title: List of Burgher people
text: # 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 – 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 (née Solomonsz) – poet and painter
  * William Wright Beling – painter and father of Geoffrey Beling
  * George Keyt – painter and founding member of Colombo '43 Group
  * J. L. K. van Dort – 19th-century artist
  * Lionel Wendt – 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
  * Michelle de Kretser - Australian novelist
  * 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 – 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
  
  * Peter Daniel 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
  
  ## Chefs
  
  * Geoff Jansz – Australian TV chef
  * Charmaine Solomon – Australian resident chef and well-known writer of Asian cookbooks
  
  ## Musicians and entertainers
  
  * Vasanthi Chathurani – actress
  * Elaine Cole – baila dancer
  * Danielle de Niese – Australian-American opera singer
  * Stuart de Silva – Sri Lankan jazz pianist and actor
  * Jamie Durie – Australian media personality
  * Jacqueline Fernandez – actor; Miss Universe 2006 contestant
  * Cliff Foenander – musician
  * Anton Jones – baila singer
  * Desmond Kelly – Australian musician; actor
  * Alston Koch – Australian musician
  * Douglas Meerwald – singer
  * Keith Potger – musician; member of The Seekers; founder of The New Seekers
  * Gresha Schuilling – musician
  * Guy Sebastian – Australian singer
  * Gina Zamparelli – Los Angeles-based concert promoter
  
  ## Fashion and models
  
  * Nigel Barker – fashion photographer
  * Ramani Bartholomeusz – actress and model, represented Sri Lanka in the Miss Universe 1985 pageant
  * 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
  * Dannielle Kerkoven – model and Former Miss Sri Lanka for Miss. World-2006
  
  ## 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
  * Jeffrey Vandersay - Sri Lankan cricketer
  * Duncan White – Sri Lankan (then Ceylonese) 440m silver medalist at the London Olympics in 1948; gold medalist 1950 Empire games
  