Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Chaminda Vidanapathirana
b. 1983
cricketer
Sarath Amunugama
b. 1939
politician
Captain Angayarkanni
1973 – 1994
Ananda W. P. Guruge
1928 – 2014
diplomat
Shelley Wickramasinghe
1926 – 2011
cricketer
Monty Gopallawa
1941 – 2005
politician
William Gopallawa
1897 – 1981
diplomat
Sudantha Dias
b. 1971
cricketer
Thusitha Laknath
b. 1983
actor
Joseph Pararajasingham
1934 – 2005
politician
Hemaka Amarasuriya
Nations Trust Bank
Niluka Geethani Rajasekara
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Mohamed Rifnas
b. 1995
association football player
Minhaj Jaleel
b. 1995
cricketer
Vernon Prins
1924 – 2003
cricketer
Somy Rathnayake
b. 1946
actor
Lakshman Wasantha Perera
b. 1963
politician
Kavindya Thennakoon
b. 1995
Community development
Gamini Perera
b. 1964
cricketer
Amila Abeysekara
b. 1983
actor
H. W. Amarasuriya
1904 – 1981
politician
Pabasara Waduge
b. 1993
cricketer
Kadawedduwe Jinavamsa Mahathera
1907 – 2003
Buddhist monk
Palani Digambaran
b. 1967
politician
Nadeesha Gayanthi
b. 1984
badminton player
Gerard Wijeyekoon
1878 – 1952
politician
Radhika Coomaraswamy
b. 1953
diplomat
Vishwa Fernando
b. 1991
cricketer
Daya Alwis
1942 – 2015
actor
Nuwan Chamara
b. 1983
cricketer
Nipuna Gamage
b. 1995
cricketer
Thilak Rajapaksha
b. 1971
politician
Tillakaratne Dilshan
b. 1976
cricketer
Hashan Harshana James
b. 1993
cricketer
Dushan Hemantha
b. 1994
cricketer
James Edward Corea
1865 – 1955
Ranji Salgado
1929 – 2009
economist
Pradeep Hewage
b. 1978
cricketer
Thomas De Sampayo
1855 – 1927
judge
Ramesh Subasinghe
b. 1983
cricketer
Hussain Ahamed Bhaila
b. 1949
politician
Siri Perera
1910 – 1995
lawyer
P. Harrison
b. 1964
politician
K. Thurairatnam
1930 – 1995
politician
Hempala Jayasuriya
b. 1930
boxer
Deshan Dias
b. 1992
cricketer
Nimal Siripala de Silva
b. 1944
politician
Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam
b. 1966
Catholic priest
Dilshan Munaweera
b. 1989
cricketer
M. P. Jayasinghe
independent politician
Sivasubramaniam Raveendranath
b. 1951
academic
Pradeep Puwakpitikande
b. 1998
Para athlete
Nimmi de Zoysa
b. 1975
sprinter
Mohamed Namiz
b. 1969
cricketer
Sanath Nandasiri
1942 – 2023
singer
Yohan Goonasekera
b. 1957
cricketer
Udari Warnakulasooriya
b. 1988
actor
Sevvandi Jayakody
zoologist
Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
b. 1974
politician
Charuka Kahagalla
b. 1988
cricketer
Lareef Idroos
b. 1940
cricketer
Mary Bastian
1948 – 1985
R. L. de Kretser
b. 1919
cricketer
Nimantha Perera
b. 1981
cricketer
D. S. Goonesekera
1896 – 1983
politician
E. A. Nugawela
1898 – 1972
politician
Shirley Waijayantha
Ananda Kularatne
politician
W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
1927 – 2003
politician
Suvineetha Weerasinghe
b. 1947
film actor
Thomas Thangathurai William
b. 1944
politician
Tyron Wijewardene
b. 1961
cricketer
Charles Edgar Corea
1866 – 1946
lawyer
Pradeepa Herath
b. 1976
sprinter
Milinda Moragoda
b. 1964
politician
D. M. Dassanayake
1953 – 2008
politician
Teddy Vidyalankara
b. 1955
actor
Nalin Angammana
1945 – 1995
military personnel
Upul Fernando
b. 1973
cricketer
Ananda Samarakoon
1911 – 1962
painter
Suraj Weerasinghe
b. 1996
cricketer
M. X. Karunaratnam
1951 – 2008
NESHOR
Champa Sugathadasa
b. 1973
cricketer
Nalin Vimukthi
b. 1988
cricketer
Dipika Chanmugam
b. 1972
swimmer
Jayanath Sandacan
cricketer
Sivasakthy Ananthan
b. 1964
politician
Inoka Galagedara
b. 1977
cricketer
G. D. Mahindasoma
b. 1928
politician
Sujeewa Kamalasuriya
1965 – 2004
cricketer
K. Arulanandan
1925 – 2004
engineer
Sachin Dias
b. 1996
badminton player
Gayathri Kariyawasam
b. 1976
cricketer
Tissa Vitharana
1934 – 2026
politician
Shanaka Sampath
b. 1991
cricketer
Tharjini Sivalingam
b. 1978
netballer
Dulip Samaraweera
b. 1972
cricketer
Senaka Dissanayake
b. 1965
cricketer
Hugh Fernando
1916 – 1993
politician
Shirley Perera
radio personality