List of Sinhalese people
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This is a list of Sinhalese people by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak Sinhalese or spoke Sinhalese and originally came from Sri Lanka are included. Sinhalese are the majority ethnic group in Sri Lanka.
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- Professor Rohan Abeyaratne
- Gladys Jayawardene
- Professor Rohan Gunaratna
- Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle
- Professor Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
- Professor Kapila Gunasekara
- Professor K. N. Jayatilleke
- Professor Sam Karunaratne
- Professor W.S. Karunaratne
- Professor G. L. Peiris
- Professor Walpola Rahula
- Professor V. K. Samaranayake
- Professor Ajith Kumar Siriwardena
- Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero
- Gangodawila Soma Thero
- Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera
- Kadawedduwe Jinavamsa Mahathera
- Katukurunde Nanananda Thera
- Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
- Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera
- Madihe Pannaseeha Thero
- Mapalagama Wipulasara Maha Thera
- Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera
- Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera
- Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera
- Narada Maha Thera
- Päläne Vajirañāna Thero
- Piyadassi Maha Thera
- Polwatte Buddhadatta Thera
- Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera
- Rerukane Chandawimala Thero
- Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero
- Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera
- Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero
- Weligama Sri Sumangala Thero
- Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero
- Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero
- Cyril Abeynaike, 10th bishop of Colombo (Anglican)
- Tissa Balasuriya (Catholic)
- Cardinal Thomas Cooray, 8th archbishop of Colombo
- Ivan Corea (Anglican)
- Duleep de Chickera, 14th bishop of Colombo (Anglican)
- Lakdasa De Mel, 1st bishop of Kurunegala (Anglican)
- Lynn de Silva (Methodist)
- Harold de Soysa, 9th bishop of Colombo (Anglican)
- Frank Marcus Fernando, 3rd bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw
- Nicholas Marcus Fernando (1932-2020), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo from 1977 to 2002
- Kenneth Fernando, 13th bishop of Colombo (Anglican)
- Swithin Fernando, 11th bishop of Colombo (Anglican)
- Oswald Gomis, 10th archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo
- Kumara Illangasinghe, 4th bishop of Kurunegala (Anglican)
- Marcelline Jayakody (Catholic)
- Andrew Kumarage, 3rd bishop of Colombo (Anglican)
- Valence Mendis, current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw
- Edmund Peiris (1897-1989), Bishop of Chilaw from 1940 to 1972, President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka from 1959 to 1961
- Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 5th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle
- Aloysius Pieris, Jesuit Catholic priest
- Ernest Poruthota (1931-2020), Roman Catholic priest and author
- Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, current archbishop of Colombo (Catholic)
- Lakshman Wickremasinghe, 2nd bishop of Kurunegala (Anglican)
Air Force
Army
- Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka
- General D. S. Attygalle
- General G. H. De Silva
- General Denis Perera
- General Nalin Seneviratne
- General T. I. Weerathunga
- Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya
- Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa
- Lieutenant General Parami Kulatunga
- Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva
- Major General Janaka Perera
- Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne
- Colonel Fredrick C. de Saram
- Lieutenant Colonel Lalith Jayasinghe
- Captain Saliya Upul Aladeniya
- Second Lieutenant K. W. T. Nissanka
- Warrant Officer 2nd Class H.B. Pasan Gunasekera
- Corporal Gamini Kularatne
Navy
- King Vijaya Sinhala
- King Pandukabhaya
- King Devanampiyatissa
- King Dutugemunu
- King Gajabahu I
- King Parâkramabâhu I
- King Vijaya
- King Vikkamabahu
- King Vimala Dharma Surya I
- Queen Anula
- Queen Lilavati
- Rani Padmini
- W. D. Amaradeva
- Sujatha Aththanayaka
- Bathiya and Santhush
- Arjun
- Victor Rathnayake
- Sunil Shantha
- Ananda Samarakoon
- Sunil Perera
- Yohani De Silva
- Iraj Weeraratne
- DeLon
- Sunil Edirisinghe
- Shihan Mihiranga Bennet
- Ajith Bandara
- Lakshman Joseph de Saram
- C. T. Fernando
- M. S. Fernando
- Rookantha Gunathilake
- Edward Jayakody
- Eddie Jayamanne
- T. M. Jayaratne
- Nalin Jayawardena
- H. R. Jothipala
- Gunadasa Kapuge
- Kamal Addararachchi
- Premasiri Khemadasa
- Vijaya Kumaranatunga
- Ranidu Lankage
- Annesley Malewana
- Milton Mallawarachchi
- Nimal Mendis
- Sanath Nandasiri
- Nihal Nelson
- Keerthi Pasquel
- Stanley Peiris
- Lionel Ranwala
- Freddie Silva
- Priya Suriyasena
- Dharmadasa Walpola
- Latha Walpola
- Clarence Wijewardena
- Nissanka Wimalasuriya
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- Lalith Athulathmudali
- Anura Bandaranaike
- Felix Dias Bandaranaike
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- Solomon Bandaranaike
- Dr Colvin R de Silva
- William de Silva
- Gamini Dissanayake
- Amarasiri Dodangoda
- Vivienne Goonewardena
- Monty Gopallawa
- William Gopallawa
- C.V. Gunaratne
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- Tyronne Fernando
- Sirisena Hettige
- I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla
- Junius Richard Jayewardene
- C.W.W. Kannangara
- Sir John Kotelawala
- Karunasena Kodituwakku
- Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Cyril Mathew
- Anil Moonesinghe
- Jude Perera
- N.M. Perera
- Ranasinghe Premadasa
- Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Mahinda Samarasinghe
- Mangala Samaraweera
- Don Stephen Senanayake
- Dudley Senanayake
- Maithripala Senanayake
- Rosy Senanayake
- Maithripala Sirisena
- I. J. Wickrema
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
- Doreen Wickremasinghe
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Ranjan Wijeratne
- Dingiri Banda Wijetunge
- Ranil Jayawardena
- Rohana Wijeweera
- Noel Wimalasena
Racing
Athletics
Cricket
Swimming
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