Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
A. Vinayagamoorthy
1933 – 2017
politician
Alfred Edirimanne
1929 – 2000
actor
Siritunga Jayasuriya
trade unionist
D. M. Jayaratne
1931 – 2019
politician
Eddie Jayamanne
1915 – 1981
actor
Wasantha Yapa Bandara
politician
Roy Silva
b. 1980
cricketer
Mahendra Ratwatte
politician
Vijitha Herath
b. 1968
politician
Amaranath Jayathilake
1937 – 2013
writer
Sirimathi Rasadari
1932 – 1992
film actor
Anusha Samaranayake
b. 1962
cricketer
Manoj Sarathchandra
b. 1993
cricketer
Sucharitha Gamlath
1934 – 2013
academic
G. M. Premachandra
1940 – 1994
politician
Lorenz Beven
1872 – 1947
Anglican priest
K. Jayatillake
1926 – 2011
literary critic
Gihan Rupasinghe
b. 1986
cricketer
Kanchana Gunawardene
b. 1984
cricketer
Charith Keerthisinghe
b. 1985
cricketer
Kimiko Raheem
b. 1999
swimmer
Premachandra de Silva
cricketer
Christopher Greet
1932 – 2020
Nuwan Kulasekara
b. 1982
cricketer
Nalliah Kumaraguruparan
b. 1958
politician
A. C. M. Lafir
1935 – 2022
cricketer
Chintaki de Zoysa
b. 1971
athlete
Gamini Jayasuriya
1924 – 1998
politician
Dammika Perera
b. 1979
cricketer
T. Maheswaran
1966 – 2008
politician
Eshani Lokusuriyage
b. 1984
cricketer
K. Indrapala
b. 1938
historian
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
1941 – 2024
politician
Tharanga Suresh
b. 1981
cricketer
V. Balachandran
b. 1951
politician
Jayantha Chandrasiri
b. 1959
film director
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
b. 1955
politician
Chamara Janaraj Peiris
b. 1970
film director
Upatissa Gamanayake
1948 – 1989
A. J. Ranasinghe
1927 – 2022
politician
Nicholas Fernando
1932 – 2020
Catholic priest
T. N. De Silva
b. 1939
military officer
K. Gunaratnam
1917 – 1989
businessperson
Razik Fareed
1893 – 1984
diplomat
Jayathma Wickramanayake
b. 1990
activist
Jayanath Colombage
b. 1957
admiral
Shanthi Kumar Senevirathna
1916 – 1967
film actor
D. Shelton A. Gunaratne
1940 – 2019
university teacher
Rathnawali Kekunawela
1931 – 2018
actor
Arundika Fernando
b. 1971
politician
R. S. Wanasundera
1924 – 2012
Somasunadaran Skandakumar
Ashu Marasinghe
politician
Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi
b. 1953
zoologist
Demintha Dahanayake
b. 1986
cricketer
F. B. Norris
Raseen Mohammed Imam
politician
Rukshan Soza
b. 1966
cricketer
Anton Wicky
1940 – 2007
politician
Rukman Senanayake
1948 – 2024
politician
Maureen Charuni
b. 1963
actor
Chathura Alwis
television presenter
Nuwanidu Fernando
b. 1999
cricketer
Manura Kuranage Perera
b. 1979
sprinter
Doreen Sansoni
1911 – 1977
tennis player
Raigamacharige Nilanjana
b. 1975
cricketer
Aaqil Rizan
b. 2003
association football player
Sadeera Samarawickrama
b. 1995
cricketer
Napane Pemasiri Thero
1922 – 2020
Buddhist monk
Victor Hettigoda
1937 – 2022
Kalyana Rathnapriya
b. 1989
cricketer
Mohammed Alfar
b. 1998
cricketer
Damitha Silva
b. 1998
cricketer
Leo Rajendram Antony
1927 – 2012
Catholic priest
Hareen Weerasingha
b. 1999
cricketer
Leslie Gunawardana
1938 – 2010
politician
Maithripala Senanayake
1916 – 1998
politician
Nadeeka Perera
b. 1983
model
Lionel Ranwala
1939 – 2002
singer
Trevin Mathew
b. 1978
cricketer
Chinthana Vidanage
b. 1981
weightlifter
Geeth Kumara
b. 1988
cricketer
Chandana Sooriyaarachchi
b. 1976
politician
Arachchige Gunawardene
b. 1977
cricketer
Susil Fernando
b. 1955
cricketer
C. Suntharalingam
1895 – 1985
politician
Darshan Dharmaraj
1981 – 2022
actor
Lakshman Jayakody
1930 – 2010
politician
Priyankara Rathnayake
b. 1964
actor
Kanirajanu Tissa of Anuradhapura
monarch
Athuraliye Rathana Thero
b. 1962
politician
Muttaiah Devaraj
b. 1938
cricketer
Thikshila de Silva
b. 1993
cricketer
Pradeep Nilanga Dela
b. 1973
Geetha Kanthi Jayakody
b. 1957
film actor
C. Arulampalam
1909 – 1997
politician
Thomas Yates Wright
1869 – 1964
cricketer
Manjula Munasinghe
b. 1971
cricketer
Damith Ratnayake
cricketer
D. M. Swaminathan
b. 1945
politician