6.9170° N, 79.8339° E
COLOMBO
Most Famous People Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Notable people
- 732
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- Median birth year
- 1967
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 36.5×
Colombo is essentially a cricket ground with a harbor attached — the sport runs at better than thirty-six times the global baseline, among the most dominant professions on the entire site, and Sri Lankan Test teams have been drafted from the school grounds of Colombo-7 since independence. The Beauty Pageant count and the colonial-era Judge and Diplomat benches tell you the rest: a small anglophone elite that still runs the law courts, the foreign service and the Sunday society pages.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Colombo during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Colombo Is Known For
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Cricket is Colombo's biggest profession — 46% of all notables (340).
Colombo over-indexes on cricket — 36.5× the global rate.
Colombo under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Colombo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Other
- Field: Swimmer Clear ×
David Wilkie (swimmer)
Born 1954
Mayumi Raheem
Born 1991
Kimiko Raheem
Born 1999
Conrad Francis
Born 1981
Julian Bolling
Born 1966
Cherantha de Silva
Born 1996
Menaka de Silva
Born 1985
Geoffrey Marks
1932 - 1990
Reshika Udugampola
Born 1993
Akalanka Peiris
Born 2000
Theekshana Ratnasekera
Born 1982