Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Upeksha Swarnamali
b. 1984
politician
Vishaka Siriwardana
1956 – 2021
actor
P. Sriskandarajah
1905 – 1968
judge
Podiappuhamy Piyasena
b. 1961
politician
Jehan Mubarak
b. 1981
cricketer
Chaminda Indika Wijekoon
b. 1981
athletics competitor
P. Manicavasagam
b. 1912
politician
Adele Ann Wilby
b. 1950
rebel
Lal Dharmapriya Gamage
b. 1954
architect
Thisara Samarasinghe
b. 1954
diplomat
Hiruka Fernando
b. 1976
cricketer
Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero
b. 1944
monk
Chatura Herath
b. 1987
cricketer
Tennison Cooray
1952 – 2020
actor
Vernon Schokman
1905 – 1991
cricketer
Jeffrey Vandersay
b. 1990
cricketer
Manoj Chanaka
b. 1984
cricketer
Kaushalya Weeraratne
b. 1981
cricketer
Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
1901 – 1974
politician
Liyana de Silva
b. 1985
cricketer
Damitha Abeyratne
b. 1979
actor
Tharindu Ratnayake
b. 1996
cricketer
Janaka Priyantha Bandara
b. 1968
politician
Sumitra Peries
1935 – 2023
diplomat
Asoka Peiris
1942 – 2007
actor
Dushmantha Chameera
b. 1992
cricketer
Segar
b. 1951
sculptor
Mudiyanse Tennakoon
1934 – 1991
politician
Dooland Buultjens
1933 – 2004
cricketer
Yassalalaka Tissa of Anuradhapura
monarch
Hans Wijayasuriya
b. 1968
engineer
Gamini Fonseka
1936 – 2004
film director
Gunaveera Cinkaiariyan
monarch
Ratheesan Yoganathan
b. 1975
entrepreneur
G. G. Ponnambalam
1901 – 1977
politician
A. Jeyaratnam Wilson
1928 – 2000
historian
Thilanga Sumathipala
b. 1964
politician
Edward Grey
1918 – 2004
boxer
Jayadeva Uyangoda
b. 1950
academic
Sarath Fonseka
b. 1950
politician
Gamini Haththotuwegama
1939 – 2009
playwright
Romesh Eranga
b. 1985
cricketer
Arthur Wijewardena
1887 – 1964
judge
K. T. Ponnambalam
cricketer
Dharma Sri Munasinghe
1930 – 2004
radio personality
Jagath Samarawickrama
politician
Vasanthy Arasaratnam
b. 1959
academic
Walisinghe Harischandra
1876 – 1913
writer
Thilan Nimesh
b. 1997
cricketer
Ivan Corea
1902 – 1968
Anglican priest
D. J. Ambalavanar
1928 – 1997
priest
Ravindra Randeniya
b. 1945
politician
Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa
1875 – 1953
writer
Sivakumaran
1936 – 2022
writer
Himasha Eashan
b. 1995
athletics competitor
Kapila Wijegunawardene
b. 1964
cricketer
Arjuna Ranatunga
b. 1963
cricketer
Indika de Saram
b. 1973
cricketer
Dulip Liyanage
b. 1972
cricketer
Gamini Dissanayake
1942 – 1994
politician
Relangi Selvarajah
1960 – 2005
presenter
Malinda Seneviratne
b. 1965
journalist
Rashmika Dilshan
b. 1998
cricketer
Gunasena Galappatty
1927 – 1984
playwright
Dharmadasa Walpola
1927 – 1983
singer
Sampath Lakmal de Silva
1982 – 2006
journalist
Prageeth Eknaligoda
journalist
Chandra kaluarachchi
1943 – 2019
actor
Walwin de Silva
b. 1905
politician
Shammu Ashan
b. 1998
cricketer
Jacqueline Fernandez
b. 1985
model
Manoj Deshapriya
b. 1981
cricketer
Ravivimal Jaywardene
1936 – 2017
sport shooter
Kasun de Silva
b. 1990
cricketer
Tissa Abeysekara
1939 – 2009
film director
Elina Jayewardene
1913 – 2007
politician
Hashan Prabath
b. 1992
cricketer
Nihal Bhareti
b. 1901
radio personality
Donald Hewagama
1926 – 2009
Judge Advocate General (Sri Lanka)
Sherman de Rose
LGBTQ rights activist
R. Kuhaneswaran
b. 1960
politician
Thissa Sanjeewa
b. 1992
cricketer
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera
b. 1956
human rights defender
Sharmila Seyyid
b. 1982
writer
Mahesh Priyadarshana
b. 1981
cricketer
Rayappu Joseph
1940 – 2021
Catholic priest
Suppiah Sharvananda
1923 – 2007
judge
Chamara Dunusinghe
b. 1970
cricketer
Daya Master
b. 1956
Chathura Gunaratne
b. 1982
association football player
Lassana Perera
b. 1984
cricketer
C. P. de Silva
1912 – 1972
politician
Rajan Hoole
human rights defender
Madhumadhawa Aravinda
b. 1973
singer
Mahesh Perera
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Asoka Jayawardena
b. 2000
Madura Madushanka
b. 1994
cricketer
Charitha Ratwatte III
b. 1948
lawyer
Marlon Vonhagt
b. 1965
cricketer
Leticia Peiris
1934 – 2013
actor