Famous People with Name Mendis

Vernon Loraine Benjamin Mendis            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Vernon Loraine Benjamin Mendis: a prominent Sri Lankan Diplomat, who severed as the United Nation's Special Envoy to the Middle East. He is refereed to as the Sri Lanka’s Father of Diplomacy due to his role in formation of the country's diplomatic service [1] and has served as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Canada; Ambassador to USSR, France, Cuba and Secretary General of the Non Aligned Movement.

Paddy Mendis            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Paddy Mendis: as the fourth Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force from 1971 to 1976.When the government decided to deploy more transports instead of the Vampires, Mendis trained for Airspeed Oxfords and later took command of the newly formed No. 2 (Transport) Squadron. Later he would become a Flying Instructor and command the Royal Ceylon Air Force Flying School. Graduating from Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, India he was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Air Force Headquarters and in 1968 he attended the Imperial Defence College in London. Upon his return in 1969 he was made Chief of Staff, and made Commander of the Air Force in January 1971.

Nimal Mendis            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Nimal Mendis: a Sri Lankan singer and songwriter. He is one of a handful of Sri Lankan musicians to make it to the BBC television programme Top of the Pops in 1968.Mendis was discovered by Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia, in the late 1950s. The radio station dominated the airwaves in South Asia in the 1950s and 1960s—the station backed his songs from the start, including "Kandyan Express", turning them into hits in South Asia. People from all over the Indian sub-continent wrote in to Radio Ceylon requesting his songs.

Gehan Dixon Mendis            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Gehan Dixon Mendis: was an opening batsman for Sussex County Cricket Club (1973 to 1985) and Lancashire County Cricket Club (1986 to 1993). Born in Sri Lanka (long before that country achieved Test Status), on his record he was arguably unlucky not to play international cric

Yange Oshanka Buddhika Mendis            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Yange Oshanka Buddhika Mendis: is a Sri Lankan born cricketer. A left-handed batsman, off spin bowler and occasional wicket-keeper, he has played for the Singapore national cricket team since 2002 having previously played first-class and List A cricket for Bloomfield Cricket and Athlet