List of 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 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

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.

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

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

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

Geoff Jansz (born 1958) – Australian TV chef
Charmaine Solomon (born 1930) – Australian resident chef and well-known writer of Asian cookbooks

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

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
Sachini Ayendra Stanley – Sri Lankan film actress, model

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

↑ "About the Burghers". Burgher Association (Australia). Retrieved 12 December 2011.

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