List of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon.

The list is complete through 1980.

Ceylon (through 1972)

 * Victoria of the United Kingdom (1857)
 * Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1903)
 * George V of the United Kingdom (1912)
 * George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
 * D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1949, 1966, 1968)
 * Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
 * Sir John Kotelawala, prime minister (1956)
 * Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, educator (1959)
 * Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, educator (1959)
 * Anagarika Dharmapala, Buddhist missionary (1964)
 * Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1961)
 * Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1967)
 * D. B. Jayatilaka, Buddhist scholar (1968)
 * E. W. Perera, legislator (1969)
 * Alexander Ekanayake Goonesinha, trade unionist, politician (1969)
 * Ananda Coomaraswamy (1971)
 * Vladimir Lenin, Soviet leader (1971)
 * Cumaratunga Munidasa (1971)
 * Arumuga Navalar (1971)
 * Edward Henry Pedris, patriot (1971)
 * Ananda Rajakaruna (1971)
 * Charles Henry de Soysa, philanthropist (1971)
 * S. Mahinda Thero (1971)

Sri Lanka (from 1972)

 * Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1973, 1974)
 * Muhammad Lafir, billiards player (1973)
 * Ponnambalam Ramanathan, lawyer, educator (1975)
 * D.J. Wimalasurendra, engineer (1975)
 * Sirimavo Bandaranaike, prime minister (1976)
 * Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1976)
 * Ponnambalam Arunachalam, educator (1977)
 * Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, poet (1977)
 * Mohammed Cassim Siddi Lebbe, lawyer, educator, journalist (1977)
 * Veera Puran Appu, revolutionary (1978)
 * Sir Ernest de Silva, Philanthropist
 * D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1979)
 * Piyadasa Sirisena, patriot, writer (1979)
 * Swami Vipulananda, philosopher (1979)
 * Rowland Hill, postal reformer (1979)
 * Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1980)
 * A. Ratnayake, educator (1980)
 * George E. de Silva, politician (1980)
 * H. W. Amarasuriya, politician, educationist, proprietor and philanthropist. (1983)
 * Dr. E. W. Adikaram, educationist, populariser of science, philosopher, and thinker. (1988)
 * Joseph Vaz, Indian Catholic missionary, "Apostle of Sri Lanka" (1992)
 * Pope John Paul II, leader of Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 (1995)
 * Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera, Buddhist monk (2005)
 * Professor Seneka Bibile, pharmacologist, politician (2006)
 * Sri Narayana Guru Saint, Social Reformer, Poet KERALA (2009)
 * ERabindranath Tagore, poet (2011)
 * Dudley Senanayake, politician (2011)
 * Eddie Jayamanne, comedian (2012)
 * Sandhya Kumari, actress (2012)
 * Titus Thotawatte, director, editor (2012)
 * Joe Abeywickrama, actor (2012)
 * Malini Fonseka, actress (2012)
 * Gamini Fonseka, actor (2012)
 * Prof. Walpola Rahula Thero, Buddhist monk, scholar and writer (2012)
 * Kusuma Gunawardena, politician (2012)
 * Swami Vivekananda, Indian Hindu monk (2013)
 * Reverend Father Tissa Balasuriya, Roman Catholic priest and theologian (2013)
 * Alec Robertson, Buddhist preacher and lecturer (2013)
 * Dr. Premasiri Khemadasa, composer (2013)
 * Dr. Tissa Abeysekara, filmmaker (2013)
 * Dharmadasa Walpola, musician (2013)
 * Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Nayaka Thero, Buddhist monk (2013)