Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Thilak Senasinghe
b. 1958
novelist
Wimalaweera Dissanayake
politician
Marini De Livera
b. 1980
academic
Sunil Soma Peiris
1948 – 2021
film editor
Lal Jayawardena
1935 – 2004
economist
Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
b. 1977
film director
Nanda Malini
b. 1943
singer
Avishka Gunawardene
b. 1977
cricketer
P. Weerakumara Dissanayake
b. 1971
politician
Ravishankar Puvendran
b. 1964
cricketer
M. B. Ariyapala
1916 – 2006
academic
Eraj Ravindra Fernando
1968 – 2026
politician
Chamod Pumal
b. 1995
cricketer
Chaminda Gamage
b. 1987
cricketer
Sivanathan Kisshor
b. 1962
politician
T. Rasalingam
b. 1933
politician
Murugesapillai Koneswary
Sahan Adeesha
b. 1994
cricketer
Pearl Vasudevi
1915 – 1987
actor
Tampalawela Dhammaratana
b. 1956
Buddhist monk
Tilak Goonaratne
1919 – 2003
diplomat
Tharanath Basnayaka
b. 1980
politician
Ranjan Gunatilleke
b. 1951
cricketer
Sadiris Master
musician
Shasheendra Rajapaksa
b. 1976
Edmund Samarakkody
1912 – 1992
politician
Roshan Perera
b. 1976
Platinum Holdings (pvt) Ltd
Zahran Hashim
1985 – 2019
Channa Jayasumana
b. 1980
researcher
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan
b. 1975
politician
Dhamma Jagoda
1941 – 1988
actor
Aravinda Kumar
b. 1954
trade unionist
Chandrasena Jayasuriya
1935 – 2000
boxer
Quintin Fernando
1896 – 1967
lawyer
Ernest Corea
1932 – 2017
journalist
Samadhi Arunachaya
b. 1990
actor
P. Radhakrishnan
b. 1941
politician
Amila Kiriella
b. 1982
cricketer
Dinuk Wikramanayaka
b. 1994
cricketer
Dilhan Perera
b. 1969
cricketer
Thilini Pramodika
b. 1996
badminton player
Veena Jayakody
b. 1952
actor
Sriyani Amarasena
b. 1944
actor
Eric Prasanna Weerawardhana
b. 1983
politician
Kanchana Wijesekera
b. 1982
politician
Adeesha Nanayakkara
b. 1991
cricketer
Ajit de Silva
b. 1952
cricketer
David Dharmakeerthi
1913 – 1987
politician
Rezvi Sheriff
1948 – 2026
physician
Sachini Ayendra Stanley
b. 1982
model
Nagalingam Shanmugathasan
1920 – 1993
politician
Eliyantha White
1973 – 2021
therapist
Tissa Karalliyadde
b. 1952
politician
T. Thirunavukarasu
1933 – 1982
politician
S. Shanmuganathan
1960 – 1998
politician
M. Joseph Michael Perera
1941 – 2023
politician
Visakan Kadirkamanathan
b. 1962
engineer
Geeth Perera
b. 1996
cricketer
Sharya Guruge
b. 1992
squash player
Romesh Krishantha
cricketer
Guy de Alwis
1959 – 2013
cricketer
Malith Gunathilake
b. 1987
cricketer
W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena
1908 – 1975
politician
Stanley Kalpage
diplomat
V. Appapillai
1913 – 2001
academic
Gananath Obeyesekere
1930 – 2025
anthropologist
Satchi Ponnambalam
1935 – 1999
judge
Mevan Fernando
b. 1981
cricketer
Charles Nirmalanathan
b. 1975
politician
Vaithilingam Sornalingam
1949 – 2001
Sachintha Peiris
b. 1995
cricketer
Brendon Gooneratne
1938 – 2021
physician
Chitra Wakishta
1936 – 2019
actor
Malani Bulathsinhala
1949 – 2001
singer
Abu Fuard
1936 – 2012
cricketer
K. P. Ratnam
1914 – 2010
politician
Thisuri Wanniarachchi
b. 1993
writer
S. Sellamuttu
1916 – 1993
politician
Andrew Jayamanne
1943 – 2014
film director
D. C. W. Kannangara
1913 – 1999
politician
Nimal Wijesinghe
b. 1969
politician
Saman Piyasiri Fernando
1958 – 1989
politician
C. P. J. Seneviratne
1918 – 1984
politician
Suwini de Alwis
b. 1975
cricketer
Nelum Kumara
b. 1979
cricketer
Chulakshi Ranathunga
b. 1989
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
1902 – 1997
diplomat
Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
1940 – 1996
writer
Sandani Fernando
b. 1998
film actor
Iranganie Serasinghe
b. 1927
actor
Emil Savundra
1923 – 1976
businessperson
Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy
1938 – 2006
politician
Ajith Weerakkody
b. 1970
cricketer
Wimal Weerawansa
b. 1970
politician
Percy Wickremasekera
lawyer
Gnanamuthu Srineshan
b. 1960
politician
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
b. 1953
lawyer
K. W. Shantha Bandara
b. 1973
politician
Sanjeeva Edirimanna
politician
Halambage Premasiri
1964 – 2016
cricketer