Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Shayama Ananda
b. 1959
actor
J. N. Arumugam
b. 1896
Civil servant
Lucky Dias
b. 1951
television producer
Sivapragasam Ratnarajah
1952 – 2008
politician
M. B. Bambarapane
politician
W. D. Ariyasinghe
1956 – 2020
singer
Tilak Marapana
b. 2000
lawyer
Sriyantha Mendis
b. 1957
actor
C. T. Fernando
1921 – 1977
singer
Ganesar Chanmugam
1939 – 1996
astronomer
Sandun Weerakkody
b. 1993
cricketer
K. Sarveswaran
politician
Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna
b. 1960
politician
Mabel Blythe
1930 – 2004
actor
Kapila Gunasekara
agricultural engineer
Eric Godwin Silas
1928 – 2018
ichthyologist
Donald Obeyesekere
1888 – 1964
boxer
Thushara Fernando
b. 1982
cricketer
Valentine Daniel
b. 1947
anthropologist
Bandu Samarasinghe
b. 1955
actor
Elmo Rodrigopulle
1931 – 2021
journalist
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
1943 – 2024
politician
Thilina Herath
b. 1987
cricketer
Sajith Premadasa
b. 1967
politician
H.K. Dharmadasa
1920 – 2011
M. K. Rocksamy
1932 – 1988
composer
Nipun Karunanayake
b. 1991
cricketer
Freddie Silva
1938 – 2001
singer
Alane Felsinger
b. 1937
cricketer
Albert Peries
1905 – 1967
politician
Titus Thotawatte
1929 – 2011
film director
Mangala Moonesinghe
1931 – 2016
diplomat
Tehani Egodawela
b. 1986
sport shooter
S. B. Nawinne
b. 1946
politician
Dilip Tharaka
b. 1996
cricketer
Junius Richard Jayewardene
1906 – 1996
cricketer
Frank Gunasekera
Mittasena of Anuradhapura
sovereign
Gagan Bulathsinghala
b. 1961
Afghanistan
Udayakantha Warnasuriya
film producer
Ananthi Sasitharan
b. 1971
politician
Anne Abayasekara
1925 – 2015
journalist
Sampath S. Seneviratne
ornithologist
P. H. C. Silva
b. 1917
politician
Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi
1948 – 2024
singer
Seelawathie Gopallawa
Ramesh Nimantha
b. 1997
cricketer
Reginald Abraham de Mel
1894 – 1961
politician
Laddie Ranasinghe
1913 – 1983
Actor
Thushara Indunil
b. 1968
politician
Risad Badhiutheen
b. 1972
engineer
Hector Abhayavardhana
1919 – 2012
academic
Perumal Rajathurai
b. 1967
politician
Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam
b. 1971
politician
Anslem de Silva
b. 1940
herpetologist
Mohamed Askar
b. 1986
cricketer
Nihal Sri Ameresekere
1947 – 2026
writer
Thanura Halambage
b. 1993
cricketer
Kavinda Jayawardena
physician
Robert Edward Jayatilaka
b. 1911
politician
Shanudrie Priyasad
b. 1997
actor
Selvarajah Rajivarnam
1982 – 2007
journalist
Sahan Pradeep Withana
politician
James Alfred Corea
1871 – 1915
Muhandiram
Bastiampillai Deogupillai
1917 – 2003
Catholic priest
Bevis Bawa
1909 – 1992
landscape architect
Hemantha Wickramaratne
b. 1971
cricketer
Rohitha Abeygunawardena
b. 1966
politician
Saliya Upul Aladeniya
1964 – 1990
military personnel
Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero
1930 – 2015
Buddhist monk
Roshan Pilapitiya
b. 1970
actor
Bodagama Chandima
b. 1957
Buddhist monk
D. P. Jayasuriya
b. 1882
Asikumar Rahuman
b. 1993
association football player
Rajitha Hiran
b. 1981
actor
Newton Perera
b. 1954
sprinter
Percy Samaraweera
1929 – 1999
politician
Bimal Rathnayaka
b. 1973
politician
Mohamed Ramees
b. 1980
association football player
Mayantha Dissanayake
b. 1980
politician
Harindra Dunuwille
b. 1946
politician
Duncan White
1918 – 1998
athletics competitor
Joseph Ponniah
1952 – 2025
Catholic priest
Palitha Thewarapperuma
1960 – 2024
politician
S. Nijamudeen
politician
Mano Ganesan
b. 1959
politician
Shohan Rangika
b. 1991
cricketer
Rodney Warnakula
b. 1961
actor
Marvan Atapattu
b. 1970
cricketer
Panushanth Kulenthiran
b. 1990
association football player
Nallathamby Srikantha
politician
Amara Hewamadduma
1939 – 2013
historian
Oswald Leslie De Kretser III
b. 1910
lawyer
Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera
1832 – 1886
monk
Umara Sinhawansa
singer
Panini Ilangakoon
1919 – 1989
politician
Thushendra De Zoysa
b. 1978
cricketer
Lahiru Sri Lakmal
b. 1989
cricketer
Abraham Kovoor
1898 – 1978
philosopher
Sanjit De Silva
b. 1976
actor