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This is a List of St. Joseph's College alumni,

Heads of State and Government

Prominent Figures of the Independence Movement

Heads of Legislature

Ministers and Legislators

Provincial Councilors

Prelates

  • Andrew Ranjan Perera - Chief Justice of Seychelles
  • Nihal Jayasinghe - Acting Chief Justice 2002
  • Mark Damien Hugh Fernando - Judge of the Supreme Court
  • P. Ramanathan - Judge of the Supreme Court
  • A. W. H. Abeyesundere Q.C. - Judge of the Supreme Court (Only person to hold the offices of the Attorney General, Legal Draftsman and the Bribery Commissioner concurrently)
  • K. M. M. B. Kulatunge - Judge of the Supreme Court (Solicitor General 1982)
  • Raja Fernando - Judge of the Supreme Court
  • Priyasath Gerard Dep - Judge of the Supreme Court (Solicitor General/Attorney General)
  • O. S. M. Seneviratne - Judge of the Supreme Court
  • Mohan Peiris - Attorney General 2009-2011
  • Rohan Jayatilleke - Former Solicitor General


Diplomats

  • Sir (Dr) Lalitha Rajapakshe - Ambassador to France in 1965 and High Commissioner to U.K. in 1967
  • Major General Anton Muttukumaru OBE, ED, ADC, CLI - High Commissioner to Pakistan (with concurrent responsibility for Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq) in 1959, High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand from 1963 to 1966. Later in 1966, Ambassador to Egypt, concurrently he was Ambassador to Jordan, the Sudan and Yugoslavia.
  • Nimalasiri Silva - Second Secretary to the Embassy in Washington DC. (He went on to serve as Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of External Affairs until he was seconded to the newly established Ceylon Tourist Board under the then Minister of State, J.R. Jayewardene).
  • Major General Janaka Perera - High Commissioner to Australia and Ambassador to Indonesia
  • Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka - Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations at Geneva from 2007 to 2009. Thereafter was the Consul General of Sri Lanka in Switzerland
  • Nihal Jayasinghe - High Commissioner to U.K.

Armed Force and Police

Academics

  • Sir (Dr) Lalitha Rajapakshe K.C - Principal of the Law College and the First Ceylonese and probably the youngest academic to obtain the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1925
  • P. Ramanathan - Chancellor of Uva Wellasa University
  • Professor Nihal Perera - Professor of Urban Planning, Ball State University, Indiana, USA
  • Professor Kennedy Gunawardana - Former Head of the Department of Accounting, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
  • Professor J. Rohan Lucas - Former Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
  • Professor N. D. W. Lionel - Founder Secretary and President of the Ceylon College of Physicians, President of the Sri Lanka Medical Library and President-elect of the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

Scientists

  • Dr. Cyril Andrew Ponnamperuma - NASA Scientist in the Fields of Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life
  • Dr. Malcolm de Alwis - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science