THE 50 GREATEST SRI LANKANS IN THE FIRST 50 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE

Published in February 1998

1 DR. R. L. SPITTEL
2 D. S. SENANAYAKE
3 C. W. W. KANNANGARA
4 D. R. WIJEWARDENE
5 T. B. JAYAH
6 DR. MARTIN WICKRAMASINGHE
7 SIR CLAUDE COREA
8 SIR CHITTAMPALAM A. GARDINER
9 PROFESSOR SENARATH PARANAVITHANA
10 SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA
11 S. J. V. CHELVANAYAKAM
12 S. W. R. D. BANDARANAIKE
13 DR. G. P. MALALASEKERA
14 PHILIP GUNAWARDENA
15 GEORGE KEYT
16 SENATOR S. NADESAN
17 PROFESSOR E. F. C. LUDOWYKE
18 J. R. JAYEWARDENE
19 DESHABANDU CLARA MOTWANI
20 DUDLEY SENANAYAKE
21 SHIRLEY AMERASINGHE
22 DR. EDIRIWEERA SARACHCHANDRA
23 SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE
24 SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE
25 DUNCAN WHITE
26 NEVILLE SAMARAKOON
27 GEOFFREY BAWA
28 LESTER JAMES PERIES
29 TARZIE VITTACHI
30 A. Y. S. GNANAM
31 RUKMANI DEVI
32 PROFESSOR CYRIL PONNAMPERUMA
33 DESHAMANYA DR. GAMANI COREA
34 JUSTICE CHRISTIE WEERAMANTRY
35 CHITRASENA AND VAJIRA
36 M. J. M. LAFIR
37 DESHABANDU DR. A. T. ARIYARATNE
38 LAKSHMAN KADIRGAMAR
39 DR. TONY DON MICHAEL
40 LALITH ATHULATHMUDALI
41 DESHABANDU DR. D. S. JAYASUNDERA
42 DESHABANDU VICTOR HETTIGODA
43 UPALI WIJEWARDENE
44 GENERAL DENZIL KOBBEKADUWA
45 GAMINI DISSANAYAKE
46 MICHAEL ONDAATJE
47 DESHAMANYA ARJUNA RANATUNGA
48 DESHABANDU ARAVINDA DE SILVA
49 DESHABANDU SANATH JAYASURIYA
50 THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER