Sri Lanka

Nalin Priyantha

b. 1981

athletics competitor

William Ellawala

b. 1834

politician

T. Silva

cricketer

Gunapala Amarasinghe

b. 1954

academic

Lakshan Rodrigo

b. 1987

cricketer

Charith Jayampathi

b. 1991

cricketer

Bennet Gunasekera

1919 – 2002

businessperson

Chandra Ranaraja

1939 – 2016

politician

Harsha de Silva

b. 1964

economist

Priyanee Wijesekara

diplomat

Sarath Abeykoon

Lakshman Algama

1940 – 1999

politician

Chamind Weerakoon

b. 1972

cricketer

Vidusha Lakshani

b. 1996

athletics competitor

Sulochana Peiris

documentary filmmaker

Saheli Rochana Gamage

b. 1988

singer

Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero

1942 – 2015

Buddhist monk

Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea

Cuda Ratwatte

1880 – 1940

politician

Anton Balasingham

1938 – 2006

journalist

Anjali Watson

conservationist

Dominic Jeeva

1927 – 2021

writer

Dayan Rajapakse

b. 1972

physician

Menaka Rajapakse

b. 1984

actor

Bogoda Premaratne

1921 – 2013

Reshika Udugampola

b. 1993

swimmer

Mohamed Shilmi

b. 1994

cricketer

Denawaka Hamine

1906 – 2002

actor

Karunasena Kodituwakku

b. 1945

diplomat

William de Silva

1908 – 1988

diplomat

Bandula Basnayake

b. 1947

politician

Navin Dissanayake

b. 1969

politician

Bradman Ediriweera

b. 1975

cricketer

Mervyn De Silva

1929 – 1999

journalist

Alfred Duraiappah

1926 – 1975

politician

Cirikantalatcumi Arulanandam

1961 – 2019

writer

Lahiru Jayaratne

b. 1991

cricketer

Hemasiri Liyanage

b. 1942

actor

Rebeka Nirmali

1964 – 2014

film actor

Chandrasena Wijesinghe

politician

Maas Thajoon Akbar

1880 – 1944

lawyer

Sunil Edirisinghe

b. 1949

singer

Tharanga Paranavitana

b. 1982

cricketer

R. M. Dharmadasa Banda

1938 – 2010

politician

Gerald Henry Cooray

1908 – 1970

pathologist

Nadeeka Lakmali

b. 1981

javelin thrower

S. Arumugam

1905 – 2000

engineer

Sugath Thilakaratne

b. 1973

athletics competitor

Ruchira Perera

b. 1977

cricketer

Aluthwewa Soratha Nayaka Thera

1943 – 2013

Devika Mihirani

b. AD 21

film actor

Poorna Charuka

b. 1997

cricketer

Dimuth Karunaratne

b. 1988

cricketer

Nalinda Jayatissa

b. 1977

politician

Gayan Sheromal

b. 1969

cricketer

K. W. Devanayagam

1910 – 2002

politician

Krishan Imdika

b. 1976

cricketer

Sarath Ambepitiya

1946 – 2004

judge

Noordeen Mashoor

1962 – 2010

politician

Hunais Farook

b. 1973

politician

Malcolm Rodrigo

cricketer

Sunil Gunawardene

b. 1949

sprinter

Saranga Disasekara

b. 1983

actor

Ruchira Silva

b. 1975

fashion designer

Somalatha Subasinghe

1936 – 2015

actor

G. M. Heenilame

1921 – 2009

physician

Mihira Sirithilaka

b. 1980

actor

Gishan Dissanaike

economist

Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana

b. 2012

chess player

L. T. B. Dehideniya

judge

Rukmani Devi

1923 – 1978

singer

Lalith Athulathmudali

1936 – 1993

politician

Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya

b. 1941

actor

Bertie Wijesinha

1920 – 2017

cricketer

Chandani Lokugé

writer

Martin de Silva

1903 – 1978

cricketer

P. G. Punchihewa

b. 1935

Amal Peiris

b. 1985

cricketer

Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed

1928 – 1999

politician

Somapala Dharmapriya

1940 – 1992

Actor

Ruchira Palliyaguruge

b. 1968

cricketer

Srilal Abeykoon

1953 – 2020

actor

George E. de Silva

1879 – 1950

politician

Rathna Sumanapala

b. 1940

film actor

Usman Ishak

b. 1994

cricketer

P.B. Premachandra

b. 1957

Sayuni Gihansa Jayaweera

b. 2002

chess player

Duminda Silva

b. 1974

politician

Louis Edmund Blaze

1861 – 1951

Sathasivam Krishnakumar

1960 – 1993

Raveen Yasas

b. 1999

cricketer

Bathiya Perera

b. 1977

cricketer

Mithra Wettimuny

1951 – 2019

cricketer

Saranga Rajaguru

b. 1992

cricketer

Chathura Peiris

b. 1990

cricketer

Rajnesh Wellington

b. 1968

cricketer

Uduwe Dhammaloka

politician

Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero

1827 – 1911

monk

Arthur Eric Keuneman

1885 – 1947

judge

Edward Miller

1848 – 1951

chaplain