Sri Lanka

Famous Sri Lankans

• Leading Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan
• Photographer Lionel Wendt
• Architect Geoffrey Bawa
• Artist George Keyts
• Musicians Desmond de Silva, Nimal Mendis, M.I.A..
• Politicians Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Lakshman Kadirgamar.
• Canadian author Michael Ondaatje grew up in Sri Lanka. His novel Running in the Family captures some of his family's experiences. His brother is the philanthropist Christopher Ondaatje
• British science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke has lived in Sri Lanka since 1956.
• The Hindu newspaper placed Sri Lankan broadcaster Vernon Corea, a pioneer of Radio Ceylon, among the top five broadcasters in the world.