Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Sri Lanka

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman VrC is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot who, during the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff, was held captive in Pakistan for 60 hours after his aircraft was shot down in an aerial dogfight. He was awarded a medal by the Indian government for the alleged shooting down of a PAF F-16 with his MiG-21 Bison.

Chamath Palihapitiya es un ingeniero y capitalista de riesgo canadiense-estadounidense, fundador y CEO de Social Capital. Palihapitiya fue uno de los primeros ejecutivos senior de Facebook, habiendo formado parte de la compañía entre 2007 y 2011.

Separamadu Lasith Malinga is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He captained the Sri Lankan 2014 T20 World Cup winning side. He was considered as one of the best bowlers of his time. He is the only bowler to have taken 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls in international cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler that is commonly used as a specialist death bowler, and is well known for his distinctive round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nicknames, 'Slinga Malinga'.

Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former professional cricketer. Averaging over six wickets per Test match, Muralitharan is one of the most successful bowlers in international cricket and the first to take 800 wickets in Tests. As of December 2020 he has taken more wickets in Test matches than any other cricketer.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa es un político, militar y tecnócrata ceilandés, desde el 18 de noviembre de 2019 es el Presidente de Sri Lanka. Anteriormente se desempeñó como Secretario del Ministerio de Defensa y Desarrollo Urbano entre 2005 y 2015, durante la gestión de su hermano mayor Mahinda Rajapaksa, durante la cual llevaron a las fuerzas armadas a derrotar a los Tigres tamiles, acabando con la Guerra civil de Sri Lanka.

George Maxwell Alagiah is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.

Percy Mahendra «Mahinda» Rajapaksa fue el presidente de la República Socialista Democrática de Sri Lanka desde 2005 hasta 2015.

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the sport. Sangakkara scored 28,016 runs in international cricket across all formats in a career that spanned 15 years. At retirement, he was the second-highest run-scorer in ODI cricket and sixth-highest run scorer in Test cricket.

Angelo Davis Mathews,, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. He was also a key member of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made the finals of 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20. An occasional bowler who can deliver swinging match-winning spells, Mathews and Lasith Malinga holds the record for the highest ninth wicket partnership in ODI cricket.

Isuru Udana Tillakaratna, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who represents Sri Lanka in limited over formats. He currently plays domestic cricket for Tamil Union and Wayamba. Primarily a left arm fast bowler, Udana evolved as an all-rounder in late 2018.