Born in Colombo
Colombo
Largest city of Sri Lanka
Colombo as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Cricketer and badminton player, President of Sri Lanka since 2022, Canadian novelist and poet): Chamika Karunaratne, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Michael Ondaatje and some more.
Celebrities from ColomboCelebrities from Colombo
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73 Lakshman Kadirgamar
Sri Lankan politician (1932-2005)
*April 12th, 1932 †August 12th, 2005, Colombo
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-59
*January 8th, 1899 †September 26th, 1959, Colombo.jpg "Jayathi De Silva")
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Ananda Coomaraswamy
Sri Lankan Tamil metaphysician (1877–1947)
*August 22nd, 1877 †September 9th, 1947, Needham 70
David Wilkie
British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
*March 8th, 1954 67
George Alagiah
British newsreader and journalist (1955–2023)
*November 22nd, 1955 †July 24th, 2023, London 31
Richard de Zoysa
Sri Lankan journalist (1958-1990)
*March 18th, 1958 †February 18th, 1990, Sri Lanka 67
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant (1913-1980)
*March 18th, 1913 †December 4th, 1980, Sri Lanka 79
Ponnambalam Ramanathan sinhala
Solicitor-General of Ceylon and Sri Lankan Tamil political leader
*April 15th, 1851 †November 30th, 1930, Colombo 90
Junius Richard Jayewardene
Leader of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1989
*September 17th, 1906 †November 1st, 1996, Colombo 50
Lasantha Wickrematunge
Sri Lankan journalist (1958-2009)
*April 5th, 1958 †January 8th, 2009, Colombo 89
Jack Churchill
British soldier who fought throughout World War II armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword
*September 16th, 1906 †March 8th, 1996, SurreyBirthdays of famous people
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