Sri Lanka

Nalini Weerawanni

P. Kumarasiri

1919 – 2004

politician

K. N. Jayatilleke

1920 – 1970

author

Neville Samarakoon

1919 – 1990

lawyer

Allan Smith

1929 – 2023

competitive diver

Athula Russell

b. 1983

chess player

Vijaya Malalasekera

1945 – 2022

cricketer

N. Shanmugarajah

b. 1912

engineer

Uma Maheswaran

1945 – 1989

P. B. Dissanayake

Dilan Woutersz

b. 1977

cricketer

Vivienne Goonewardene

1916 – 1996

politician

Maduranga Zoysa

b. 1984

cricketer

Rumesh Silva

b. 1987

cricketer

Balaupasakage Yasodis Tudawe

1915 – 2000

politician

Prasantha Lal De Alwis

lawyer

Saila Ithayaraj

b. 1977

women's rights activist

Ru Freeman

b. 1967

novelist

Damith Wijayathunga

b. 1991

model

Rohan Weerakkody

b. 1968

cricketer

Nawi Samaraweera

b. 1947

painter

Malinga Amarasinghe

b. 1997

cricketer

Parakrama_Kodituwakku

b. 1965

poet

A. R. A. Hafeez

b. 1952

politician

Pradeep Munidasa

b. 1978

cricketer

M. S. Kariapper

1899 – 1989

politician

G. B. Senanayake

1913 – 1985

poet

Prem Jayanth

1931 – 1997

actor

Ramesh Mendis

b. 1995

cricketer

Cassim Faizal

b. 1957

politician

James Peiris

1856 – 1930

judge

Mansoor Ibrahim

b. 1965

politician

C. R. Beligammana

b. 1920

politician

Chitrasena

1921 – 2005

dancer

H. A. I. Goonetileke

1922 – 2003

librarian

Chanaka Amaratunga

1958 – 1996

politician

Victor Ratnayake

b. 1942

singer

D. W. A. S. Dissanayake

b. 1956

naval officer

Saman Halgamuge

academic

Rohitha Kottahachchi

b. 1971

cricketer

Ranitha Liyanarachchi

b. 1994

cricketer

Minul Doluweera

b. 2000

chess player

Geeth Silva

b. 1984

cricketer

Iraj Weeraratne

b. 1999

songwriter

C. X. Martyn

b. 1908

politician

Ashoka Priyantha

politician

Ratta

b. 1987

YouTuber

Tilaksha Sumanasiri

b. 1995

cricketer

Janaka Thisakutti Arachchi

b. 1980

politician

Sahan Peiris

b. 1997

cricketer

Kumara Welgama

1950 – 2024

politician

Arisen Ahubudu

1920 – 2011

poet

V. A. Kandiah

1891 – 1963

politician

E. B. Dimbulane

politician

Chandra Gunasekera

b. 1922

politician

B. H. Abdul Hameed

b. 1949

announcer

Arunasalam Thangathurai

1937 – 1997

politician

Sanjula Abeywickreme

b. 1999

cricketer

Dilhani Ekanayake

b. 1973

actor

Sumithra Warnakulasuriya

b. 1962

cricketer

Hemantha Devapriya

b. 1958

cricketer

Rex Kodippili

1938 – 2023

actor

M. C. Siddi Lebbe

1838 – 1898

Weerasumana Weerasinghe

b. 1975

politician

Pradeep Kumara

b. 1972

cricketer

Piyasena Kahandagamage

1938 – 2003

Auther

Jayantha Paranathala

1950 – 2023

cricketer

Kaushalya Gajasinghe

b. 1991

cricketer

Yogaswami

1872 – 1964

guru

Claude Corea

1894 – 1962

diplomat

Keerthi Pasquel

b. 1955

singer

Tissa Ranasinghe

1925 – 2019

sculptor

Nilakshi de Silva

b. 1989

cricketer

Winston Van Cuylenburg

1943 – 2019

boxer

K. Vignarajah

politician

S. J. Emmanuel

b. 1934

academic

S. M. Nayagam

businessperson

Camillus Perera

1937 – 2002

cricketer

Kingsley Jayasekera

1924 – 2004

actor

Supun Tharanga

b. 1986

cricketer

Muthumudalige Pushpakumara

b. 1981

cricketer

B. Neminathan

b. 1922

politician

Sri Chandraratne Manawasinghe

1913 – 1964

poet

P. Gamini Ariyatilake

1917 – 1983

politician

R. M. Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera

politician

Indran Amirthanayagam

b. 1960

diplomat

Sameera Karunarathna

herpetologist

Murugeysen Tiruchelvam

1907 – 1976

politician

Sisira de Abrew

lawyer

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

b. 1967

actor

Chinthaka Jayawickrama

b. 1984

cricketer

Dinesh Kumara

b. 1983

cricketer

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

b. 1977

politician

Sirisena Amarasekara

b. 1947

Malintha Gajanayake

b. 1980

cricketer

Indradasa Hettiarachchi

1927 – 2025

politician

Sajin Vass Gunawardena

b. 1973

politician

Wilson Karunaratne

1942 – 2022

actor

Rohan Jayasinghe

b. 1956

military personnel

K. M. de Silva

b. 1931

writer