Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Champaka Ramanayake
b. 1965
cricketer
Athula Nimalasiri Jayasinghe
1944 – 2014
revolutionary
Justin Kotalawela
1904 – 1973
politician
Jayantha Seneviratne
b. 1952
cricketer
Chamara Kapugedera
b. 1987
cricketer
Mahinda Rajapaksa
b. 1945
politician
Wenura Caldera
b. 1979
cricketer
Shangeev Thanikaithasan
b. 1998
cricketer
Rengan Rajaratnam
b. 1971
Hedge fund
Cyril C. Perera
1923 – 2016
translator
Kuda Naga of Anuradhapura
monarch
Chamika Karunaratne
b. 1996
cricketer
Tudor Gunaratne
b. 1966
cricketer
Ruwan Ranatunga
b. 1971
politician
Shaluka Silva
b. 1995
cricketer
R. I. T. Alles
1932 – 2013
writer
Geremi Perera
b. 2004
association football player
Dilshan Kanchana
b. 1995
cricketer
Udaya Gammanpila
b. 1970
politician
Dananjaya Siriwardana
television actor
Pubudu Chandrasekara
b. 1981
cricketer
Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas
b. 2000
politician
Danusika Bandara
b. 1986
cricketer
Osmund Bopearachchi
b. 1949
historian
K. Navaratnam
b. 1935
politician
Shavendra Silva
b. 1964
diplomat
Sumana Amarasinghe
1948 – 2022
film actor
Bernard Tilakaratna
1927 – 2004
diplomat
Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala
b. 1979
mountaineer
Sanath Nishantha
1975 – 2024
politician
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
1916 – 2008
politician
W. J. M. Lokubandara
1941 – 2021
politician
R. S. Templeton
Kingsley Rajapakse
1934 – 1983
film editor
Bennet Soysa
1889 – 1981
politician
Lalith Jayasundara
b. 1953
cricketer
Eric Upashantha
b. 1972
cricketer
Harshana Thilakarathne
b. 2003
chess player
Thomas Lister Villiers
1869 – 1959
farmer
E. M. V. Naganathan
1906 – 1971
politician
Sagara Kumara
b. 1977
cricket umpire
Madduma Bandara Ehelapola
1806 – 1814
Arunachalam Mahadeva
1885 – 1969
diplomat
Sanjaya Rodrigo
b. 1979
cricketer
Thilakaratne Withanachchi
politician
Rajeewa Weerasinghe
b. 1987
cricketer
Samantha Dodanwela
b. 1970
cricketer
P. R. Selvanayagam
b. 1936
politician
Malcolm Bulner
b. 1944
boxer
Priyani Jayasinghe
1967 – 2018
singer
Joseph Kingsley Swampillai
b. 1936
Catholic priest
Susantha Goonatilake
engineer
Neomal Perera
b. 1965
politician
Chinthaka Jayasinghe
b. 1978
cricketer
Shehan Fernando
b. 1993
cricketer
Umega Chaturanga
b. 1984
cricketer
Pathmini Sithamparanathan
b. 1954
politician
K. D. Sugathadasa
b. 1908
politician
Mangala Samarakoon
b. 1980
sport shooter
Ana Seneviratne
1927 – 2015
diplomat
Niluka Ekanayake
politician
Herbert Sri Nissanka
1898 – 1954
politician
Prasansana Jayamanna
b. 1994
cricketer
Celestina Dias
1858 – 1933
founder
Lal Chamika Buddhadasa
politician
Dan Piachaud
1937 – 2026
cricketer
Oswind Suriya
b. 1989
association football player
Aruni Rajapaksha
b. 1984
actor
Susantha Punchinilame
b. 1961
politician
Sarath Wijesinghe
politician
Banagala Upatissa Thero
Buddhist monk
C. W. W. Kannangara
1884 – 1969
diplomat
Sarath Ratnakeerthi
b. 1951
Thalatha Gunasekara
1937 – 2003
film actor
Mithun Perera
b. 1986
golfer
Harry Sandrasagra
1875 – 1940
politician
Dandeniya Gamage Jayanthi
human rights defender
Ramesh Rushantha
b. 1983
Kulasiri Budawatta
1950 – 2021
dancer
Upekha Fernando
1979 – 2021
cricketer
H. A. Perera
1952 – 2010
actor
Tharuka Raveen
b. 1997
cricketer
E. K. G. Wijewardene
b. 1940
cricketer
Kingsley Rasanayagam
1941 – 2004
politician
Piyadasa Sirisena
1875 – 1946
writer
Navod Ilukwatta
b. 1991
cricketer
Badi-ud-din Mahmud
1904 – 1997
civil servant
Kasun Rajitha
b. 1993
cricketer
E. Saravanapavan
b. 1953
politician
Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura
301 – 267 BC
monarch
Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar
1893 – 1985
politician
Binura Fernando
b. 1995
cricketer
S. Vithiananthan
1924 – 1989
academic
Vijaya Ramanayake
1945 – 2016
Frederick Richard Saunders
1838 – 1910
police officer
Anura Ranasinghe
1956 – 1998
cricketer
Ukwatte Jayasundera
politician
J. P. Jayasena
1921 – 1990
politician
Sudath Mahaadivulwewa
b. 1965
film director
Kamindu Mendis
b. 1998
cricketer