Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene
1874 – 1932
judge
N. Rambadagalla
cricketer
Ilanaga of Anuradhapura
monarch
Linton Semage
b. 1957
film director
Sasindu Perera
b. 1993
cricketer
Susantha Chandramali
1964 – 2025
film actor
H. D. Thambiah
1926 – 1992
judge
Martin Wickramasinghe
1890 – 1976
writer
Eshani Kaushalya
b. 1984
cricketer
Tissa Wijeyeratne
1923 – 2002
diplomat
Lilian Edirisinghe
1922 – 1993
actor
S. Panibharatha
1920 – 2005
choreographer
Samaraweera Weerawanni
politician
Rohitha Bogollagama
b. 1954
diplomat
Chamila Gamage
b. 1979
cricketer
Ranjit Fernando
b. 1944
cricketer
Francis Soertsz
1886 – 1951
judge
Chandika Seeman
b. 1977
cricketer
Lucky de Chickera
b. 1944
writer
Chamari Polgampola
b. 1981
cricketer
H.D Gunawardhana
b. 1945
chemist
Jackson Anthony
1958 – 2023
actor
Prabha Ranatunge
1922 – 2017
radio personality
Thilanka Palangasinghe
b. 1993
weightlifter
Dharmalingam Siddarthan
b. 1948
politician
Annesley Dias
1927 – 2009
comedian
Sumith Liyanage
b. 1936
boxer
Chandamukha of Anuradhapura
monarch
Angajan Ramanathan
b. 1983
politician
Somasiri Medagedara
b. AD 8
singer
Ruwan Wijewardene
b. 1975
politician
Chattagahaka Jantu of Anuradhapura
sovereign
Ranjith Madurasinghe
b. 1961
cricketer
Vijaya Kumaranatunga
1945 – 1988
singer
Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe
academic
Siri Sangha Bodhi I of Anuradhapura
monarch
Pandu Bandaranaike
b. 1962
politician
Wimalaratne Kumaragama
1919 – 1962
poet
Shanmugalingam Sivashankar
1962 – 2009
political activist
Peri Sundaram
1890 – 1957
politician
Ramindu de Silva
b. 1996
cricketer
Vincent Perera
1918 – 1993
civil servant
Ediriweera Sarachchandra
1914 – 1996
diplomat
Lucien Bulathsinhala
b. 1943
songwriter
Roshan Abeysinghe
b. 1963
cricketer
Mario Villavarayan
b. 1973
cricketer
Lasanda Rukmal
b. 1990
cricketer
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
b. 1961
politician
H. R. Jothipala
1936 – 1987
singer
Mohammadu Fasal
b. 1990
association football player
Pathum Nissanka
b. 1998
cricketer
Daya Dissanayake
b. 1947
writer
Kasi Nayinar Pararacacekaran
monarch
Dilan Perera
b. 1962
politician
Shyam Selvadurai
b. 1965
writer
Sachith Dias
b. 1984
cricketer
Charith Sylvester
b. 1982
cricketer
Anoma Janadari
actor
Malathi de Alwis
1963 – 2021
anthropologist
Velusami Radhakrishnan
b. 1952
politician
Seelaratna Senarath
b. 1944
journalist
Suranga Arunakumara
b. 1978
cricketer
Graeme Labrooy
b. 1964
cricketer
Dhammika Niroshana
1983 – 2024
cricketer
Mahinda Wijesekara
politician
Thaneesha Weerakoon
b. 1996
cricketer
Susila Kuragama
1943 – 2016
Actress
T. Raviharan
politician
Bennett Rathnayake
b. AD 24
film director
Dilshan Sanjeewa
cricketer
Saliya Saman
b. 1985
cricketer
Manjula de Zoysa
b. 1983
cricketer
Eran Wickramaratne
politician
Suresh Peiris
b. 1990
cricketer
Lalith Kaluperuma
b. 1949
cricketer
Hiroshi Abeysinghe
b. 1978
cricketer
Somachandra de Silva
1942 – 2025
cricketer
Sriyani Wijewickrama
b. 1969
politician
Sunethra Bandaranaike
b. 1943
politician
Kusuma Karunaratne
b. 1940
academic
W. A. Silva
1890 – 1957
writer
W. Jayasiri
1947 – 2024
lyricist
Samararatne Dharmasena
1950 – 2007
sprinter
Aruni Wijewardane
diplomat
Deepal Warakagoda
b. 1965
ornithologist
Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
b. 1949
film director
Pushpamali Ramanayake
b. 1967
sport shooter
Indunil Herath
b. 1993
middle-distance runner
Mohotti Kwawansha
b. 1970
athletics competitor
Dayasritha Thissera
b. 1966
politician
Lakshman Senewiratne
b. 1957
politician
Lahiru Samarakoon
b. 1997
cricketer
Nalaka Godahewa
b. 1965
Irshad Umar
b. 1995
cricketer
M. E. H. Mohamed Ali
1925 – 2004
politician
Chathura Senarathne
b. 1982
politician
M. M. Zuhair
b. 1947
lawyer
Pasindu Isira
cricketer
Karunaratne Abeysekera
1930 – 1983
poet
M. C. M. Kaleel
1900 – 1994
politician