List of notable Burgher people
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 Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, 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
- Rex Christopher Shelton Koelmeyer - Sri Lankan diplomat
- M. C. Sansoni - Puisne Judge and then Chief Justice
- Sir Francis Soertsz - Supreme Court Judge
- Wilhelm Woutersz - Sri Lankan diplomat
Professionals
- Cecil Balmond - structural engineer and architectural theoretician
- Louis Edmund Blaze - educator and founder of Kingswood College, Kandy
- Frederick Dornhorst - lawyer
Artists
- Jean Arasanayagam (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 - 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 - 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 - Councillor, City of Melbourne, Australia; former Miss Australia
Business people
- Charles Henry de Soysa - 19th-century Sri Lankan philanthropist
Chefs
- Geoff Jansz - Australian TV chef
- Charmaine Solomon - chef and well-known writer of Asian cookbooks
Musicians and entertainers
- Wally Bastian - Sri Lankan baila vocalist, instrumentalist, composer
- 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 - media personality
- Cliff Foenander - leading musician; deceased
- Anton Jones - Sri Lankan baila singer
- Desmond Kelly - musician in Australia
- Alston Koch - Australian musician
- Douglas Meerwald - big-band singer; deceased
- Keith Potger - musician; member of Australian folk group The Seekers; founder of The New Seekers[1]
- Gresha Schuilling - rising Sri Lankan musician
- Guy Sebastian - 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
- Rozanne Diasz - represented Sri Lanka in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant; model and TV presenter
- 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
- 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
- Angelo Mathews - Sri Lanka test and ODI cricket captain
- 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 also
References
- ↑ "About the Burghers". Burgher Association (Australia). Retrieved 12 December 2011.
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