Deshamanya

Deshamanya (දේශමාන්&zwj;ය; தேசமான்ய; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is awarded for "highly meritorious service", and is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the recipient's name.

Recipients

 * 1986
 * P. R. Anthonis – surgeon and academic
 * Gamani Corea – economist, civil servant and diplomat
 * M. C. M. Kaleel
 * Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe
 * Miliani Sansoni – Chief Justice of Ceylon
 * Victor Tennekoon – Chief Justice of Ceylon


 * 1987
 * Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe
 * Neville Kanakeratne – diplomat
 * V. Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice, Chancellor University of Jaffna
 * Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne


 * 1988
 * Hector Wilfred Jayewardene – lawyer, member United Nations Commission on Human Rights
 * Thambiah Sivagnanam


 * 1989
 * Shiva Pasupati – Solicitor General of Sri Lanka, Attorney General of Sri Lanka


 * 1990
 * Sepala Attygalle – Commander of the Army
 * Nandadeva Wijesekera
 * Badi-ud-din Mahmud – politician, Minister of Education
 * Baku Mahadeva – civil servant
 * Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige


 * 1991
 * E. L. Senanayake – politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
 * Montague Jayawickrama
 * K. W. Devanayagam
 * Nissanka Wijeyeratne – civil servant, politician
 * Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera
 * Christopher Weeramantry
 * Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena
 * Ivan Samarawickrema
 * Chandirapal Chanmugam
 * Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer - Queen's Counsel, Attorney General of Sri Lanka


 * 1992
 * Abdul Bakeer Markar – Politician
 * Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa
 * Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge
 * E. L. B. Hurulle
 * Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen
 * Suppiah Sharvananda
 * Linus Silva
 * Nissanka Wijewardane


 * 1993
 * Geoffrey Bawa – Architect
 * C. A. Coorey
 * Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage
 * H. W. Thambiah
 * Richard Udugama – Major General
 * Ponna Wignaraja
 * Noel Wimalasena


 * 1994
 * Jayantha Kelegama
 * Lalith Kotelawala – Businessman
 * Nandadasa Kodagoda – Academic
 * Godfrey Gunatilleke
 * Arulanandam Yesuadiam Samuel Gnanam
 * Nugegoda Gabadage Pablis Panditharatna
 * Surendra Ramachandran
 * Deraniyagalage Basil Ivor Pieris Samaranayake Siriwardhana


 * 1996
 * Duleep Mendis – Sri Lanka national cricket captain
 * Arjuna Ranatunga – Sri Lanka national cricket captain


 * 1998
 * Charitha Prasanna de Silva
 * Ken Balendra – Businessman
 * Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe
 * Tamara Kumari Illangaratne
 * Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake
 * R. K. W. Goonesekera – Academic, Lawyer
 * Vernon Mendis – Diplomat
 * H. L. de Silva – Diplomat
 * A. T. Kovoor – Academic
 * Ranjit Abeysuriya – lawyer
 * Duncan White – Olympic medalist
 * Christopher Rajindra Panabokke
 * W. D. Amaradeva – Music Director
 * Chitrasena – Dancer


 * 2005
 * Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne
 * William Alwis
 * Mahesh Amalean – Engineer and industrialist
 * Sohli E. Captain
 * Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
 * Lalith de Mel
 * Rohan de Saram – Cellist
 * Chandrananda de Silva
 * Ashley de Vos – Architect
 * Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake
 * M. T. A. Furkhan
 * D. Basil Goonesekera
 * Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police
 * Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana
 * A. S. Jayawarden – Sri Lankan economist and civil servant
 * Harry Jayawardena – Businessman
 * Nihal Jinasena – industrialist and sportsman
 * Premasiri Khemadasa – Composer
 * W. D. Lakshman
 * Paddy Mendis – Air Chief Marshal
 * Sunil Mendis – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
 * J. B. Peiris – Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology
 * M. D. D. Peiris
 * Denis Perera – Lieutenant General
 * P. Ramanathan – Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor
 * P. Deva Rodrigo
 * Mano Selvanathan
 * A. H. Sheriffdeen – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker
 * Roland Silva
 * Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant
 * Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa
 * Ray Wijewardene – Academic, Engineer


 * 2007
 * James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician and aviator


 * 2008
 * Ramesh Mahendran


 * 2017
 * Abbasally Akbar
 * K. M. de Silva
 * Tissa Devendra
 * Colvin Goonaratna
 * Amaradasa Gunawardana
 * Devanesan Nesiah
 * Nandadasa Rajapaksha
 * Priyani Soysa
 * Latha Walpola
 * Mineka Presantha Wickramasingha
 * Bhanuka Wimalasooriya


 * 2019
 * Indrajit Coomaraswamy
 * Ajith De Soyza
 * Merrill J. Fernando
 * Mohan Munasinghe
 * Moragoda Christopher Walter Pinto
 * Surath Wickremesinghe