Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
V. Vamadevan
1935 – 2019
Cinematographer
Wanindu Hasaranga
b. 1997
cricketer
Ashan Randika
b. 1993
cricketer
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
b. 1971
cricketer
Shreen Abdul Saroor
b. 1969
activist
K. Natesa Iyer
1887 – 1947
trade unionist
Lalana Priyadarshani
b. 1980
cricketer
Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe
b. 1902
politician
Pon Sivapalan
1952 – 1998
politician
Nisham Mazahir
b. 1989
cricketer
Dulanjana Mendis
b. 1990
cricketer
Atputharajah Nadarajah
1963 – 1999
Ossie Abeygunasekera
1950 – 1994
politician
Nishantha Muthuhettigamage
b. 1971
politician
Nethmi Roshel
b. 1998
actor
Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy
1774 – 1824
politician
T. Somasekaram
1934 – 2010
writer
Umesh Kasun
b. 1996
cricketer
Thilak Kumara Rathnayake
b. 1960
Actor
Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy
1965 – 2026
politician
Kumaraswamy Nandagopan
1976 – 2008
politician
Prashan Wickramasinghe
b. 1992
cricketer
Mohan Ellawala
1948 – 2009
Shyam Fernando
actor
Pradeep de Silva
cricketer
Bandula Jagath
cricketer
S. M. Chandrasena
b. 1955
politician
Vanniasingham Vigneswaran
politician
Kumarasinghe Sirisena
b. 1962
businessperson
Keshan Wijerathne
b. 1996
cricketer
James Peter Obeyesekere II
1879 – 1968
barrister
Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku
b. 1961
politician
Sheshadri Priyasad
b. 1991
film actor
Russel Arnold
b. 1973
cricketer
PA Ediriweera
1915 – 1985
journalist
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
1913 – 1980
diplomat
Somaratne Dissanayake
b. 1901
film director
Milan Abeysekera
b. 1993
cricketer
Vallipuram Vasanthan
1966 – 1987
Arthur de Soysa
politician
Shamil Wakeel
b. 1998
squash player
Muditha Kaushalya
b. 1987
cricketer
Ishani Senanayake
b. 1995
swimmer
Roger Wijesuriya
b. 1960
cricketer
Asoka Handagama
b. 1962
film director
Sahan Arachchige
b. 1996
cricketer
Kandiah Neelakandan
1947 – 2018
lawyer
Suresh de Mel
cricketer
Roshan Jayatissa
b. 1989
cricketer
S. Thambirajah
b. 1917
politician
M.C. Ahamed
1931 – 2008
politician
Joseph Marsh
b. 1803
Ellawala Medhananda Thero
b. 1937
politician
M. Thilakarajah
b. 1973
trade unionist
Duleep Wijesekera
b. 1957
politician
Dinesh Daminda
b. 1983
cricketer
Prasad Kariyawasam
b. 1954
diplomat
Hashan Dumindu
b. 1995
cricketer
Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim Brown
1972 – 2006
Sri Lanka
Asoka de Silva
b. 1946
judge
Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana
1953 – 2025
politician
Prasanna Ranaweera
politician
Jeronis de Soysa
1797 – 1862
Ayurvedic
Vinothen John
b. 1960
cricketer
Chethiya Wadugodapitiya
b. 1991
rugby union player
Lyndon Loos
b. 1966
cricketer
Pulidevan
Savitri Goonesekere
b. 1939
jurist
Nicholas Attygalle
1894 – 1970
surgeon
Atma Jayaram
1915 – 1990
Gayashan Munasinghe
b. 1986
cricketer
P. Dayaratna
1936 – 2025
engineer
Dutugamunu
165 – 137 BC
monarch
Manil Mendis
Elmo Fernando
journalist
Asoka Ponnamperuma
1936 – 1993
actor
Akash Sunethkumara
b. 1994
film director
Hasini Perera
b. 1995
cricketer
Rangana Herath
b. 1978
cricketer
Kithuruwan Vithanage
b. 1991
cricketer
Nira Wickramasinghe
b. 1964
historian
Richard Pathirana
1938 – 2008
politician
Susith Weerasekara
b. 1959
Shelton Ranaraja
1926 – 2011
politician
P. L. Jinadasa
1907 – 1960
politician
Nishantha Ranatunga
b. 1966
cricketer
Ranjan Wijeratne
1931 – 1991
politician
Mendis Wickramasinghe
b. 1976
herpetologist
H. R. Mithrapala
1946 – 2019
politician
A. D. Champika Premadasa
b. 1948
politician
Akila Jayasundera
b. 1992
cricketer
G. Krishnapillai
politician
Senerat Gunewardene
1899 – 1981
diplomat
Saminda Fernando
b. 1996
cricketer
Akalanka Peiris
b. 2000
swimmer
Willy Gamage
Jayamini Illeperuma
b. 1967
sprinter
Jagath Weerasinghe
b. 1954
artist
A. R. M. Abdul Cader
1936 – 2015
politician
Ajith C. S. Perera
1956 – 2020
cricket umpire