Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Henepola Gunaratana
b. 1927
Buddhist monk
Dharmasena Attygalle
1925 – 1989
diplomat
D. M. Rajapaksa
1896 – 1945
politician
Shehan Hettiarachchi
b. 1994
cricketer
Sujatha Alahakoon
b. 1959
politician
K. V. Samantha Vidyaratna
politician
Thisuri Yuwanika
b. 1991
actor
Gamani Corea
1925 – 2013
economist
Maithripala Sirisena
b. 1951
politician
Sarath Ranawaka
1951 – 2009
politician
Cyril Dissanayake
b. 1970
police officer
Premalal Jayasekara
b. 1974
politician
Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis
b. 1958
Catholic priest
Nisitha Rupasinghe
b. 1979
cricketer
A. Velupillai
1936 – 2015
historian
Harry Goonatilake
1929 – 2008
Air Lanka
Dilasri Lokubandara
b. 1993
cricketer
Theekshana Ratnasekera
b. 1982
swimmer
Sudaraka Dakshina
b. 1995
cricketer
Dushan Vimukthi
b. 1991
cricketer
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
1956 – 2011
politician
Tissa Devendra
1929 – 2023
Ananda Weerakoon
1934 – 2022
actor
Nimanda Madushanka
b. 1992
cricketer
Rohan Joseph de Saram
1953 – 2004
conductor
Saman Kelegama
1959 – 2017
economist
Nandasena Perera
1954 – 2019
golfer
Dharmappriya Wijesinghe
politician
Sajeewa Weerakoon
b. 1978
cricketer
Sahan Jayawardene
b. 1990
cricketer
Jani Chathurangani Silva
b. 1981
athletics competitor
Manjula Kumara
b. 1984
athletics competitor
H. Chims
H. W. Dissanayake
1924 – 1985
politician
Udara Palliyaguruge
b. 1981
film director
Hirunika Premachandra
b. 1987
politician
Oliver Weerasinghe
1907 – 1980
architect
Manjula Jayawardene
b. 1983
cricketer
Douglas Devananda
b. 1957
politician
Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar
physician
Azath Salley
b. 1963
Vinodh Perera
b. 1989
cricketer
Lakdasa Wikkramasinha
1941 – 1978
poet
Asitha Costa
b. 1970
cricketer
Upul Tharanga
b. 1985
cricketer
Suchithra Alexander
b. 1972
cricketer
J. M. Rajaratnam
1927 – 2014
chief executive officer
Naveed Nawaz
b. 1973
cricketer
Lahiru Thirimanne
b. 1989
cricketer
Brian V. Jegasothy
1943 – 2001
physician
Nayana Karunaratne
fashion designer
Mohamed Izzadeen
b. 1979
association football player
Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi
b. 1983
actor
Somasiri Dehipitiya
1933 – 1982
actor
Udith Madushan
b. 1997
cricketer
Sewvinda Silva
b. 1995
cricketer
Sangeeth Cooray
b. 1995
cricketer
Ishak Sahabdeen
cricketer
Shashin Dilranga
b. 1994
cricketer
Victor Corea
1871 – 1962
lawyer
C. Vanniasingam
1911 – 1959
politician
Trishen Nonis
b. 1968
cricketer
Dhananjaya Lakshan
b. 1998
cricketer
S. R. P. Sraiva
b. 1973
politician
Nilukshi Fernando
b. 1984
actor
E. R. de Fonseka
2000 – 2003
judge
E. B. Wikramanayake
lawyer
A. P. Jayasuriya
1897 – 1980
politician
Vasantha Obeysekera
1939 – 2017
film director
Susantha Dodawatta
politician
Heshan Unamboowe
b. 1992
swimmer
S. Saravanamuttu
1898 – 1957
cricketer
Baddegama Samitha Thero
1952 – 2021
politician
Anuruddha Ratwatte
1938 – 2011
politician
Dharmasiri Gamage
1939 – 2004
journalist
Seeniththamby Yogeswaran
b. 1970
politician
Athauda Seneviratne
1931 – 2022
politician
Clifford Ratwatte
1927 – 2009
politician
Sachin Jayawardena
b. 1994
cricketer
Perampalam Kanagasabapathy
1923 – 1977
mathematician
Amarasiri Kalansuriya
1940 – 2023
actor
Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran
1950 – 1975
Gritakumar E. Chitty
1939 – 2022
jurist
Charles Alfred Ernest Corea
1920 – 2010
lawyer
Philip James Macdonell
1873 – 1940
judge
R. L. Brohier
1892 – 1980
writer
Joy Perera
b. 1987
cricketer
Panagoda Maheswaran
b. 1955
Sudath Rohana
b. 1964
film director
Ranee Jayamaha
b. 1949
economist
P. Amarasinghe
economist
Buddika Sandaruwan
b. 1989
cricketer
Shelton Perera
1939 – 1986
singer
Tharindu Eranga
b. 1991
association football player
Nilantha Bopage
b. 1972
cricketer
H. M. G. S. Palihakkara
b. 1947
diplomat
Siva Selliah
1924 – 1997
judge
Sanath de Silva
b. 1989
cricketer
Nimesha Gunasinghe
b. 1995
cricketer
Prabath Nissanka
b. 1980
cricketer