Jaffna
Jaffna is a city on the northern tip of Sri Lanka. Nallur Kandaswamy is a huge Hindu temple with golden arches and an ornate gopuram tower. By the coast, star-shaped Jaffna Fort was built by the Portuguese in the 17th century and later occupied by the Dutch and British. Jaffna Public Library is a symbol of the city's post-war regeneration. Jaffna Archaeological Museum has Dutch cannons and pre-colonial artifacts.
People born in Jaffna (First 47 people) - Page 0
Priya Rajaratnam
Actress
J. B. Jeyaretnam
Former Leader of the Opposition of Singapore
S. Rajaratnam
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Rohan Fernando
Canadian visual artist
Suba Sivakumaran
Film director
Douglas Devananda
Minister of Fisheries of Sri Lanka
Bala Tampoe
Sri Lankan lawyer
Henry Thambiah
Lawyer
Robin Tampoe
Film-maker
Thileepan
Revolutionary
K. Sripavan
Former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
N. Kumaraguruparan
Sri Lankan accountant
K. S. Raja
Ratheesan Yoganathan
British entrepreneur
Madhumila
Sri Lankan actress
Neethan Shan
Canadian youth worker
S. Sivamaharajah
Former Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
T. Maheswaran
Former Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Suresh Premachandran
Sri Lankan Politician
Eliathamby Ambikairajah
Engineer
Suthan Suthersan
Environmental engineer
Rathika Sitsabaiesan
Former Member of the House of Commons of Canada
Murugeysen Tiruchelvam
Sri Lankan Politician
Baskaran Kandiah
Rasiah Ranjith Leon
Entrepreneur
Shan Vincent de Paul
Canadian musician
Kamzy Gunaratnam
Member of the Storting
Jitto Arulampalam
Australian businessman
N. Vithyatharan
Sri Lankan journalist
S. C. C. Anthony Pillai
Indian politician
Angajan Ramanathan
Deputy Chairman of Committees of Sri Lanka
Ambalavaner Sivanandan
Sri Lankan-British novelist
Lenin M. Sivam
Canadian filmmaker
Tharshan Thiyagarajah
Actor
Senthuran Varatharajah
Writer
Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam
Tillakaratne Sampath
Sri Lankan cricketer
Alagu Subramaniam
Writer
Visakan Kadirkamanathan
Engineer
K. Thavamani Devi
Sri Lankan actress
Rajani Thiranagama
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Cricketer
Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Logan Kanapathi
Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario
Tharjini Sivalingam
Sri Lankan netball player
Arul Pragasam
Activist
