamil rights activist and recipient of the Order of Australia. Son of Jaffna, chair of Mathematics in Colombo and Kuala Lampur, he retired from La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia). In October 1997 Eliezer received Maamanithar, Tamil Eelam's highest honour.

Dr. Siri Gamage was born in Walasmulla, Sri Lanka and had his university education in Sociology at the University of Ceylon (1968-72). He obtained an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Hawaii (1977-79) and a Ph. D in anthropology & Sociology from Monash University, Australia. His research focused on social inequality in rural Kandyan highlands. From 1974-1986 he served on the academic staff of the sociology department, University of Peradeniya.

Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama (born 31 May 1966 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan international cricket referee and a former cricket player. Although he averaged less than 30 at Test cricket, he did score four centuries, including a top score of 225 for the Sri Lankan cricket team against India at Colombo, where he shared a then world record second wicket partnership of 576 runs with Sanath Jayasuriya.

Myuran Sukumaran (b. April 17, 1981), a London born Sri Lankan-Tamil-Australian martial arts expert from Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, is a convicted "ringleader" of the heroin smuggling operation from Indonesia to Australia known as the Bali Nine. Sukumaran was sentenced to execution by firing squad by the Denpasar District Court on 14 February, 2006. Sukumaran was unknown to police until his arrest in Indonesia on April 17, 2005.

Davenell Frederick Whatmore (born March 16, 1954, Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a former international cricketer who represented Australia. He had a very short international career from March 1979 to January 1980 in which he played just 7 Test matches and 1 one-day international. At first-class level, he scored over 6,000 runs for Victoria. Whatmore retired from professional cricket in 1988/89 to pursue a career in coaching. He coached Sri Lanka in two separate spells, …

Geoff Jansz (born 1958) is a Sri Lankan-born Australian Maltese chef and television presenter. Formerly a pharmacist, graduating with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Sydney in 1984, Jansz instead turned to things epicureal and opened a restaurant in Picton, New South Wales. Although working with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992, Jansz's first notable television role came in 1992 as a presenter on the Nine Network's "What's Cooking", …

Danny Nalliah (born 1964) is an Australian Christian evangelist pastor. He is the leader of Rise Up Australia, a prayer organisation, and the President of the Assemblies of God-affiliated Catch the Fire Ministries. Nalliah is particularly known for a case brought against him under Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act by the Islamic Council of Victoria. In this landmark case, along with his colleague Daniel Scot, …

Keith Potger (born March 21 1941) at Colombo in Sri Lanka, is one of the founder members of the Australian pop-folk group The Seekers, in which he played twelve string guitar (a Maton FG-150/12), banjo, and sang. Potger was also a founder of The New Seekers. He is currently performing solo concerts in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Professor de Kretser obtained his Doctorate of Medicine from Monash University in 1969, his research having focused on the structure and function of the human testis. Prior to studying at Monash, he received Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Melbourne. During his career Professor de Kretser has made a significant contribution to the field of male fertility.

Ameer Ali is the ex-President of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, an umbrella group for various Islamic groups or councils in Australia. In 2006, he was the chairman of the Australian Muslim Community Reference Group, which was an advisory body to the federal government from mid 2005 to mid 2006. Ali was educated at the University of Ceylon in Sri Lanka, the London School of Economics, …

The Most Reverend Roger Adrian Herft (1948-) is the present Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. He was inaugurated in 2005. Previously he was the Bishop of Newcastle from 1993 - 2005. Born in Sri Lanka, Archbishop Roger was one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion when he was elected Bishop of Waikato, New Zealand in 1986.

Kamahl (born November 13 1934) is the stage name of an Australian cabaret/easy listening singer and recording artist who is perhaps best known for his song "The Elephant Song", as well as his sensitive interpretations of standards in the repertoire of popular music. Kamahl begun his music career in small time band "Radial Arm". His real name is Kandiah Kamalesvaran AM and he is of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage born in Malaysia to Tamil Hindu parents.