Cultural Production in
Present Day
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka ranks 113th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Somalia, Dominican Republic, and Jordan. Memorable people born in present day Sri Lanka include Patanjali, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Velupillai Prabhakaran. Memorable people who died in Sri Lanka include Arthur C. Clarke, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Julia Margaret Cameron. Sri Lanka has been the birth place of many politicians and cricketers and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest and India in the northwest. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 200 BC and 1983, present day Sri Lanka was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including Patanjali, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Velupillai Prabhakaran. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Sri Lanka including Arthur C. Clarke, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Julia Margaret Cameron.
People Born in Present Day Sri Lanka
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Patanjali
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 2
Velupillai Prabhakaran
1954 - 2009
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 3
Ananda Coomaraswamy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 4
Anagarika Dharmapala
1864 - 1933
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5
Tony Hoare
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 6
Jack Churchill
1906 - 1996
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 7
Aryadeva
200 - 250
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
Mahinda Rajapaksa
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 9
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 10
William Chester Minor
1834 - 1920
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 11
Chandrika Kumaratunga
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Sri Lanka
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Thomas Cooray
1901 - 1988
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 31
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
1810 - 1890
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 33
Heather Armitage
1933 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 34
Beverley Craven
1963 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 36
Tillakaratne Dilshan
1976 - Present
HPI: 20.13
Rank: 44
People Deceased in Present Day Sri Lanka
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Arthur C. Clarke
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 1
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 2
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 - 1879
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3
Buddhaghosa
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 4
Velupillai Prabhakaran
1954 - 2009
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 5
Sanghamitta
281 BC - 202 BC
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 6
Mahinda
285 BC - 205 BC
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 7
Joseph Vaz
1651 - 1711
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 8
J. R. Jayewardene
1906 - 1996
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
1899 - 1959
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 10
Prince Vijaya
543 BC - 504 BC
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 11
William Gopallawa
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Sri Lanka
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Most individuals born in present day Sri Lanka were politicians (16), cricketers (6), athletes (4), writers (3), and military personnels (3), while most who died were politicians (12), religious figures (3), writers (1), photographers (1), and philosophers (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Sri Lanka, including Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Chandrika Kumaratunga. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sri Lanka, including Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 23 globally memorable people born in present day Sri Lanka since 1700.
