Jayewardene
Jayewardene or Jayawardene is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Amal Jayawardane, Sri Lankan historian
- A. S. Jayawardene, Sri Lankan economist and civil servant
- Asoka Jayawardena, Sri Lankan army officer
- Athula Jayawardane, Sri Lankan army officer
- Dilan Jayawardane, Sri Lankan American engineer
- Dommie Jayawardena, Sri Lankan actor and singer
- Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, Ceylonese lawyer and judge
- Harry Jayawardena, Sri Lankan businessman
- Hector Alfred Jayewardene, Ceylonese lawyer and politician
- Hector Wilfred Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer
- J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician
- Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician
- John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene, Ceylonese lawyer and judge
- Kasun Kalhara Jayawardhana, Sri Lankan Sinhala vocalist, guitarist, record producer
- Kumari Jayawardena, Sri Lankan academic
- Lal Jayawardena, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat
- Lucky Jayawardena, Sri Lankan politician
- Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- N. U. Jayawardena, Sri Lankan economist and banker
- Nalin Jayawardena, Sri Lankan singer and vocalist
- Nuwan Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Prasad Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Prasanna Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Ranil Jayawardena, British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for North East Hampshire since May 2015
- Ray Jayawardhana, Sri Lankan academic
- Sahan Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Sarath Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene, Ceylonese engineer and politician
- Thesara Jayawardane, Sri Lankan actress
- Tony Jayawardena, British actor