Kandy
Kandy is a large city in central Sri Lanka. It's set on a plateau surrounded by mountains, which are home to tea plantations and biodiverse rainforest. The city's heart is scenic Kandy Lake (Bogambara Lake), which is popular for strolling. Kandy is famed for sacred Buddhist sites, including the Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) shrine, celebrated with the grand Esala Perahera annual procession.
People born in Kandy (First 49 people) - Page 0
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lankan cricket coach
Christopher Ondaatje
Canadian businessman
Suranga Chandratillake
Albert Moses
Sri Lankan actor
Niroshan Dickwella
Sri Lankan cricketer
Chamara Kapugedera
Sri Lankan cricketer
Sachini Ayendra Stanley
Sri Lankan film actress
Namal Udugama
Sri Lankan singer
Nirosha Virajini
Singer
Ranjan Madugalle
Sri Lankan cricketer
Asela Gunaratne
Sri Lankan cricketer
Lahiru Kumara
Sri Lankan cricketer
Gamini Dissanayake
Former Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka
Amarasiri Kalansuriya
Sri Lankan actor
Sujeewa Senasinghe
Former Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Sri Lankan film director
Sanath Gunathilake
Actor
Carl Muller
Sri Lankan writer
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Sri Lankan senior officer
Ruwan Kalpage
Sri Lankan cricketer
Pubudu Dassanayake
Cricket coach
M. C. Siddi Lebbe
Neranjan Wijeyeratne
Former Diyawadana Nilame of Kandy
George Keyt
Sri Lankan painter
Madduma Bandara Ehelapola
Malik Peiris
Virologist
Minnette de Silva
Architect
Tanya Ekanayaka
Composer
Stanley Peiris
Sri Lankan musician
Godwin Samararatne
Teacher
Rizwe Mufti
Dharmadasa Walpola
Sri Lankan playback singer
Madhumadhawa Aravinda
Sri Lankan singer
Jean Arasanayagam
Sri Lankan poet
Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
Sri Lankan poet
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
Member of Parliament
Anuruddha Ratwatte
Sri Lankan Politician
J. K. Rithesh
Indian actor
Niluka Geethani Rajasekara
Sri Lankan runner
R. A. Chandrasena
Sri Lankan musician
Keerthi Pasquel
Musician
Dilani Manodara
Sri Lankan cricketer
Keheliya Rambukwella
Sri Lankan Politician
A. Ekanayake Gunasinha
Former Mayor of Colombo
D.B. Gangodathenna
Actor
A. F. Lafir
Military personnel
Mohamed Shiraz
Sri Lankan cricketer
