Born in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Island country in South Asia

Sri Lanka as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Sri Lankan actress and singer, Sri Lankan sprinter, Sri Lankan politician (1933–2016)): Yolande Bavan, Susanthika Jayasinghe, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake and some more.

Celebrities from Sri Lanka

81

Yolande Bavan

Sri Lankan actress and singer

*June 1st, 1942

48

Susanthika Jayasinghe

Sri Lankan sprinter

*December 17th, 1975

83

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Sri Lankan politician (1933–2016)

*May 5th, 1933 †December 27th, 2016, Colombo

58

Champika Ranawaka

Sri Lankan politician

*August 4th, 1965

61

Vasanthi Chathurani

Sri Lankan actress

*October 18th, 1962

75

Chandran Rutnam

Sri Lankan film director

*July 22nd, 1948

53

Gillian Raine

British actress

*December 28th, 1964 †June 19th, 2018

70

Prasad Kariyawasam

Diplomat

*March 21st, 1954

68

Rosanna Flamer-Caldera

Sri Lankan activist

*March 16th, 1956

37

Yureni Noshika

Sri Lankan actress

*January 1st, 1987

79

Karunasena Kodituwakku

Sri Lankan politician

*March 21st, 1945

19

Baby 81 incident

Sri Lankan survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and baby involved in a parental identity dispute

*October 19th, 2004

28

Zohar Mohamed Zarwan

Footballer

*April 23rd, 1996

65

Gottlieb August Crüwell

Austrian librarian and historian (1866-1931)

*September 10th, 1866 †December 19th, 1931, Procida

85

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

American anthropologist

*January 16th, 1929 †January 19th, 2014, Cambridge

92

Anton Muttukumaru

Sri Lankan Army general

*July 6th, 1908 †January 1st, 2001, Australia

85

Leo Rajendram Antony

Bishop (1927-2012)

*April 18th, 1927 †December 3rd, 2012, Trincomalee

90

S. Rajaratnam

Singaporean politician (1915–2006)

*February 25th, 1915 †February 22nd, 2006, Singapore

66

Tyronne Fernando

Sri Lankan politician

*August 8th, 1941 †February 26th, 2008, Colombo

69

Eric Shipton

British explorer

*August 1st, 1907 †March 28th, 1977, Wiltshire

87

Gamani Corea

Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat (1925-2013)

*November 4th, 1925 †November 3rd, 2013, Colombo

55

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Sri Lankan politician (1953-2008)

*January 11th, 1953 †April 6th, 2008

31

Sujan Perera

Sri Lankan footballer

*July 18th, 1992

28

Himasha Eashan

Sri Lankan athletics competitor

*May 7th, 1995

80

Judy Samuel

British swimmer

*August 2nd, 1943

70

Ananda Wickramage

Sri Lankan actor

*August 4th, 1953

32

Mohamed Aleem

Footballer

*August 10th, 1991

80

Stephanie Laurens

Australian writer

*August 14th, 1943

42

Jani Chathurangani Silva

Sri Lankan sprinter

*August 21st, 1981

50

Sangeetha Weeraratne

Sri Lankan actress

*December 13th, 1973

36

Joy Perera

Cricketer

*June 12th, 1987

33

Sachith Aloka

Footballer

*June 5th, 1990

44

Mohamed Izzadeen

Sri Lankan footballer

*June 8th, 1979

75

Duleep De Chickera

Sri Lankan bishop

*July 11th, 1948

32

Chathuranga Sanjeewa

Footballer

*July 6th, 1991

93

Chandra Schaffter

Sri Lankan cricketer

*April 30th, 1930

121

Walter Philps

English cricketer (born 1903)

*April 8th, 1903

33

Mohamed Sameer

Footballer

*April 5th, 1991

42

Dilan Jayawardane

Engineer

*March 26th, 1982

75

Kotapola Amarakitti Thero

Monk and politician

*February 2nd, 1949

43

Prasanna Amarasekara

Sri Lankan sprinter

*March 21st, 1981

78

S. B. Nawinne

Sri Lankan politician

*February 24th, 1946

53

Yashoda Wimaladharma

Sri Lankan actress

*October 28th, 1970

74

Lal Kularatne

Sri Lankan actor

*May 5th, 1949

62

Kamal Addararachchi

Sri Lankan singer

*February 5th, 1962

40

Thusitha Laknath

Actor

*September 7th, 1983

70

Jude Perera

Australian politician

*May 27th, 1953

43

Carl Falk

Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician

*August 17th, 1980

93

Stanley Jayasinghe

Sri Lankan cricketer

*January 19th, 1931

44

Buddhika Mendis

Sri Lankan cricketer

*June 22nd, 1979

40

Dumidu Hettiarachchi

Association football player

*May 9th, 1983

71

Tissa Wijesurendra

Sri Lankan actor

*April 3rd, 1949 †May 11th, 2020, Colombo

61

Colin Gordon

British actor (1911-1972)

*April 27th, 1911 †October 4th, 1972, England

47

Pamela Branch

British crime writer (1920-1967)

*January 1st, 1920 †January 1st, 1967

78

Henry Jayasena

Actor and dramatist from Sri Lanka (1931-2009)

*July 6th, 1931 †November 11th, 2009

42

Vijaya Kumaranatunga

Sri Lankan actor, singer (1945–1988)

*October 9th, 1945 †February 16th, 1988

82

Elmo Noel Joseph Perera

Retired Bishop (1932-2015)

*December 4th, 1932 †April 9th, 2015

94

Basil Gunasekara

Sri Lankan military officer (1929–2024)

*May 7th, 1929 †February 17th, 2024

80

J. N. O. Fernando

Sri Lankan chemist

*February 29th, 1944

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