Famous people born in Sri Lanka
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Lasith Malinga
Separamadu Lasith Malinga , in Galle, popularly as Lasith Malinga, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning captain. He was the captain of Twenty20 International side for Sri Lanka, until 7 March 2016, where Malinga stepped down from captaincy due to his continuous injuries.....
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Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sanga Chokshanada Sangakkara is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan national team. Widely regarded as one of the worlds most influential greatest cricketers, Sangakkara is also regarded as Sri Lankas matchwinner and one of the best batsmen to have played for Sri Lanka. Sangakkara has forged many formidable partnerships with long time team mate and friend, Mahela Jayawardene and holds numerous batting records in the modern era across all formats of the game. He is s....
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Dinesh Chandimal
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal , is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former T20 International captain for Sri Lanka. A handy and agile righthanded batsman who currently is the opening batsman in limited overs cricket and a skillful wicketkeeper in all formats, Chandimal was a key member of 2012 ICC World Twenty20 runnerup team and 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team. He led Sri Lanka in first group stage of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, until was suspended for slow over rate and subsequently ....
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Jagath Wickramasinghe
Jagath Wickramasinghe is a Sri Lankan musician. His bestknown songs are Saagara Tharangaa, Mage Nango, Pemvantayin Se, and Obe Sina Langa. He is currently one of the three judges on Sirasa Superstar.....
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Mary Anne Mohanraj
Mary Anne Amirthi Mohanraj is an American writer, editor, and academic of Sri Lankan birth.....
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Execution of Rizana Nafeek
Rizana Nafeek was a Sri Lankan woman convicted and subsequently executed in Saudi Arabia for the murder of fourmonthold Naif alQuthaibi. Her parents alleged that in order to get work in Saudi Arabia the date of birth was altered on Nafeeks passport when in reality she was under 18 when the offence took place, meaning her execution was contrary to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Nafeek claimed that her initial confession was made under duress and without linguistic assistance.....
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Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri born on 18 October 1965 is Senior Lecturer of the department of history at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Currently he is the head of Department. He specialises in social transformation in agrarian societies, history and ideology, European colonialism in Asia, postcolonial statebuilding, and ethnonationalism.....
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Marvan Atapattu
Deshabandu Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. He has coached Canada and Singapore national cricket teams previously. From April 2014 to September 2015, he was the Head Coach of Sri Lankan Cricket Team.....
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