Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Dilip Wedaarachchi
b. 1957
politician
H. G. S. Bandara
military personnel
Gamini Atukorale
1951 – 2002
politician
Kotapola Amarakitti Thero
b. 1949
politician
Quentin Israel
1934 – 2007
rugby union player
Thomas Amarasuriya
1907 – 1979
politician
Kavichandran Alexander
b. 1952
engineer
Sanath Fernando
b. 1969
cricketer
Jayantha Silva
b. 1973
cricketer
Hemantha Boteju
b. 1977
cricketer
Lahiru Gamage
b. 1988
cricketer
Neranjan Wickremasinghe
1961 – 2015
politician
Kasuni Kavindi
b. 1992
television actor
Chaminda Vaas
b. 1974
cricketer
Thanura Gunatilleke
b. 1977
cricketer
Susila Kottage
b. 1957
actor
R. A. Chandrasena
1924 – 1980
musician
Hector Appuhamy
politician
Rohana Weerasinghe
b. 1949
musician
Dilhan Cooray
b. 1987
cricketer
K. Kunaratnam
1934 – 2015
physicist
Chamara Repiyallage
b. 1992
judoka
Niroshan Premaratne
b. 1981
politician
Nadhula de Silva
b. 1983
cricketer
Anura C. Perera
b. 1947
writer
Leonie Kotelawala
1944 – 2022
actor
Sirimal Ranawella
1920 – 2020
writer
Siripala Gamalath
b. 1952
politician
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
b. 1964
cricketer
Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen
b. 1961
politician
Prasanna Vithanage
b. 1962
film director
Walter Kalasooriya
b. 1945
painter
Daya Thennakoon
1941 – 2020
actor
Jagath Balasuriya
b. 1940
politician
Prishantha Gunawardena
b. 1968
archaeologist
Stanley Tillekeratne
1928 – 2005
politician
Nilushan Nonis
b. 1987
cricketer
Vino Noharathalingam
b. 1963
politician
Devi Sakunthala
film actor
Prasanna Jayakody
b. 1968
film director
Shehan Sandaruwan
b. 1996
cricketer
Dhananjaya de Silva
b. 1991
cricketer
Deepal Gunawardene
b. 1969
cricketer
Rupika De Silva
Samara Wijesinghe
1943 – 2015
writer
Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero
b. 1970
politician
Giriraj Kaushalya
b. 1964
actor
Sugathapala de Silva
1928 – 2002
writer
Kusal Maduranga
b. 1993
actor
Bhatikabhaya Abhaya
monarch
A. A. Wijethunga
b. 1957
politician
Raja Sumanapala
1942 – 2015
actor
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
1940 – 1992
military officer
Gratien Fernando
1915 – 1942
military personnel
H. W. Thambiah
1906 – 1997
diplomat
Maheepala Herath
politician
Cletus Mendis
b. 1949
actor
Kasun Madushanka
b. 1991
cricketer
Esala Weerakoon
b. 2000
diplomat
Benjamin Bawa
1865 – 1923
judge
Sureni Senarath
1959 – 2021
film actor
Asoka Abeygunawardana
b. 1963
engineer
Ambalavanar Neminathan
1961 – 2002
Sarath Munasinghe
1949 – 2008
politician
Wimal Kumara de Costa
1948 – 2016
actor
Farveez Maharoof
b. 1984
cricketer
Kavindu Ishan
b. 1992
association football player
Sanath Wimalasiri
b. 1974
actor
Ezlynn Deraniyagala
1908 – 1973
barrister
Harold Peiris
1904 – 1988
writer
Somaweera Senanayake
1944 – 2018
writer
Dilhara Fernando
b. 1979
cricketer
C. A. Suriyaarachchi
b. 1953
politician
Alfred Thambiayah
b. 1903
politician
Palitha Perera
b. 1942
sports journalist
Sammu Raghu De Silva Chandrakeerthy
b. 1945
engineer
Wikum Sanjaya
b. 1992
cricketer
Jayatilleke De Silva
1938 – 2019
journalist
Alankara Asanka Silva
b. 1985
cricketer
Forester Augustus Obeysekera
1880 – 1961
politician
Hector Kobbekaduwa
1916 – 1983
politician
Bakeer Markar
1917 – 1997
politician
Asanka Gurusinha
b. 1966
cricketer
Hasantha Hettiarachchi
b. AD 21
television presenter
Wimalasena Perera
b. 1945
athletics competitor
Churchill Gunasekara
1894 – 1969
cricketer
Upul Indrasiri
b. 1982
cricketer
Chandra Schaffter
b. 1930
cricketer
Premasiri Khemadasa
1937 – 2008
composer
S. R. Kanaganayagam
1904 – 1989
politician
Ajith Nivard Cabraal
b. 1954
politician
Chaminda Ruwan
b. 1979
cricketer
Denis Perera
1930 – 2013
engineer
Iqbal Athas
1944 – 2026
journalist
Mohan De Silva
b. 1966
politician
Ravija Sandaruwan
b. 1992
cricketer
Prasanna Shamal Senarath
Politics
Sagara Kariyawasam
b. 1967
lawyer
Nandadasa Kodagoda
1929 – 1997
academic
Shanmuganathan Ravishankar