Sri Lanka
People of this nationality
Dineth Thimodya
b. 1996
cricketer
Uthum Herat
1957 – 2009
economist
Sahan Nanayakkare
b. 1995
cricketer
Sisira Jayakody
b. 1965
politician
B. H. Dunuwille
politician
Pradeep de Silva
b. 1989
cricketer
Savith Priyan
b. 1990
cricketer
Chathurani Gunawardene
b. 1990
cricketer
James Alfred Ernest Corea
1870 – 1939
proctor
Ravindu Tillakaratne
b. 1996
cricketer
Lalithamana Fernando
b. 1962
cricketer
Eddie Junior
1926 – 1982
actor
Chandana Aravinda
b. 1982
cricketer
Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai
1939 – 2025
politician
Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal
politician
Herbert M. Seneviratne
1925 – 1987
actor
Suminda Lakshan
b. 1997
cricketer
Kumar Rupesinghe
1943 – 2022
writer
Malini Fonseka
1947 – 2025
politician
Ajith Mannapperuma
b. 1963
politician
Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne
chartered accountant
Nigel Ball
1892 – 1978
military personnel
Amila Gunawardene
b. 1980
cricketer
V. M. Panchalingam
1930 – 1989
Mark Wille
b. 1987
cricketer
Nihal Silva
1954 – 1989
actor
Marlon Mallawarachchi
b. 1966
cricketer
Jayananda Warnaweera
1960 – 2025
cricketer
Henry Jayasena
1931 – 2009
actor
Chandi Wickramasinghe
b. 1983
cricketer
Chandika Nanayakkara
actor
Christy Leonard Perera
1932 – 2015
actor
Yasmine Gooneratne
1935 – 2024
writer
Neil Rupasinghe
politician
Harsha Rajapaksha
b. 1995
cricketer
Jinadasa Kitulagoda
politician
Dhammika Siriwardana
1954 – 2015
film director
Kasun Kalhara
b. 1981
singer
S. Thandayuthapani
b. 1950
politician
J. G. Balthazar
1930 – 2019
Piyal Wijetunge
b. 1971
cricketer
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
1899 – 1973
diplomat
Mujibur Rahman
b. 1968
politician
Srinath Maddumage
b. 1963
actor
Shehan Madushanka
b. 1995
cricketer
S. Sivapalan
1890 – 1960
politician
M. A. M. Maharoof
b. 1957
politician
D. T. Niles
1908 – 1970
Protestant theologian
Basil Gunasekara
1929 – 2024
Chairman
Rumesh Buddika
b. 1990
cricketer
Oshadie Kuruppu
1994 – 2022
badminton player
Tharaka Balasuriya
b. 1974
politician
Pasindu Lakshanka
b. 1996
cricketer
Sirisumana Godage
1936 – 2026
businessperson
Gamya Wijayadasa
b. 1986
beauty pageant contestant
Kumara Thirimadura
b. 1969
actor
Ansley Jansze
b. 1986
cricketer
S. Mahalingam
1926 – 2015
academic
Roy Dias
b. 1952
cricketer
Ananda Dassanayake
1920 – 2012
politician
K. A. Gamage
military personnel
Malini Wickramasinghe
b. 1964
sport shooter
Arumugam Thondaman
1964 – 2020
politician
Subaskaran Allirajah
b. 1972
entrepreneur
R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana
politician
Gayan de Silva
b. 1988
cricketer
Chaminda Niroshan
cricketer
Bradman Weerakoon
1930 – 2025
civil servant
Herbi Felsinger
1934 – 2018
cricket umpire
Suresh Perera
b. 1970
cricketer
Ruwin Peiris
b. 1970
cricketer
Maru Sira
1948 – 1975
Wasantha Aluvihare
b. 1962
politician
Maxwell Silva
b. 1953
Catholic priest
Asoka Weeraratna
1918 – 1999
missionary
Losliya Mariyanesan
b. 1996
film actor
Donald Dissanayake
politician
Agnes de Silva
1885 – 1961
suffragette
Vidura Wickremenayake
b. 1959
politician
Nilan De Silva
b. 1971
cricketer
Mahela Udawatte
b. 1986
cricketer
Saroja Savithri Paulraj
politician
Ashley de Silva
b. 1963
cricketer
Maithri Gunaratne
lawyer
Duleep Mendis
b. 1952
cricketer
Ishan Jayaratne
b. 1989
cricketer
Suran Goonatilake
film producer
Gerald Wickremesooriya
1920 – 2006
record producer
S. D. Jayaratne
b. 1951
physician
N. Vithyatharan
b. 1959
journalist
Champika Ranawaka
b. 1965
politician
A. M. Merza
1907 – 1979
businessperson
Manike Attanayake
b. 1947
film actor
M. Thiyagarajah
politician
Supeshala Jayathilake
b. 1995
cricketer
E. L. B. Hurulle
1919 – 2009
politician
Milroy Silva
b. 1982
cricketer
Leo Fransisco
b. 1994
cricketer
Vini Vitharana
1928 – 2019
academic
Janaka Wakkumbura
b. 1967
politician