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Kumaratunga Munidasa Sri Lankan Journalist 1887–1944
Kumaratunga Munidasa Sri Lankan Journalist 1887–1944 459,712 GA Gunadasa Amarasekara Sri Lankan Writer b. 1929
523,194 SD 
Sugathapala de Silva Sri Lankan Writer 1928–2002
Sugathapala de Silva Sri Lankan Writer 1928–2002 524,504 GB G. B. Senanayake Sri Lankan Poet 1913–2017
540,497 KS K. Sivathamby Sri Lankan Writer 1932–2011
561,749 AV A. Veluppillai Sri Lankan Historian 1936–2015
587,957 WA 
W. A. Silva Sri Lankan Writer 1890–1957
W. A. Silva Sri Lankan Writer 1890–1957 614,995 JT James T. Rutnam Sri Lankan Historian 1905–1988
621,034 SP S. Pathmanathan Sri Lankan Historian b. 1940
915,215 GN 
Gajaman Nona Sri Lankan Poet 1746–1815
Gajaman Nona Sri Lankan Poet 1746–1815 1,223,305 KP 
Kumaraswamy Pulavar Sri Lankan Poet 1854–1922
Kumaraswamy Pulavar Sri Lankan Poet 1854–1922 1,245,790 WS 
W. S. Karunaratne Sri Lankan Scholar 1928–1986
W. S. Karunaratne Sri Lankan Scholar 1928–1986 1,530,675 VC 
Vernon Corea Sri Lankan Journalist 1927–2002
Vernon Corea Sri Lankan Journalist 1927–2002 1,576,587 TS T. Sathasiva Iyer Sri Lankan Scholar 1882–1950
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