Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Mishen Silva
b. 1998
cricketer
B. D. Rampala
1910 – 1994
engineer
Ronnie de Mel
1925 – 2024
politician
Ajith Perera
b. 1967
politician
Thilak Fernando
b. 1967
cricket umpire
Dasun Paranavithana
b. 1991
association football player
Frank Marcus Fernando
1931 – 2009
Catholic priest
Heshan Umendra
b. 1996
cricketer
Prabhash Keppitipola
b. 1996
cricketer
B. Deniswaran
politician
Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
1892 – 1978
diplomat
Champa Kalhari
b. 1974
singer
Ravindra Wijegunaratne
b. 1962
competitive diver
Selliah Ponnadurai
1935 – 2013
cricketer
A. E. Goonesinha
1891 – 1967
diplomat
Sampath Tennakoon
1959 – 2021
actor
Dilan Jayalath
b. 1997
cricketer
Dhammika Prasad
b. 1983
cricketer
Ramesh Pathirana
b. 1969
politician
Albert de Silva
1915 – 2009
politician
Nipun Malinga
b. 2000
cricketer
Ravindra Palleguruge
b. 1985
cricketer
M. Canagaratnam
1924 – 1980
politician
Rasaiah Parthipan
1963 – 1987
Milton Mallawarachchi
1945 – 1998
singer
M. E. H. Maharoof
1939 – 1997
politician
Ramalingam Chandrasekar
b. 1963
politician
C. V. Gunaratne
1901 – 2000
politician
Dinesh Lalinda
b. 1979
cricketer
Chamila Gamage
b. 1978
sculptor
Suranga Lokubalasuriya
cricketer
Frank Sebaratnam
b. 1954
coach
Wilfred A. Ratwatte
politician
Senesh Dissanaike Bandara
lecturer
Pasindu Madushan
b. 1992
cricketer
Jayalath Manoratne
1948 – 2020
actor
Dharmasiri Senanayake
1933 – 2000
politician
K. Thurairetnasingam
1941 – 2021
politician
Udawatte Nanda Thero
politician
Geeth Alwis
b. 1987
cricketer
Waruna Shantha
b. 1980
cricketer
Sanka Abeyruwan
b. 1992
cricketer
Y. G. Padmasiri
b. 1950
politician
Alawwe Nandaloka Thero
politician
Anuk Arudpragasam
b. 1988
novelist
Mignonne Fernando
b. 1943
singer
Imran Maharoof
b. 1983
politician
Nadeera Nawela
b. 1984
cricketer
Maduka Liyanapathirana
cricketer
Sahan Ranwala
b. 1978
actor
Milinda Peiris
military officer
T. B. Ilangaratne
1913 – 1992
politician
Asiff Hussein
b. 1972
journalist
Thomas Anton Bertram
1869 – 1937
judge
Sunil Costa
b. 1959
film director
Ranesh Perera
b. 1985
cricketer
Cyril E. S. Perera
1892 – 1968
teacher
Ravindu Kodituwakku
b. 1997
cricketer
Nikki Ahamed
b. 1991
association football player
Manoj Hemaratne
b. 1969
cricketer
Surendra Ramachandran
1934 – 2010
physician
S. M. Ranjith
politician
Sunil Wettimuny
b. 1949
cricketer
S. Nadarajah
politician
Gitanjana Gunawardena
b. 1952
politician
Nalin de Silva
1944 – 2024
mathematician
Geeshat Panditharatne
b. 1996
cricketer
Sahan Wijesiri
b. 1988
cricketer
Roshan Guneratne
1962 – 2005
cricketer
J. A. Milton Perera
1929 – 1991
playback singer
Chathura Randunu
b. 1984
cricketer
Yevan David
b. 2007
racing driver
Wilmot A. Perera
1905 – 1973
diplomat
Harold de Soysa
1907 – 1971
Anglican priest
Bandula Harischandra
1963 – 2025
politician
Chandimal Jayasinghe
b. 1983
hairdresser
Nimalka Fernando
human rights defender
Achala Jagodage
b. 1973
politician
Dulanjana Seneviratne
b. 1996
cricketer
Muhammad Lafir
1930 – 1981
athlete
Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena
b. 1953
astrologer
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
b. 1939
politician
Duvindu Tillakaratne
b. 1996
cricketer
A. H. M. Fowzie
b. 1937
politician
Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva
1941 – 2021
Indika Ruwanpura
b. 1980
cricketer
Wickramesinghe Wimaladasa
b. 1943
athletics competitor
Gayan Sirisoma
b. 1981
cricketer
Valentine Gunasekara
1931 – 2017
architect
Soma Edirisinghe
1939 – 2015
entrepreneur
Mahanama of Anuradhapura
monarch
Madihe Pannaseeha Thero
1913 – 2003
monk
Lakshan Jayasinghe
b. 1995
cricketer
Thilan Samaraweera
b. 1976
cricketer
Arjuna Mahendran
b. 1959
M.I.A.
b. 1975
singer
Umeshka Morais
b. 1995
cricketer
Anura Bastian
1950 – 2014
civil servant
A. T. Moorthy
1928 – 2008
diplomat
Chamikara Edirisinghe
b. 1991
cricketer