Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Rohan Pethiyagoda
b. 1955
conservationist
Aththintha Marakalage Buddhadasa
Anton Sudesh Peiris Kurukulasooriyage
b. 1985
weightlifter
Duleeka Marapana
b. 1975
actor
Charles Henry de Soysa
1836 – 1890
philanthropist
Thomas Cooray
1901 – 1988
Catholic priest
Lyndon Hannibal
b. 1965
cricketer
Don Carolis Hewavitarne
1833 – 1906
John de Silva
1857 – 1922
playwright
Primosh Perera
b. 1989
cricketer
Ruby de Mel
1917 – 2004
actor
Emmanuel Nicholas
b. 1939
Nuwan Sanjeewa
b. 1978
cricketer
Dilhara Lokuhettige
b. 1980
cricketer
Vincent Vaas
1922 – 2004
actor
Sujan Perera
b. 1992
association football player
Dharshana Gamage
b. 1979
cricketer
Tikiri Bandara Panabokke I
politician
Seekkuge Prasanna
b. 1985
cricketer
M. Sivasithamparam
1923 – 2002
politician
Himasha Liyanage
b. 1996
cricketer
K. C. Kamalasabayson
1949 – 2007
academic
Praba Ganeshan
b. 1946
politician
S. H. Mahadiulwewa
b. 1906
politician
Kapila Jayampathi
aircraft pilot
Cyril Ponnamperuma
1923 – 1994
chemist
Imraz Raffi
b. 1992
cricketer
Vimukthi Perera
b. 1989
cricketer
Hyacinth Wijeratne
1946 – 2021
actor
Tharindu Fernando
b. 1987
cricketer
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
b. 1975
cricketer
Chanu Nimesha
politician
Madushan Ravichandrakumar
b. 1994
cricketer
Kandiah Balasegaran
1965 – 2008
revolutionary
Sanath Gunathilake
b. 1955
film director
Kanaka Herath
b. 1976
politician
Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru
1944 – 2005
politician
Monath Perera
1982 – 2011
fighter pilot
Yashodha Lanka
b. 1992
cricketer
A. N. S. Kulasinghe
1919 – 2006
engineer
Ryan Kern
b. 1989
cricketer
R. S. F. de Mel
politician
Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
1961 – 2000
journalist
Shan Wijayalal De Silva
b. 1959
politician
Suresh Premachandran
b. 1957
politician
Ruskin Fernando
1916 – 1974
businessperson
K. Sripavan
b. 1952
judge
Nilantha Tillakaratne
b. 1977
cricketer
Nuwandika Senarathna
b. 1994
singer
Hugo Fernando
1912 – 1999
actor
Dushyanth Weeraman
b. 1983
songwriter
Jayantha Kelegama
1928 – 2005
diplomat
Edward Gunasekara
politician
J. W. Carrington
Rex De Costa
1920 – 1971
military personnel
Jaya Pathirana
1921 – 2000
politician
Bertram Weerasinghe
1904 – 1971
engineer
M. S. Ananda
1933 – 2016
writer
Bandula Vithanage
1940 – 2014
screenwriter
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
b. 1959
politician
Maithripala Herath
1928 – 2015
politician
Rasamanohari Pulendran
1949 – 2014
politician
Tharaka Kottehewa
b. 1985
cricketer
Prematilaka Mapitigama
1930 – 2012
writer
Malindu Maduranga
b. 1997
cricketer
Pasan Gunasekera
1964 – 1995
military personnel
P. Selvarasa
b. 1946
politician
Sarath Weerasekara
b. 1951
politician
Ravindra Yasas
b. 1964
actor
John De Saram
b. 1929
diplomat
Weligama Sri Sumangala
1825 – 1905
Buddhist monk
Nandana Mendis
politician
Vickrama Cinkaiariyan
monarch
P.B. Bulankulama
politician
Chitra Fernando
1935 – 1998
short story writer
Rizana Nafeek
1988 – 2013
housekeeper
Kaushik Amalean
b. 1965
cricketer
Kavindi Ishandika Sirimannage
b. 1995
badminton player
Sirisena Hettige
b. 1920
politician
Supun Leelaratne
b. 1981
cricketer
H. A. G. de Silva
b. 1925
judge
Dilupa Perera
b. 1990
cricketer
K. N. Choksy
1933 – 2015
politician
Nalin Bandaranayake
cricketer
Upul Abeywickrama
b. 1968
politician
Srimani Athulathmudali
1946 – 2004
politician
Shihan Mihiranga Bennet
b. 1985
singer
Wilfred Senanayake
1918 – 2008
politician
Kamal AddaraArachchi
b. 1962
singer
Swarna Mallawarachchi
b. 1948
actor
Pubudu Hasanka
b. 1991
cricketer
Damith Priyadharshana
b. 1993
cricketer
M. L. Ahamed Fareeth
1940 – 1985
politician
Asanka Shehan Semasinghe
b. 1976
politician
Disnaka Manoj
b. 1997
cricketer
Sarath Namalgama
1958 – 2019
actor
M. N. Abdul Majeed
b. 1957
politician
Barnes Ratwatte II
1918 – 2004
judge
Selvarasa Pathmanathan
b. 1955
Gallage Peiris
1920 – 2004
athletics competitor