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9,401 SB 
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lankan Politician 1916–2000
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lankan Politician 1916–2000 23,476 MR 
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lankan Politician b. 1945
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lankan Politician b. 1945 67,036 DS 
D. S. Senanayake Sri Lankan Minister 1884–1952
D. S. Senanayake Sri Lankan Minister 1884–1952 94,185 MS 
Maithripala Sirisena Sri Lankan Politician b. 1951
Maithripala Sirisena Sri Lankan Politician b. 1951 142,763 DB Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Sri Lankan Politician 1916–2008
215,392 RW Rohana Wijeweera Sri Lankan Politician 1943–1989
235,145 AA A. Amirthalingam Sri Lankan Politician 1927–1989
312,897 PH 
P. Harrison Sri Lankan Politician b. 1964
P. Harrison Sri Lankan Politician b. 1964 314,725 VM Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan Sri Lankan Politician b. 1966
318,020 OE 
Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke Sri Lankan Diplomat 1892–1978
Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke Sri Lankan Diplomat 1892–1978 330,888 MH M. H. M. Ashraff Sri Lankan Politician 1948–2000
456,379 WJ 
W. J. M. Lokubandara Sri Lankan Politician b. 1941
W. J. M. Lokubandara Sri Lankan Politician b. 1941 470,851 MH M. H. Mohamed Sri Lankan Politician 1921–2016
528,699 CV 
C. V. Vigneswaran Sri Lankan Judge b. 1939
C. V. Vigneswaran Sri Lankan Judge b. 1939 530,431 SP S. P. Thamilselvan Sri Lankan Politician 1967–2007
549,233 PC 
P. Chandrasekaran Sri Lankan Politician 1957–2010
P. Chandrasekaran Sri Lankan Politician 1957–2010 593,339 AM A. M. A. Azeez Sri Lankan Politician 1911–1973
603,488 MS 
Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero Sri Lankan Activist 1942–2015
Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero Sri Lankan Activist 1942–2015 779,378 GG G. G. Ponnambalam Sri Lankan Politician 1901–1977
789,189 AB Abdul Bakeer Markar Sri Lankan Lawyer 1917–1997
808,268 RH 
Rauff Hakeem Sri Lankan Politician b. 1960
Rauff Hakeem Sri Lankan Politician b. 1960 840,794 AV Akila Viraj Kariyawasam Sri Lankan Politician b. 1973
954,154 SA Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Sri Lankan Politician b. 1956
960,374 AR 
Athuraliye Rathana Thero Sri Lankan Politician b. 2010
Athuraliye Rathana Thero Sri Lankan Politician b. 2010 968,014 SA 
Selvam Adaikalanathan Sri Lankan Politician b. 1962
Selvam Adaikalanathan Sri Lankan Politician b. 1962 971,022 HH Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail Sri Lankan Politician 1901–1974
1,052,183 MS Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lankan Politician 1916–1998
1,128,990 JW 
Jayathma Wickramanayake Sri Lankan Activist b. 1990
Jayathma Wickramanayake Sri Lankan Activist b. 1990 1,188,163 SW Sarath Weerasekara Sri Lankan Politician b. 1951
1,234,624 KP K. P. Ratnam Sri Lankan Politician 1914–2010
1,255,794 JI Jezima Ismail Sri Lankan Politics b. 1935
1,281,170 VK 
Vikramabahu Karunaratne Sri Lankan Politician b. 1943
Vikramabahu Karunaratne Sri Lankan Politician b. 1943 1,291,470 AP Albert Peries Sri Lankan Politician 1905–1967
1,296,423 SR 
Sagala Ratnayaka Sri Lankan Politician b. 1968
Sagala Ratnayaka Sri Lankan Politician b. 1968 1,307,737 NS N. Srikantha Sri Lankan Politician b. 2004
1,553,588 SC Simon Casie Chetty Sri Lankan Legislative 1807–1860
1,596,731 MW Mahinda Wijesekara Sri Lankan Politician b. 2004
1,651,846 TM T. M. Sabaratnam Sri Lankan Politician 1895–1966
1,766,643 UY Upawansa Yapa Sri Lankan Lawyer b. 1941
1,812,979 SR S. Rajaratnam (Ceylonese lawyer) Sri Lankan Politician 1884–1970
1,826,274 RG Robert Gunawardena Sri Lankan Politician 1904–1971
1,830,678 LW 
Lalith Wijerathna Sri Lankan Politician 1958–1990
Lalith Wijerathna Sri Lankan Politician 1958–1990 1,886,130 DS D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lankan Politician 1896–1983
1,908,379 WS Wilfred Senanayake Sri Lankan Politician 1918–2008
1,965,169 AT 
A. T. Moorthy Sri Lankan Diplomat 1928–2008
A. T. Moorthy Sri Lankan Diplomat 1928–2008 1,979,281 JR Jayatissa Ranaweera Sri Lankan Politician b. 2004
2,037,966 SZ S. Z. M. Mashoor Moulana Sri Lankan Politician 1932–2015
2,048,765 MT Mudiyanse Tennakoon Sri Lankan Politician 1934–1991
2,496,904 CA 
C. A. S. Marikkar Sri Lankan Politician b. 1911
C. A. S. Marikkar Sri Lankan Politician b. 1911 2,501,691 UB U. B. Unamboowe Sri Lankan Politician b. 1952
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