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 .
Academics
Activists
Actors and actresses
Archaeologists and anthropologists
Architects and Civil Engineers
Authors
Aviators
Broadcasters
Buddhist monks
Civil servants
Clergy
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith 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 2002Kenneth 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 1961Elmo Noel Joseph Perera , 5th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle Aloysius Pieris , Jesuit Catholic priestErnest Poruthota (1931-2020), Roman Catholic priest and authorCardinal Malcolm Ranjith , current archbishop of Colombo (Catholic)
Lakshman Wickremasinghe , 2nd bishop of Kurunegala (Anglican)
Composers and conductors
Corporate leaders
Dilith Jayaweera
Diplomats
Jayantha Dhanapala
Economists
Fashion
Filmmakers
Freedom agitators and martyrs
Industrialists
Journalists
Judges
Military personnel
Air Force
Army
Navy
Monarchs and royalty
Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy
Musicians and singers
Painters
Philosophers
Policemen
Politicians
Mahinda Rajapaksa D. S. Senanayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Ranil Jayawardena
Scientists
Sportspeople
Racing
Athletics
Cricket
Swimming
Technologists
Chamath Palihapitiya
Trade unionists
Writers
References
See also
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