7.0000° N, 81.0025° E
BADULLA
Most Famous People Born in Badulla, Sri Lanka
- Notable people
- 447
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1943
- Most distinctive
- Monarch 23.0×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Badulla during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Badulla Is Known For
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Politician is Badulla's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (71).
Badulla over-indexes on monarch — 23.0× the global rate.
Badulla under-produces football — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Badulla's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Nury Vittachi
Born 1958
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
1953 - 2008
Rohan Abeyaratne
Born 1952
Abhaya Induruwa
Born 1950
Bandu Samarasinghe
Born 1955
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera
Born 1956
Sunila Abeysekera
1952 - 2013
Anoja Weerasinghe
Born 1955
Rohitha Bogollagama
Born 1954
Susil Premajayantha
Born 1955
Jayalath Jayawardena
1953 - 2013
Shiranthi Rajapaksa
Born 1953
Dullas Alahapperuma
Born 1959
M. H. A. Haleem
Born 1956
Pon Sivakumaran
1950 - 1974
Sunil Weeramantry
Born 1951
Kavichandran Alexander
Born 1952
Prasad Kariyawasam
Born 1954
A. R. Anjan Umma
Born 1955
Mohamed Mahroof
1950 - 2012
Lal Dharmapriya Gamage
Born 1954
Mangala Yapa
Born 1957
S. D. Jayaratne
Born 1951
Bernard Perera
1956 - 2012
David Shaw (British Army officer)
Born 1957
A. M. M. Naushad
Born 1954
Sujatha Alahakoon
Born 1959
Hemal Gunasekara
Born 1959
Jude Perera
Born 1953
Thilak Senasinghe
Born 1958