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Navaratnam
Navaratnam () is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Notable people Given name * K. Navaratnam (born 1935), Sri Lankan politician * Kumar Navaratnam, Sri Lankan musician * Ramon Navaratnam (born 1935), Malaysian economist * Summa Navaratnam (1925–2023), Ceylonese athlete * Suresh Navaratnam (born 1975), Malaysian cricketer * V. Navaratnam (1909–2006), Ceylonese politician * V. N. Navaratnam Vallipuram Nallathamby Navaratnam (; 5 June 1929 – 29 January 1991) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Navaratnam was born on 5 June 1929 in Chavakachcheri in northern Ceylon. He wa ... (1929–1991), Ceylonese politician Surname * Rosemary Navaratnam (born 1932), Sri Lankan author * Timothy Navaratnam Horshington (died 2002), Ceylonese broadcaster See also * {{Given name, type=both Tamil masculine given names Masculin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summa Navaratnam
Sumanthiran Navaratnam (21 May 1925 – 19 October 2023), also known as Sumana Navaratnam or Summa Navaratnam, was a Sri Lankan track and field athlete, rugby union player, coach and business executive. He was regarded as one of the finest sportspeople from Sri Lanka. He was considered as the oldest living Sri Lankan athlete until his death. Personal life Sumanthiran Navaratnam was born on 21 May 1925 in Araly, British Ceylon. He was born as the fifth child in his family. His father S. S. Navaratnam was a civil servant. Navaratnam married Sri Lankan-born British-American best-selling author Rosemary Jansz and the couple had two daughters, Rosanne and Sharon. The couple later divorced and Rosemary moved to London with her daughters in 1960. He was later married to Romaine De Zilva and had two children, Kendall and Nadine. He had 2 grandchildren from Nadine and 2 from Kendall named Kiran and Nikhelle and Thiran and Tristan respectively. Death Navaratnam died on 19 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Navaratnam
Suresh Navaratnam (born 7 October 1975) is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played more than 100 times for the Malaysia national cricket teamEncyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing, 2007 since making his debut in 1993, scoring more runs and taking more wickets than any other player for Malaysia. Biography Early career Born in Selangor in 1975, Navaratnam made his debut for Malaysia in 1993, playing in that year's Saudara Cup match against Singapore.Other matches played by Suresh Navaratnam at CricketArchive He represented Malaysia at the in Nairobi, Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar Navaratnam
Kumar Navaratnam was a popular rock and roll singer in Colombo, Sri Lanka during the 1960s and 1970s. Sri Lankan music The dominant music genre in Sri Lanka is (and still remains) Sinhalese and Tamil pop songs based on Bollywood film music and the local Baila music. Thus, the emergence of Western rock bands in the 1980s was regarded as an unusual phenomenon. Further, Navaratnam was a minority Tamil musician in a field dominated by Goan Goans ( Romi Konkani: , ) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, formerly part of Portuguese India (''Estado Português da Índia''). They form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, ...s, foreigners and other locals. End of an era As a musician, he started as a bass guitarist and switched to lead guitar, introducing Rock and Hard Rock to Sri Lankan audiences. His departure to Bourneville, USA at the height of his popularity in the late 1970s created a void in the music scene in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramon Navaratnam
Ramon Navaratnam (born January 1935) is a Malaysian economist. He is the former Secretary-General of the Malaysian Ministry of Transport, and is currently the corporate advisor of Sunway Group. He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Biography Navaratnam was a member of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM), the National Economic Action Council (NEAC) and the former president of Transparency International Malaysia. He is currently the Director of the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) and the Chairman of the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS). He completed his secondary studies at Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, and won a partial scholarship to the University of Malaya in Singapore, where he pursued a degree in Economics in 1959. After graduation, he began working as Assistant Secretary in the Health and Social Welfare Ministry. In 1969, he went on to earn a master's degree in Public Administration at Harvard University, Massachusetts, on a full universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Navaratnam
Rosemary Rogers (née Jansz; 7 December 1932 – 12 November 2019) was a Sri Lankan Burgher best-selling author of historical romance novels. Her first book, '' Sweet Savage Love'', was published in 1974. She was the second romance author, after Kathleen Woodiwiss, to have her novels published in trade paperback format. Both writers found their initial success working with editor Nancy Coffey who was then with Avon Books. Rogers is considered to be one of the founders of the modern historical romance, and many of today's writers cite her writing as one of their biggest influences. She lived in California. Biography Personal life Rosemary Jansz was born on 7 December 1932 in Panadura, British Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Her parents, Barbara "Allan" and Cyril Jansz, were Dutch-Portuguese settlers who owned several private schools. Rogers family employed many servants and was sheltered from much of the outside world. She began writing at age eight, and throughout her teens penned ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
