Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Stanley Jayasinghe
b. 1931
cricketer
Osmund Jayaratne
1924 – 2006
politician
Hemakumara Nanayakkara
politician
Hasitha Nirmal
b. 1992
cricketer
Gunadasa Kapuge
1945 – 2003
singer
Manju Wanniarachchi
b. 1979
boxer
Boodee Keerthisena
b. 1966
film director
Edwin Wijeyeratne
1889 – 1968
journalist
Russell Hamer
1947 – 2024
cricketer
Roger Seneviratne
b. 1962
Actor
Lynn de Silva
1919 – 1982
philosopher
Prageeth Maduranga
b. 1980
politician
Dommie Jayawardena
1927 – 1979
actor
Charles Dahanayake
1928 – 2009
Academic
Gayan Maneeshan
b. 1991
cricketer
Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando
1910 – 1976
judge
M. S. Sellasamy
1926 – 2020
politician
Nadeesha Uyangoda
b. 1993
writer
Indika Basnayake
b. 1979
cricketer
M. Alalasundaram
politician
Brigadier Vithusha
Mohamed Mussammil
b. 1980
politician
P. Sathiyalingam
politician
Suranimala Rajapaksha
1949 – 2016
politician
Kandappu Murugesu
1926 – 2004
writer
S. Nagarajah
1931 – 2008
politician
Neville Jayaweera
1930 – 2020
Nelson Gooneratne
b. 1934
cricketer
Pujith Jayasundara
b. 1960
Malkar Mohamed
1943 – 1996
businessperson
Ferdinand Bonnel
1865 – 1945
Catholic priest
G. Yogasangari
politician
Sanjaya Fernando
b. 1988
cricketer
Granville Rodrigo
1958 – 1999
Actor
Gayanthika Artigala Aberathna
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
b. 1965
historian
Nissanka Malla of Polonnaruwa
1157 – 1196
monarch
Sanath Ranjan
b. 1986
cricketer
Mahesh Hemantha
cricketer
Ashcharya Peiris
b. 1901
fashion designer
Christopher G. Weeramantry
1926 – 2017
jurist
Rajitha Dilshan
cricketer
Nalaka Kolonne
politician
Kaushal Silva
b. 1986
cricketer
Kamala Ranathunga
b. 1937
politician
Roshan Ranasinghe
b. 1975
politician
Lakshman Rajapaksa
1905 – 1969
lawyer
Vajira Abeywardena
b. 1960
politician
Janaka Gunaratne
b. 1981
cricketer
Sirimeghavanna of Anuradhapura
monarch
Somaweera Chandrasiri
1909 – 1971
politician
L. G. O. Woodhouse
1888 – 1965
Lushan Fernando
cricketer
Shashikala Siriwardene
b. 1985
cricketer
Mahesh Bogahalanda
b. 1979
cricketer
Wasantha Samarasinghe
b. 1976
politician
N. M. Perera
1905 – 1979
trade unionist
K. Jeyakody
b. 1913
politician
T.S. Fernando
b. 1906
judge
Sydney Chandrasekara
1959 – 2020
television presenter
Prabath Jayasuriya
b. 1991
cricketer
Susil Moonesinghe
1930 – 2012
diplomat
Tissa Weeratunga
1930 – 2003
diplomat
A. L. M. Athaullah
b. 1957
politician
Mohamed Hanifa Mohamed Navavi
b. 1946
politician
Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon
b. 1971
politician
Dinidu Marage
b. 1981
cricketer
Ranmore Martinesz
b. 1967
cricketer
Himali Sayurangi
b. AD 18
film actor
Bernard Aluwihare
1902 – 1961
politician
Priyanka Fernando
diplomat
Channa Perera
b. 1980
film director
P. B. Jayasekara
writer
Chirantha de Silva
b. 1988
cricketer
Ivan Peries
1921 – 1988
painter
K. V. Nadarajah
1905 – 2000
politician
Naysum Saravanamuttu
1897 – 1941
politician
Dillon De Silva
b. 2002
association football player
Abeyratne Ratnayaka
1900 – 1977
politician
S. M. Rasamanickam
1913 – 1974
politician
Dharshan Thavaraja
b. 1994
Actor
Sanka Danushka
b. 1984
association football player
Damayanthi Dharsha
b. 1975
athletics competitor
G. A. Chandrasiri
b. 1954
military officer
A. Thurairajah
1934 – 1994
engineer
Julian Bolling
b. 1966
swimmer
Vajra Chandrasekera
b. 1979
writer
Paul Perera
1929 – 2007
lawyer
Piyadassi
1914 – 1998
Lanka de Silva
b. 1975
cricketer
Sarath Amunugama
academic
Kumara Wendakoon
b. 1965
volleyball player
Gajaman Nona
1746 – 1815
poet
A. F. Wijemanne
politician
Sri Sabaratnam
1952 – 1986
Mohan Lal Grero
b. 1956
politician
Pawan Dias
b. 1996
cricketer
Viraj Perera
b. 1978
cricketer
Dedunu Silva
b. 1978
cricketer
Merrill J. Fernando
1930 – 2023
businessperson