Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Leela Asoka
1927 – 2005
actor
Mahendra Perera
b. 1956
actor
Sangha Tissa I of Anuradhapura
monarch
Promod Maduwantha
b. 1997
cricketer
V. Anandasangaree
b. 1933
politician
Tilak Jayaratne
1943 – 2012
academic
Chandika Hathurusingha
b. 1968
cricketer
Sujith Fernando
b. 1989
cricketer
S. A. Raheem
1921 – 1989
diplomat
Inoka Ranaweera
b. 1986
cricketer
Sujeewa Priyalal
b. 1973
Nilanka Pathirana
b. 1996
cricketer
Daya Sahabandu
1940 – 2023
cricketer
Princy Mangalika
activist
Duminda Wijeweera
b. 1986
cricketer
Prathapa Siriwardene
b. 1989
cricketer
Sathasivam Kanagaratnam
b. 1946
politician
Madhawa Nimesh
b. 1996
cricketer
H. D. Abeygoonewardane
b. 1917
politician
Benny Fernando
b. 1969
athletics competitor
Sirisena Cooray
1931 – 2021
politician
Sithara Gimhan
b. 1996
cricketer
V. Balakumaran
1947 – 2018
Samantha Fernando
b. 1985
cricketer
D. R. Wijewardena
1886 – 1950
businessperson
K. Balasingam
1876 – 1952
politician
Roshan Anurudda
b. 1995
cricketer
Anjaney Katirkama
b. 1985
model
Harris Leuke Ratwatte
1900 – 1964
politician
Vidura Adikari
b. 1993
cricketer
Patrick Denipitiya
1934 – 2013
musician
T. B. Ekanayake
1954 – 2020
politician
Kasun Ekanayake
b. 1997
cricketer
Reggie Candappa
1919 – 2003
Grant McCann Erickson
Madawa Warnapura
b. 1988
cricketer
J. Thiviyanathan
b. 1952
politician
Wijeratne Warakagoda
b. 1933
actor
M. J. Perera
1915 – 2002
Samantha Epasinghe
1967 – 2021
film actor
V. K. Samaranayake
1939 – 2007
computer scientist
Buwaneka Goonethilleka
b. 1996
badminton player
Dasun Pathirana
b. 1985
actor
Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando
b. 1948
Catholic priest
Rajitha Ranaweera
b. 1992
cricketer
Sujeewa Senasinghe
b. 1971
politician
G. L. Peiris
b. 1946
diplomat
M. S. M. Aslam
b. 1955
politician
Aravinda Akurugoda
b. 1996
cricketer
Anurudda Polonowita
b. 1938
cricketer
John Arenhold
1931 – 2017
cricketer
C. Coomaraswamy
b. 1887
diplomat
Aparekke Punnananda Thero
politician
Podi Wije
Daminda Ranawaka
b. 1983
cricketer
Senarath Paranavithana
1896 – 1972
anthropologist
S. M. Manickarajah
b. 1908
politician
Tiran Wijesooriya
b. 1994
cricketer
C. Loganathan
1913 – 1981
Dasun Shanaka
b. 1991
cricketer
Ashan Fernando
b. 1982
cricketer
A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe
b. 2000
herpetologist
Dayaratne Ratagedara
b. AD 20
film director
Chandrasena Hettiarachchi
b. AD 7
singer
Shashrika Pussegolla
b. 1987
cricketer
Anuradha Cooray
b. 1978
athletics competitor
Susantha de Fonseka
1900 – 1963
diplomat
Sudarshana Denipitiya
politician
Mapalagama Wipulasara Maha Thera
1925 – 2000
monk
A. S. Jayawardene
1936 – 2018
economist
Iwanka Sanjula
b. 1997
cricketer
Stephanie Siriwardhana
b. 1988
model
Vijitha Rohana
b. 1965
politician
Cletus Chandrasiri Perera
1947 – 2026
Catholic priest
Harini Amarasuriya
b. 1970
politician
Rohana Pushpakumara
b. 1955
politician
Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle
b. 1952
politician
Anoma Gamage
politician
Thusitha Jayasundera
b. 1971
actor
Prasad Jayawardene
b. 1980
cricketer
Piyasena Gamage
b. 1949
politician
Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero
1896 – 1998
monk
Vernon Corea
1927 – 2002
journalist
V. T. Nanayakkara
b. 1902
politician
Minod Bhanuka
b. 1995
cricketer
Hugh Jermyn
1820 – 1903
Anglican priest
Neelan Tiruchelvam
1944 – 1999
politician
Mohomad Aslam
b. 1990
cricketer
Kingsley De Silva
1932 – 2006
Miyuri Samarasinghe
1939 – 2021
film actor
Vijitha Berugoda
b. 1959
politician
Dhanushka Gunathilleke
b. 1991
cricketer
Rohan de Silva
pianist
Jayan Jayawardene
b. 1983
cricketer
Chaminda Mendis
b. 1968
cricketer
Jayathi De Silva
b. 1990
beauty pageant contestant
Pasan Wanasinghe
b. 1970
cricketer
A.M.P Suranga Adikari
b. 1979
athletics competitor
DB Dhanapala
1905 – 1971
journalist
Vincent Peiris
1941 – 2024
Catholic priest
Tony Opatha
1947 – 2020
cricketer