Sri Lanka

This page lists 3,464 biographies of sri lankas, covering lives from 350 BC to 2012. Featuring Abhaya Induruwa, Chandra Wickramasinghe and Chandrika Kumaratunga. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People of this nationality

U. S. Jayawickrama

b. 1930

academic

Vimukthi Jayasundara

b. 1977

film director

Nalin Perera

b. 1954

lawyer

Ananda Wedisinghe

1970 – 2017

athlete

Nimali Liyanarachchi

b. 1989

athletics competitor

Nayomi Munaweera

b. 1973

writer

Mahesh Sanjeewa

b. 1998

cricketer

Ponnambalam Arunachalam

1853 – 1924

president

Anura Bandaranaike

1949 – 2008

diplomat

Sugathapala Senarath Yapa

1935 – 2024

writer

M. Satchithanandan

b. 1957

politician

Kamal Pushpakumara

cricketer

Carlo Fonseka

1933 – 2019

politician

Gamini Amarasekera

Judge

Sulan Jayawardene

b. 1985

cricketer

C. I. Gunesekera

1920 – 2010

cricketer

D. E. W. Gunasekera

b. 1935

politician

Bala Tampoe

1922 – 2014

general secretary

Lalith Jayasinghe

1974 – 2008

military personnel

Kumaratunga Munidasa

1887 – 1944

writer

Victor Gnanapragasam

1940 – 2020

Catholic priest

Balanadarajah Iyer

1957 – 2004

politician

A.P.N.C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene

1961 – 1983

M. M. M. Najim

b. 1968

agricultural engineer

D. V. J. Harischandra

1938 – 2013

psychiatrist

M. Mahroof

1950 – 2012

politician

Mohamed Aleem

b. 1991

association football player

Indrani Iriyagolla

1933 – 2015

activist

Carl Muller

1935 – 2019

writer

C. Rajadurai

1927 – 2025

politician

Chandana Sooriyabandara

television presenter

Daya Wimalaweera

1937 – 2019

writer

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan

b. 1966

politician

A. H. M. Azwer

1937 – 2017

politician

Lucien de Zoysa

1917 – 1995

cricketer

Chathuranga Sanjeewa

b. 1991

association football player

Sarana Gunawardena

b. 1964

politician

Ray Wijewardene

1924 – 2010

engineer

Jagath Wickramasinghe

b. 1988

singer

Justin Pieris Deraniyagala

1903 – 1967

painter

Roshan Ranawana

b. 1981

actor

Kiri Banda Ratnayake

1924 – 2004

politician

Shehani Kahandawala

b. 1997

television presenter

Velupillai Prabhakaran

1954 – 2009

military personnel

Dulith Gayan

b. 1993

cricketer

Thilan Wijesinghe

cricketer

Muthu Sivalingam

1943 – 2022

politician

Neela Wickramasinghe

1950 – 2022

singer

Shaminda Eranga

b. 1986

cricketer

Hashen Ramanayake

b. 1995

cricketer

Maya Ranjan

teacher

Clarence Wijewardena

1943 – 1996

singer

Don Anurasiri

b. 1966

cricketer

Dhanapala Weerasekera

1924 – 2011

Dayananda Gunawardena

1934 – 1993

screenwriter

Varuna Waragoda

b. 1971

cricketer

Geetha Kumarasinghe

b. 1955

actor

Amal Athulathmudali

b. 1987

cricketer

K. N. Seneviratne

1929 – 1986

physician

Aruna Darshana

b. 1999

sprinter

Harindra Corea

1936 – 2008

politician

Balachandran Prabhakaran

1998 – 2009

Samith Dushantha

b. 1984

cricketer

M. S. Fernando

1936 – 1994

singer

Dhiloraj Canagasabey

b. 1955

chaplain

Jayasekara Aponso

b. 1951

actor

Gehan Dassanayake

cricketer

Nuwan Liyanapathirana

b. 1987

cricketer

Amila Perera

b. 1979

cricketer

Milinda Siriwardana

b. 1985

cricketer

Vasanthi Chathurani

b. 1962

actor

Ajith Premakumara

b. 1991

athletics competitor

Pawuththuwadura Milton

b. 1966

cricketer

Lakshman Wickremasinghe

1927 – 1983

Anglican priest

Hasitha Lakmal de Silva

b. 1991

cricketer

Athula Wijesinghe

lawyer

Ian Coggins

b. 1969

cricketer

Avishka Fernando

b. 1998

cricketer

Appunidage Premachandra

b. 1953

sprinter

Karthigesu Sivathamby

1932 – 2011

writer

Shanmuganathan Shanugeeth

b. 1998

cricketer

S. Pathmanathan

b. 1940

historian

Shathik Nimalsha

b. 1996

cricketer

Maitree Wickramasinghe

b. 1964

academic

Felix Perera

b. 1945

politician

Victor Ivan

1949 – 2025

journalist

P. Ayngaranesan

b. 1958

politician

Priya Suriyasena

1944 – 2024

singer

P.B.G. Kalugalla

1920 – 2007

diplomat

Ruwan Mapalagama

b. 1985

politician

Narada Disasekara

1933 – 2010

singer

Niluka Karunaratne

b. 1985

badminton player

Sunil Ariyaratne

b. 1949

lyricist

Anoja Weerasinghe

b. 1955

actor

Mahinda Amaraweera

b. 1962

politician

Hiranya Herath

b. 1986

politician

Ramindu Nikeshala

b. 1996

cricketer

M. D. Namal Karunaratne

b. 1968

politician

Geoffrey Bawa

1919 – 2003

architect

Sahan Palihakkara

b. 1989

cricketer