Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Rajith Priyan
b. 1988
cricketer
Sujatha Paramanathan
b. 1937
actor
Kamil Mishara
b. 2001
cricketer
LH Sumanadasa
1910 – 1986
engineer
Tharindu Siriwardene
b. 1984
cricketer
Lester James Peries
1919 – 2018
film director
Chethana Ketagoda
b. 1992
actor
Brendon Kuruppu
b. 1962
cricketer
Madhavee Wathsala Anthony
b. 1988
actor
Pathum Madusanka
b. 1996
cricketer
K. Velayudam
1950 – 2015
trade unionist
Periyasamy Chandrasekaran
1957 – 2010
politician
Jagath Benaragama
b. 1972
actor
Sandadas Coperehewa
1923 – 2022
historian
Sunil Perera
1952 – 2021
singer-songwriter
Gayesha Perera
b. 1987
actor
Nuwan Thushara
b. 1994
cricketer
Sunila Abeysekera
1952 – 2013
human rights defender
Harsha Vithana
b. 1985
cricketer
Rajani Thiranagama
1954 – 1989
human rights defender
Samanmalee Gunasinghe
b. 1970
politician
Vishad Randika
b. 1997
cricketer
Lahiru Madushanka
b. 1992
cricketer
Rangana Premaratne
b. 1959
actor
Victor Anthony Perera
b. 1949
politician
Tharanga Lakshitha
b. 1982
cricketer
Jayanga Peiris
b. 1995
cricketer
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
b. 1959
politician
S. H. M. Jameel
b. 1940
Lionel Jayatilleke
1924 – 1988
politician
Pieter Keuneman
1917 – 1997
politician
K. S. Balachandran
1944 – 2014
actor
Parami Kulatunga
1951 – 2006
D.M. Ananda
1954 – 1989
politician
Chanuka Bandara
b. 1979
cricketer
Lakshan Edirisinghe
b. 1993
cricketer
Kumari Jayawardena
b. 1931
academic
Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera
1828 – 1885
monk
Henry Kotalawala
politician
Tharindu Wimaladasa
b. 1985
cricketer
Roscoe Thattil
b. 1992
cricketer
Indika Batuwitarachchi
b. 1974
cricketer
Anil Goonaratne
lawyer
Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi
b. 1954
civil servant
U. K. Nilani Rathnayaka
b. 1990
athletics competitor
Chaturanga Somapala
b. 1985
cricketer
C.A. Coorey
1921 – 2004
Narada Maha Thera
1898 – 1983
Buddhist monk
Sujani Menaka
b. 1967
film actor
Lakkana Jayasekera
b. 1996
cricketer
Sakuranga Fonseka
b. 1993
cricketer
Minnette de Silva
1918 – 1998
architect
Nissanka Wijeyeratne
1924 – 2007
diplomat
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
b. 1992
writer
Dhammika Perera
b. 1968
chairperson
Akalanka Ganegama
b. 1981
cricketer
Indrani Perera
b. AD 15
singer
Rajitha Wickramarachchi
b. 1987
cricketer
A. Y. S. Gnanam
1922 – 2007
businessperson
Ruvith Karunaratne
cricketer
Ramya Wanigasekara
1950 – 2024
film actor
Wilson Gunaratne
b. 1949
actor
H. G. Sirisena
Ravindra Pushpakumara
b. 1975
cricketer
Hasitha Boyagoda
b. 1998
cricketer
Chandra Nehru Chandrakanthan
b. 1970
politician
Dudley Senanayake
1911 – 1973
politician
Ishara Prashan
b. 1996
cricketer
Menaka de Silva
b. 1985
swimmer
Nuwan Sameera
b. 1985
cricketer
Asoka Karunaratne
1916 – 1988
politician
M. P. de Zoysa
b. 1910
politician
Maduka Liyanapathiranage
b. 1992
cricketer
Ajith Kumara
b. 1973
politician
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don
b. 1947
Catholic priest
Chandima Weerakkody
b. 1968
politician
Sarath Wimalaratne
b. 1942
cricketer
Siva Obeyesekere
1929 – 1977
politician
Suminda Sirisena
1948 – 2023
actor
Dinakshie Priyasad
b. 1990
actor
P. R. Anthonis
1911 – 2009
surgeon
L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa
politician
Ranjith Premalal De Silva
b. 1963
engineer
Premakeerthi de Alwis
1947 – 1989
radio producer
Larry Wijeratne
1950 – 1998
N. R. Rajavarothiam
1908 – 1963
politician
Elmo Noel Joseph Perera
1932 – 2015
Catholic priest
P. Ganeshalingam
b. 1932
politician
Udara Ranasinghe
b. 1992
cricketer
Michael Vandort
b. 1980
cricketer
Thumindu Dodantenna
actor
Janitha Hewawasam
b. 1983
cricketer
Tissa Balalle
b. 1937
politician
Sudharshana Muthuthanthri
b. 1991
rugby union player
David Heyn
b. 1945
cricketer
Gayantha Karunathilaka
b. 1962
politician
Dileepa Wickramasinghe
b. 1965
cricketer
Anthony C. Perera
1921 – 1988
singer
Anuradha Jayaratne
b. 1985
politician
Deepika Rasangika
b. 1983
cricketer