Austen Henry Layard

Austen Henry Layard

male, deceased (1894)
The Right Honourable Sir Austen Henry Layard (pronounced 'laird', not, as now commonly, 'lay-ard') (5 March, 1817 - 5 July, 1894) was a British...
Susantha Ratnayake

Susantha Ratnayake

male
Susantha Chaminda Ratnayake ia Sri Lankan businessman. At age 47, he became the youngest-ever Chairman of Sri Lanka's foremost conglomerate, John...
Clements Markham

Clements Markham

male, deceased (1916)
Sir Clements Robert Markham KCB FRS (20 July 1830 - 30 January 1916) was a British explorer, author and geographer. As President of the Royal...
Nury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

male
Nury Vittachi (born 2 October 1958 in Ceylon) is an Asian author and journalist. One of his most well known works is the comedy-crime novel series...
Neville Jayaweera

Neville Jayaweera

male
Neville Jayaweera is a distinguished civil servant of Sri Lanka. He was handpicked by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Dudley Senanayake and the...
Ivan Corea

Ivan Corea

male, deceased (1968)
Reverend Canon Ivan Corea was a highly respected clergyman of the Church of Ceylon. Born in Chilaw, Ceylon, he was the son of Dr. James Ernest...
Nicolas Bouvier

Nicolas Bouvier

male, deceased (1998)
Nicolas Bouvier (March 6, 1929 - February 17 1998) was a 20th-century Swiss traveller and writer as well as an iconograph and photographer. His...

Medhankara

male
Medhankara is the name of several distinguished members, in medieval times, of the Buddhist order. The oldest flourished about A.D. 1200, and was...

Henry Monck-Mason Moore

male, 122 years old
Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore, GCMG, (born 1887), was British Governor of Sierra Leone, Kenya and Ceylon. The son of Rev. Edward William Moore, he...

Lokanatha

male, deceased (1966)
The Venerable Lokanatha (1897-May 25, 1966) was an Italian Buddhist missionary. Lokanatha was born in Italy in 1897 in the celebrated family of...