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De Alwis
De Alwis ( si, ද අල්විස්, translit=da Alvis) is a Sinhalese surname derived from the Portuguese surname Alves. Notable people * Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne, Ceylonese politician * Amali de Alwis (born 1980), British executive * Anandatissa de Alwis (1919–1996), Sri Lankan politician * Anuk de Alwis (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer * Ashanthi De Alwis, Sri Lankan musician * Charles Alwis Hewavitharana, Sri Lankan Sinhala independence activist and physician * Guy de Alwis (1959–2013), Sri Lankan cricketer * James De Alwis (1823–1878), Ceylonese politician * Lakshman de Alwis (1940–2008), Sri Lankan athlete * Lanka de Alwis, Sri Lankan cricketer * Malathi de Alwis, Sri Lankan anthropologist * Neal de Alwis (born 1914), Ceylonese politician * Padmalal de Alwis, Sri Lankan politician * Prasantha Lal De Alwis, Sri Lankan lawyer * Premakeerthi de Alwis (1947–1989), Sri Lankan broadcaster * Sacha De Alwis (born 1992), Sri Lankan cricketer * Stanley d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alves
Alves is a surname that appears to originate both from Portugal and Scotland. It is debatable whether the surname appeared first in one country or the other, since it is more prevalent in Portugal, but registered as far back as the 13th century in the church records at Alves, Moray, Northern Scotland. Notable people with the surname include: * Adriana Alves (born 1995), Angolan sprinter *Afonso Alves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer *Anastácio Alves (born 1963), missing Madeiran Roman Catholic priest * Bruno Alves (born 1981), Portuguese footballer *Camila Alves (born 1982), Brazilian model and television performer *Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia (born 1982), Portuguese footballer known as "Carlitos" *Dani Alves (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes (born 1983), Portuguese footballer known as "Danny" *Diego Alves (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Jéssika Alves (born 1991), Brazilian actress * João Alves (bishop) (1925–2013), Portuguese Roman Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanka De Alwis
Lanka de Alwis was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Moratuwa Sports Club Moratuwa Sports Club was a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It competed in the Premier Trophy, Sri Lanka's main first-class cricket competition, for 13 of the seasons following the international recognition of first-class status for the 198 .... De Alwis made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1995–96 season, against Singha Sports Club. From the tailend, he scored 8 not out in the first innings in which he batted, and 6 not out in the second. Moratuwa lost the match by an innings margin. External linksLanka de Alwisat CricketArchive Sri Lankan cricketers Moratuwa Sports Club cricketers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suwini De Alwis
Suwini de Alwis (born 17 May 1975) is a Sri Lankan cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. References 1975 births Living people Sri Lankan women cricketers Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Kandy Marians women cricketers {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susantha De Alwis
Susantha De Alwis (died 22 December 2008) was a Sri Lankan diplomat, the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Japan, South Korea and former Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva). Educated at the Royal College, Colombo where he won many prizes including the Governor's Scholarship, De Abrew Memorial Scholarship, Principal's Distinctions Prize and the Best Speaker's Prize. He entered the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, where he was the President of the Law Society and General Secretary, Arunachalam Hall. After graduating with an LL.B. degree, he joined the Ceylon Overseas Service. Later he gained a scholarship to the University of Oxford to read for a BLitt degree in International Laws at Keble College, Oxford. He was a barrister-at-law from Gray's Inn.International Club, The Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) February 14, 1974, page 11, accessed November 30, 2016 at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7668467/international_club_the_capital/ During his career i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley De Alwis
Stanley de Alwis (26 February 1936 – September 2019) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon between 1958 and 1960. An opening bowler, de Alwis took 4 for 20 on his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1957–58. He gave up sport in 1961 at the age of 25 after contracting hepatitis. He later worked at the Prisons Department and then at the People's Bank. He died in Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ... in September 2019. He and his wife, who predeceased him by about 20 years, had two daughters. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alwis, Stanley 1936 births 2019 deaths Sri Lankan cricketers All-Ceylon cricketers Alumni of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa Sportspeople from Moratuwa Cricketers from Western Prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premakeerthi De Alwis
Samaraweera Mudalige Don Premakeerthi de Alwis (3 June 1947 – 31 July 1989 as si, ප්රේමකීර්ති ද අල්විස්), popularly known as Premakeerthi de Alwis, was a Sri Lankan radio and television broadcaster and lyricist. Considered as an iconic figure in Sri Lankan radio television history, he was assassinated during the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection at the age of 42. Early life and family De Alwis was born on 3 June 1947 in Colombo, Ceylon. He was the second child of Simon de Alwis, a railway employee from Maradana. He was educated at Maradana Maligakande Maha Vidyalaya and Ananda College where he co-edited the school newspaper ''Dhamma Jayanthi'' and compiled the ''Anandaya'' magazine in 1965. In 1961 he unsuccessfully auditioned to be a singer on Radio Ceylon. However, his speaking skills enabled him to take part in several children's radio programmes, including ''Lama Pitiya'' and ''Lama Mandapaya'', presented by Karunaratne Abeysekera. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prasantha Lal De Alwis
Prasantha Lal De Alwis, President's counsel, obtained his LLB and LLM from University of Colombo. He initiated his career as a State Counsel at the Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka in 1983, and had served in that capacity until 1990. Subsequently, he joined the private bar and since then had been practicing in both appellate and trial courts, specialized in the spheres of criminal and family Law. He also is a Corporate Director, visiting Lecturer at faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and Sri Lanka Law College. He is a member of the board of management for Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International relations and Strategic Studies. He recently joined the diplomatic service upon his appointment as the Honorary Consulate of the republic of Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmalal De Alwis
Padmalal de Alwis is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Central Provincial Council. He is a member of the United National Party. He is known as 'Kalu Aliya'. He is the acting president in the Central Provincial Council as an opposition member. Early life De Alwis was born and raised in Kandy. His father was a businessman who owned mills island wide. Politics De Alwis was a member in the United National Party from 1977 to 1997. In 1997 he was elected to the Akurana Pradhesha Saba with the most votes of a Sinhala leader in Akurana Electorate. In 2003 he became Vice Chairman in Akurana pradesha saba as the 1st Sinhala leader to obtain more than 6000 votes in Akurana Electorate. In 2004 he was elected to the Central Provincial Council from Kandy District Kandy District ( si, මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, ta, கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1906.3 km². Adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal De Alwis
William Neal de Alwis (born 19 January 1914) was a Ceylonese politician and a senior member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. William Neal de Alwis was born on 19 January 1914, and he received his education at Newstead Girls' School, Negombo, All Saints College, Galle and St. Joseph's College, Colombo. At the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, he ran as the LSSP candidate in the Udugama electorate. He failed to get elected losing by 5,464 votes to the United National Party candidate, D. S. Goonesekera. At the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, he successfully contested the seat of Udugama, securing 43% of the total vote, defeating Goonesekera by 2,735 votes. He was unable to retain the electorate at the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956, where he lost to Goonesekera, who represented the newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party, by 2,311 votes. At the 4th parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malathi De Alwis
Malathi de Alwis (6th Oct 1963-21 Jan 2021, also known as Mala de Alwis) was a Sri Lankan anthropologist. She taught at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Colombo. She wrote about militarism, nationalism and feminism. Career De Alwis earned her PhD in socio-cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago, where she was a founding member of the Women Against War Coalition and a winner of the Ruth Murray Memorial Prize for Best Essay in Gender Studies. De Alwis was a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She also taught as a visiting professor at The New School in New York City. She also taught in the MA Program in Women's Studies at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo. She wrote about feminist issues such as militarised sexual violence and the memorialisation of grief. Writing with Kumari Jayawardena, she explored how traditional pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshman De Alwis
Lakshman de Alwis (March 17, 1940 – April 6, 2008) was the National coach for Athletics in Sri Lanka. De Alwis started his career in Athletics when was a school boy at ''Moratuwa Vidyalaya'' and in 1958 awarded as Junior National Champion for Athletics after winning the 100m and 200m events. He also represented Sri Lanka in 1959 for the All-India meet. He earned national record in 1962 for the 400m, and was a member of the 4 × 200 m Relay Quartet. De Alwis born to Carolina and Richard de Alwis. He studied at Moratuwa Vidyalaya (Moratuwa) and participated in athletics also there. He was married and the father of three children, a daughter and two sons. He was killed in a suicide bomber explosion at Weliveriya on April 6, 2008 at the age of 68. He had been organizing a marathon race which was part of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebration. Sri Lankan cabinet minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Jeyaraj Fernandopulle ( si, ජෙයරාජ් ප්රනාන්ද ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |