Henry Wijeyakone Tambiah (1906–1997) was a Ceylonese academic, diplomat, lawyer and judge, born in Sri Lanka during British colonial rule.

After school he entered University College, Colombo and graduated in 1928 with a BSc (Hons) degree in maths and physics.

He joined Ceylon Law College in 1930 and qualified as an attorney-at-law in 1933, winning a prize for coming first in the examinations.

[3][4] He then joined the judicial service in 1956, serving as a Commissioner of Assize for five years before being appointed to the Supreme Court in 1960.

[6] Tambiah returned to Sri Lankan in 1975 and started the Tamil section of the Law Faculty at the University of Colombo.