Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Kuruppu Karunaratne
1960 – 2008
athletics competitor
Sathischandra Edirisinghe
1941 – 2025
actor
Amila Prasad Siriwardana
b. 1983
politician
Kavindu Kulasekara
b. 1995
cricketer
D. R. Nanayakkara
1915 – 1989
actor
Visakha Wijeyeratne
1935 – 1999
painter
Shehan Ambepitiya
b. 1990
athletics competitor
Shanuka Dissanayake
b. 1977
cricketer
Jayasena Dissanayake
politician
Charles Ernest St. John Branch
1865 – 1939
judge
John Amaratunga
b. 1940
politician
Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara
b. 1968
journalist
Shehan Karunatilaka
b. 1975
writer
Dennis Hapugalle
1930 – 2000
military officer
Manusha Nanayakkara
b. 1977
journalist
Nuwan Indika
b. 1985
cricketer
Nimesh Perera
b. 1982
cricketer
Chandrasiri Kodithuwakku
1949 – 2016
actor
A. J. M. Muzammil
b. 1949
politician
Roshan Mahanama
b. 1966
cricketer
Mano Wijeyeratne
1957 – 2011
politician
Lalith Weeratunga
b. 1950
writer
Alex Obeysekere
1918 – 2002
boxer
Galboda Gnanissara Thera
1943 – 2024
Buddhist monk
Ranjith Aluvihare
b. 1958
politician
Upawansa Yapa
b. 1941
lawyer
Karu Paranawithana
b. 1968
politician
Kavindu Madushan
b. 1997
model
Otara Gunewardene
b. 1964
businessperson
Lalith Gamage
computer scientist
Neal de Alwis
b. 1914
politician
Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera
1901 – 1992
Buddhist monk
Ranitha Gnanarajah
b. 2000
activist
V. Veerasingam
1892 – 1964
politician
Ashan Priyanjan
b. 1989
cricketer
Cyril Esmond Lucien Wickremesinghe
1920 – 1985
lawyer
Nilmini Tennakoon
b. 1965
film actor
Yanika Amarasekera-Siyaguna
entrepreneur
Somawansha Amarasinghe
1943 – 2016
politician
A. W. Mailvaganam
1906 – 1987
academic
Duminda Dissanayake
b. 1979
politician
P. A. Ariyaratne
Milka Gehani
b. 2003
artistic gymnast
Suranimala
P. Ariyanethiran
b. 1955
politician
Dinushka Malan
b. 1993
cricketer
Raveendra Wimalasiri
b. 1969
cricketer
Elmo Jayawardena
novelist
Barbara Sansoni
1928 – 2022
businessperson
Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi
1929 – 1994
politician
I. J. Wickrema
1922 – 1979
politician
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1916 – 2000
politician
Rudra Rajasingham
1926 – 2006
diplomat
Shanthi Sachithanandam
1958 – 2015
sociologist
S. D. Bandaranayake
1917 – 2014
politician
S. Jebanesan
b. 1940
writer
Nisthar Cassim
b. 1967
journalist
Prasanna Jayawardene
b. 1979
cricketer
Yohan de Silva
b. 1985
cricketer
Athula Samarasekera
b. 1961
cricketer
Reginald Cooray
1947 – 2023
politician
Buddhika Mendis
b. 1979
cricketer
Richard Lionel Spittel
1881 – 1969
writer
Yoshitha Rajapaksa
b. 1988
athlete
Upul Sumathipala
b. 1959
cricketer
Piumi Hansamali
b. 1992
model
Eric Illayapparachchi
b. 1954
writer
Irosh Samarasooriya
b. 1991
cricketer
Mohamed Rajabdeen
b. 1954
politician
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
politician
Anurudha Rathnayake
b. 1975
boxer
Upali Rajakaruna
b. 1975
military personnel
Nirmala Kotalawala
b. 1965
politician
Kumaraswamy Pulavar
1854 – 1922
poet
Sugiswara Abeywardena Wickramasinghe
1901 – 1981
politician
Ernest MacIntyre
1934 – 2025
playwright
W. D. Amaradeva
1927 – 2016
singer
Listh Saumedhe
b. 1981
cricketer
Basil Jayawardene
b. 1963
cricketer
K. Palakidnar
1931 – 2001
judge
Tharshan Thiyagarajah
b. 1990
actor
Dulash Udayanga
b. 1995
cricketer
Thangeswary Kathiraman
1952 – 2019
politician
Raminda Wijesooriya
b. 1998
cricketer
Umayangana Wickramasinghe
b. 1980
actor
Kanjana Mendis
b. 1980
actor
S. A. David
1924 – 2015
architect
Chaminda Lalith Kumara
politician
Nalin Rodrigo
1929 – 2006
obstetrician
Sandhya Kumari
1945 – 1994
actor
Sam A. Sabapathy
1898 – 1964
politician
K. Thavalingam
b. 1954
Ravindu Sembukuttige
b. 1999
cricketer
Nipuna Kariyawasam
b. 1991
cricketer
Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham
b. 1948
athlete
Wasantha Karannagoda
b. 1952
diplomat
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla
1907 – 1973
journalist
Reggie Perera
1915 – 1977
politician
Mahendra Amerasinghe
cricketer
Upali Wijewardene
1938 – 1983