Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
A. J. P. Ponrajah
1927 – 1986
civil engineer
Niroshan Illeperuma
actor
M. W. R. de Silva
b. 1900
lawyer
Abdul Baiz Kamardeen
1969 – 2021
politician
A. Amirthalingam
1927 – 1989
politician
Clancy Fernando
1938 – 1992
military personnel
Prem Kumar
1951 – 2011
Thusith de Soysa
b. 1998
cricketer
Pradeep Udawatta
b. 1971
cricketer
Robin Tampoe
1930 – 2002
film director
Sriyantha Dissanayake
b. 1969
athletics competitor
Roy de Silva
1937 – 2018
actor
Indira Samarasekera
b. 1952
engineer
Ajith Alirajah
b. 1968
cricketer
Ali Sabry
b. 1970
lawyer
Sabeetha Perera
b. 1962
actor
Janith Liyanage
b. 1995
cricketer
Harijan Ratnayake
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Kusal Edusuriya
b. 1997
cricketer
Sandun Dias
b. 1985
cricketer
Lasantha Wickrematunge
1958 – 2009
journalist
Surangani Ellawala
1939 – 2016
politician
Henry Pedris
1888 – 1915
military personnel
Mohamed Aslam
b. 1980
cricketer
Kulanthai Shanmugalingam
1931 – 2025
writer
Nuwan Zoysa
b. 1978
cricketer
Waruna Lakshan
b. 1988
athlete
P. Coomaraswamy
1849 – 1906
politician
Harold Herath
1930 – 2007
diplomat
Sangeetha Weeraratne
b. 1973
actor
Dayan Jayatilleka
b. 1956
diplomat
Ranjanlal Gnanendramohan
1960 – 1984
Raja Kollure
1938 – 2021
politician
Navin Kavikara
b. 1989
cricketer
Gunasena de Soyza
1902 – 1961
diplomat
Piyadasa Wijekoon
1940 – 2003
actor
Albert Perera
1918 – 1968
athlete
Srinath Sooriyabandara
b. 1989
rugby union player
Nuwan Ekanayake
b. 1980
cricketer
Mallika de Mel
1932 – 2009
politician
Ananda Aluthgamage
politician
Niksy Ahmed
b. 1994
cricketer
Ponna Wignaraja
Dinusha Fernando
b. 1979
cricketer
Fitzroy Crozier
b. 1936
cricketer
Prageeth Rambukwella
b. 1976
cricketer
Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero
1963 – 2018
Lahiru Weragala
b. 1989
cricketer
Aruna Gunawardene
b. 1969
cricketer
Sunethra Ranasinghe
politician
Mahesh Rodrigo
1927 – 2011
cricketer
Amelius Beauclerk Fyers
1829 – 1883
Kamal Karunanayake
1937 – 2006
economist
Florence Senanayake
1903 – 1988
politician
Livy Wijemanne
1917 – 2002
Baku Mahadeva
1921 – 2013
civil servant
M. H. Mohamed
1921 – 2016
politician
Jehan Daniel
b. 1999
cricketer
Lashan Egalahewa
cricketer
A M Mubarak
b. 1951
cricketer
Hashan Upendra
b. 1997
cricketer
Naresh Adikaram
b. 1970
cricketer
Nuwan Sampath
b. 1996
cricketer
Ravindu Laksiri
b. 1996
squash player
Thilina Suranda
b. 1988
association football player
Chathuranga de Silva
b. 1990
cricketer
Nihal Galappaththi
b. 1954
politician
Mavai Senathirajah
1942 – 2025
politician
Jayatilake Podinilame
1947 – 2013
Suresh Perera
b. 1978
cricketer
H.B. Herath
1957 – 1989
politician
Rizwe Mufti
b. 1961
Rumesh Ratnayake
b. 1964
cricketer
Champika Hettiarachchi
b. 1977
politician
Brian Rajadurai
b. 1965
cricketer
Vivienne de Silva Boralessa
1930 – 2017
singer
Ramith Rambukwella
b. 1991
cricketer
Oshadi Ranasinghe
b. 1986
cricketer
Charitha Buddhika
b. 1980
cricketer
A. Ponnambalam
1814 – 1887
cashier
Uvais Karnain
b. 1962
cricketer
Baptist Fernando
1933 – 2017
Actor
Nuwan Jayawardene
b. 1978
cricketer
Nilanka Premaratne
b. 1988
cricketer
K. Thurairajasingam
b. 1956
attorney at law
Gayan de Silva
b. 1990
cricketer
Nimalan Soundaranayagam
1950 – 2000
politician
Ranjit Atapattu
1933 – 2018
politician
Pararajasingam Nadesan
b. 1915
civil servant
Hana Ibrahim
journalist
Prasanna Ranatunga
b. 1967
politician
Sripali Weerakkody
b. 1986
cricketer
Asitha Fernando
b. 1997
cricketer
Malik Peiris
b. 1949
virologist
Upatissa I of Anuradhapura
monarch
Lal Kularatne
b. 1949
actor
Lasith Malinga
b. 1983
cricketer
Ranjit Hewagama
b. 1942
lawyer
Ranjith Abeysuriya
1932 – 2014
lawyer
Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne
b. 1962
politician