Sri Lanka ranks 5,167th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind San Marcos, Texas, Rionegro, and Cuggiono. Memorable people born in Sri Lanka include William Chester Minor, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, and Susanthika Jayasinghe. Memorable people who died in Sri Lanka include Buddhaghosa and Prince Vijaya. Sri Lanka has been the birth place of many physicians and politicians and the death place of many philosophers and politicians. Sri Lanka is located in Sri Lanka.
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 1834 and 1975, Sri Lanka was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including William Chester Minor, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, and Susanthika Jayasinghe. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Sri Lanka including Buddhaghosa and Prince Vijaya.
1834 - 1920
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 1
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 2
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.41
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Sri Lanka were physicians (1), politicians (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were philosophers (1) and politicians (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Sri Lanka since 1700.