Robert Knox

Robert Knox

male, deceased (1720)
Robert Knox (1641-1720) was an English sea captain in the service of the British East India Company. He was the son of another sea captain, also...
Edward Hughes

Edward Hughes

male, deceased (1794)
Admiral Sir Edward Hughes RN (c. 1720-1794), British admiral, entered the Royal Navy in 1735, and four years later was present at Porto Bello. In...
Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan

Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan

male, deceased (2006)
Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, popularly known as SSR, a journalist working for the Tamil language daily Sudaroli was shot dead in Eastern port city...

Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi

female, deceased (1996)
Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil woman aged 17 who was raped and killed in Kumarapuram in Trincomalee on December 16...

Thangathurai Arunasalam

male, deceased (1997)
Thangathurai Arunasalam also spelt Thangathurai Arunachalam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. He was Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) MP for...

Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke

male, deceased (1978)
Sir Oliver Goonetilleke (20 October 1892- 17 December 1978) was an important figure in the gradual independence of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from...

James Alms

male
James Alms, an 18th-century captain in the Royal Navy, was a native of Gosport, in the county of Hants. During his early services in the...
Charles Fremantle

Charles Fremantle

male, deceased (1869)
Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle (1 June 1800 - 25 May 1869) was a Captain of the British Royal Navy. The City of Fremantle in Western Australia...

V. Akilesapillai

male
V. Akilesapillai (March 7, 1853 - January 1, 1910) was a Sri Lankan Tamil scholar, Poet and writer. Akilesapillai was born on March 7, 1853 in the...
D. D. Weerasinghe

D. D. Weerasinghe

male
D.D. Weerasinghe was a Sri Lankan Mudliyar and is known for his key role in supporting and financing the restoration of the ancient Buddhist...