Jayewardene, Jayawardene or Jayawardena, is a

Sinhalese Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinha ...

surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amal Jayawardane, Sri Lankan historian * A. S. Jayawardene (born 1936), Sri Lankan economist and civil servant * Asoka Jayawardena, Sri Lankan army officer * Athula Jayawardane, Sri Lankan army officer * Dilan Jayawardane, Sri Lankan American engineer *

Dommie Jayawardena Dommie Jayawardena, (25 June 1927 – 28 December 1979 as ඩොමී ජයවර්ධන in Sinhala) was a Sri Lankan actor and singer. He achieved fame playing villainous roles including Bollywood film '' Praan''. Personal life Dommi ...

(1927–1979), Sri Lankan actor and singer * Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene (1874–1932), Ceylonese lawyer and judge *

Harry Jayawardena Don Harold Stassen Jayawardena (born 17 August 1942 in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka), known as Harry Jayawardena, is a Sri Lankan industrialist. He is chairman of Melstacorp PLC and is the Honorary Consul General for Denmark in Sri Lanka. Forbes listed ...

(born 1942), Sri Lankan businessman * Hector Alfred Jayewardene (1870–1913), Ceylonese lawyer and politician *

Hector Wilfred Jayewardene Deshamanya Hector Wilfred "Harry" Jayewardene, QC (November 3, 1916 - April 20, 1990) was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer. In 1979 he was chairman of a UNESCO conference on human rights in Bangkok and later chairman of the Sri Lanka Foundation I ...

(1916–1990), Sri Lankan lawyer *

J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene ( si, ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන, ta, ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as ...

(1906–1996), Sri Lankan politician *

Jayalath Jayawardena Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP (born 16 August 1953 – died 30 May 2013: si, ජයලත් ජයවර්ධන), commonly as Jayalath Jayawardena, was a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposit ...

(1953–2013), Sri Lankan physician and politician *

John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene Justice John Adrian St. Valentine W. Jayewardene (1877–1927) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. Born to James Alfred Jayewardene, a Proctor who was the Deputy Coroner of Colombo. His b ...

(1877–1927), Ceylonese lawyer and judge * Kasun Kalhara Jayawardhana (born 1981), Sri Lankan Sinhala vocalist, guitarist, record producer * Kumari Jayawardena (born 1931), Sri Lankan academic *

Lal Jayawardena Lal R. Jayawardena ( Sinhala:ලාල් ජයවර්ධන) (1935–2004) was a noted Sri Lankan economist and diplomat. He was the first director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) (1985–1993) and Sri Lankan ...

(1935–2004), Sri Lankan economist and diplomat * Lucky Jayawardena, Sri Lankan politician *

Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene ( si, දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is the current consultant coach ...

(born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer * N. U. Jayawardena (1908–2002), Sri Lankan economist and banker * Nalin Jayawardena (born 1957), Sri Lankan singer and vocalist * Nuwan Jayawardene (born 1978), Sri Lankan cricketer * Prasad Jayawardene (born 1980), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Prasanna Jayawardene Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene ( Sinhala: හේවාසන්දච්චිගේ ආසිරි ප්‍රසන්න විශ්වනාත් ජයවර්ධන) (born 10 September 1979), commonl ...

(born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Ranil Jayawardena Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena (born 3 September 1986) is a British politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he served under Prime Minister Liz Truss as Secretary of ...

(born 1986), British politician * Ray Jayawardhana, Sri Lankan academic *

Sahan Jayawardene Sahan Jayawardene (full name Mathsahan Liyanajayawardene; born 25 July 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club. He was born in Mahamodara. Jaya ...

(born 1990), Sri Lankan cricketer * Sarath Jayawardene (born 1969), Sri Lankan cricketer * Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1872–1945), Ceylonese engineer and politician *

Thesara Jayawardane Thesara Jayawardane ( Sinhala:තෙසාරා ජයවර්ධන) is a Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress, singer, dancer , TV Presenter and author. Personal life Thesara is married to Jeeth Sumedha Samarasekara. The wedding was celebr ...

, Sri Lankan actress *

Tony Jayawardena Anthony Surath Jayawardena is a British actor, known for his roles as Mr Bhamra in the West End musical '' Bend It Like Beckham the Musical'' and for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal National Theatre. I ...

(born 1978), British actor

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