Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Jayantha Dhanapala
1938 – 2023
diplomat
Lalith Kotelawala
1938 – 2023
businessperson
Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
b. 1961
Buddhist monk
Senali Fonseka
b. 1992
actor
Reggie Ranatunga
1937 – 2008
politician
Jayatissa Ranaweera
b. 1956
politician
Dayantha Wijeyesekera
b. 1942
engineer
Lohan Ratwatte
1968 – 2025
politician
Malith de Silva
b. 1995
cricketer
Ediri Bandanage Channa
b. 1978
association football player
Neranjana Wanniarachchi
b. 1998
cricketer
Oswald Leslie De Kretser II
1882 – 1959
lawyer
Lakshman Kadirgamar
1932 – 2005
politician
Viren Nettasinghe
b. 2003
badminton player
Dhanith Sri
b. 1994
singer
Nevins Selvadurai
1863 – 1938
politician
Hemapala Perera
b. 1942
musician
Selvarajah Kajendren
b. 1974
politician
John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene
b. 1877
lawyer
Senarath Attanayake
1966 – 2017
politician
Henry Caldera
1937 – 2006
musician
B. S. Perera
1924 – 1982
actor
Kandiah Ulaganathan
1966 – 2006
Tamil Tigers
Alick Aluwihare
1926 – 2009
politician
Lakshman Kiriella
b. 1948
politician
Upul Chandana
b. 1972
cricketer
Sarath Ekanayake
politician
Seetha Kumari
1940 – 2013
actor
Jan Jananayagam
human rights defender
Alfred Francis Molamure
1888 – 1951
politician
Mahasena of Anuradhapura
250 – 301
monarch
Pubudu Dassanayake
b. 1970
cricketer
V. Ponnambalam
1930 – 1994
politician
R. Sampanthan
1933 – 2024
politician
Darshana Sandakalum
b. 1986
cricketer
Mark Samaranayake
1914 – 2000
actor
A. Thiagarajah
1916 – 1981
politician
Hema Ellawala
1916 – 2005
academic
Jansila Majeed
b. 2000
activist
Roshan Ravindra
actor
Wijepala Hettiarachchi
politician
Piyadasa Ranasinghe
1948 – 1989
Joseph Sarvananthan
1941 – 2011
writer
E. L. Senanayake
1920 – 2000
politician
Norton Fredrick
1937 – 2011
cricketer
B. C. Cooray
b. 1941
cricketer
Shelton Payagala
1944 – 2009
film director
S. Kulendran
1900 – 1992
writer
Shantha Bandara
1951 – 1990
revolutionary
Mathew Abeysinghe
b. 1996
swimmer
Sabrina Herft
b. 1988
model
Don Sirisena
1934 – 1986
actor
Sumeth Chandima
b. 1989
cricketer
G. Karunakaran
b. 1963
politician
Nanda Ellawala
1939 – 1994
politician
Pulina Tharanga
b. 1993
cricketer
Saman Lenin
b. 1980
musician
Gamini Silva
b. 1960
cricketer
K. Kanapathypillai
1902 – 1968
academic
Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi
politician
Ishara Amerasinghe
b. 1978
cricketer
Nuwan Karunaratne
b. 1994
cricketer
Nirosha Virajini
b. 1973
singer
Niroshan Perera
b. 1971
politician
Ranjan Silva
b. 1988
cricketer
Edna Sugathapala
1946 – 2018
film actor
Siri Naga II of Anuradhapura
sovereign
Maunasami Parameswaree
b. 1901
journalist
C. E. Anandarajah
1931 – 1985
academic
K. Swami Veerabahu
1948 – 2015
politician
Frederica Jansz
b. 2000
journalist
M. Balasundaram
1903 – 1965
politician
R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara
b. 1954
politician
Vimal Yoganathan
b. 2006
association football player
A. Sivasunderam
b. 1904
politician
Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
politician
Alexander Fernando
1940 – 2020
actor
Udara Rathnayake
b. 1986
politician
Gamini Wickremasinghe
b. 1965
cricketer
Lakshman Mendis
b. 1956
actor
John Seneviratne
b. 1941
politician
Jagath Nandakumar
b. 1969
cricketer
Ananda Wickramage
b. 1953
actor
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
b. 1956
politician
Lisula Lakshan
b. 1995
cricketer
Sripal Silva
1960 – 2020
cricketer
A. M. B. H. G. Abeyrathnebanda
2000 – 2009
military personnel
N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe
politician
R. M. Gamini Rathnayake
politician
Frederick Dornhorst
barrister
Yupun Abeykoon
b. 1994
sprinter
Solomon Cyril
b. 1942
politician
Anura Kurankan Dissanayake
b. 1968
politician
Jayasiri Semage
1938 – 2021
painter
Roshan Goonetileke
b. 1956
Military Officer
S. D. Gunadasa
1931 – 2014
Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala
1900 – 1976
biologist
Geoffrey Marks
1932 – 1990
swimmer
Sumana Jayatillake
b. 1937
radio personality
Tony Williams
b. 1938
swimmer