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- Academics
- Civil servants
- Professionals
- Artists
- Authors
- Journalists
- Politics
- Chefs
- Musicians and entertainers
- Fashion and models
- Athletes
- See also
- References
{{Notability|list|date=April 2013}}This is a list of notable Burgher people, who are a Eurasian ethnic group, historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries (mostly Portuguese, Dutch, German and British) and local women, with some minorities of French and Irish. Academics- E. F. C. Ludowyk – Professor of English, Dean of the School of Arts, University of Ceylon
- Prof. E. O. E. Pereira (1907–1988) – founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ceylon; Vice Chancellor Peradeniya
Civil servants- Major General Bertram Heyn – Commander of Ceylon Army; cricket, field hockey and rugby star
- Neville Jansz – Sri Lankan diplomat
- M. C. Sansoni – Puisne Judge and then Chief Justice
- Sir Francis Soertsz – Supreme Court Judge
- Wilhelm Woutersz – Sri Lankan diplomat
- Dr. Richard Gerald Anthonisz - First Colonial Secretary and Chief Archivist of the National Archives of Ceylon.
Professionals- Cecil Balmond – Structural engineer and architectural theoretician
- Louis Edmund Blaze – Educator and founder of Kingswood College, Kandy
- Frederick Dornhorst – Lawyer
Artists- Jean Arasanayagam (nee Solomonsz) (1931– ) – poet and painter
- William Wright Beling (1867–1928) – painter and father of Geoffrey Beling
- George Keyt (1901–1993) – painter and founding member of Colombo '43 Group
- J. L. K. van Dort (1831–1898) – 19th-century artist
- Lionel Wendt (1900–1944) – photographer and founder of the Colombo '43 Group
Authors- David Blacker – author and blogger, winner of the State Literary Award for Best Novel in 2006
- Carl Muller – prolific author of many books including The Jam Fruit Tree, The Yakada Yaka, Once Upon a Tender Time and Children of the Lion
- Michael Ondaatje (born 1943) – Canadian poet and author of numerous novels, including The English Patient
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha – poet and activist
- Rosemary Rogers – best-selling author of romance novels in the USA; has been on the New York Times best-sellers list
- Vivimarie Vanderpoorten – poet, winner of Gratiaen Prize 2009
Journalists- Frederica Jansz – Sri Lanka journalist, editor of The Sunday Leader
Politics- Dr. P.D. Anthonisz – first President of the Ceylon Branch of British Medical Association; member of the Legislative Council
- Professor David de Kretser (born 1939) – professor and Director for the Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash University; former Governor of Victoria, Australia
- Pieter Keuneman – Sri Lankan politician
- Quint Ondaatje – Dutch patriot and politician
- Beverley Pinder (born 1955) – Councillor, City of Melbourne, Australia; former Miss Australia
Chefs- Geoff Jansz (born 1958) – Australian TV chef
- Charmaine Solomon (born 1930) – Australian resident chef and well-known writer of Asian cookbooks
Musicians and entertainers- Elaine Cole – baila dancer
- Danielle de Niese – Australian-American opera singer based in the UK
- Stuart de Silva – Sri Lankan jazz pianist and actor
- Jamie Durie (born 1970) – Australian media personality
- Cliff Foenander (born before 1940's-2000) – Sri Lankan leading musician
- Anton Jones – Sri Lankan baila singer
- Desmond Kelly (born 1936) – musician & actor in Australia
- Alston Koch – Australian musician
- Douglas Meerwald (born before 1940's-2003) – Sri Lankan big-band singer
- Keith Potger (born 1941) – musician; member of Australian folk group The Seekers; founder of The New Seekers[1]
- Gresha Schuilling – rising Sri Lankan musician
- Guy Sebastian (born 1981) – Australian singer born in Malaysia of Burgher parents
- Gina Zamparelli – Los Angeles-based concert promoter; daughter of Maureen Hingert
Fashion and models- Nigel Barker – fashion photographer
- Ramani Bartholomeusz – actress and model, represented Sri Lanka in the Miss Universe 1985 pageant
- Jacqueline Fernandez – represented Sri Lanka in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant; actor in Bollywood films
- Sabrina Herft – Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2012
- Maureen Hingert – represented Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) when Ceylon took part for the first time at the 1954 Miss Universe pageant; second runner-up
- Rapthi Kerkoven – model and Former Miss Sri Lanka for Miss. World-2006
- Sachini Ayendra Stanley – Sri Lankan film actress, model
Athletes- Graeme Labrooy – former Sri Lankan cricketer
- Sir Christopher Ondaatje – former athlete; philanthropist
- Laddie Outschoorn – England cricketer (Worcestershire County Cricket Club, 1946–1959); Cap 1948
- Michael Vandort – Sri Lankan cricketer
- Duncan White – Sri Lankan (then Ceylonese) 440m silver medalist at the London Olympics in 1948; gold medalist 1950 Empire games
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web|title=About the Burghers|url=http://www.burgherassocn.org.au/about.html|publisher=Burgher Association (Australia)|accessdate=12 December 2011}}
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