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Sri Lanka ranks 115th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Somalia, Uganda, and Dominican Republic. Memorable people born in present day Sri Lanka include Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and Ananda Coomaraswamy. 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

People

Between 200 and 1985, present day Sri Lanka was the birth place of 51 globally memorable people, including Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and Ananda Coomaraswamy. Additionaly, 21 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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People Deceased in Present Day Sri Lanka

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Sri Lanka were politicians (19), cricketers (7), writers (4), military personnels (4), and athletes (4),  while most who died were politicians (14), 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 Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mahinda 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, Ranil Wickremesinghe, and Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Sri Lanka since 1700.