List of Famous people born in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Kamzy Gunaratnam

Khamshajiny Gunaratnam

First Name Kamzy

Born in Sri Lanka, Northern Province

Kamzy Gunaratnam is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as Oslo’s deputy mayor from 2015 to 2021. Gunaratnam was nominated in second place on the Labour Party's general election list for Oslo, in the 2021 parliamentary elections for the Storting, which she won.

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Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando

First Name Fidelis

Last Name Fernando

Born on May 20, 1948 (age 78)

Born in Sri Lanka, Northern Province

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Joseph Kingsley Swampillai

First Name Joseph

Last Name Swampillai

Born on December 9, 1936 (age 89)

Born in Sri Lanka, Northern Province

Right Reverend Dr. Joseph Kingsley Swampillai is a Sri Lankan Tamil priest and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Trincomalee.

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Rayappu Joseph

First Name Rayappu

Born on April 16, 1940

Died on April 1, 2021 (aged 80)

Born in Sri Lanka, Northern Province

Right Reverend Rayappu Joseph is a Sri Lanka Tamil priest and the former Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar.

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Thomas Savundaranayagam

First Name Thomas

Last Name Savundaranayagam

Born on July 13, 1938 (age 87)

Born in Sri Lanka, Northern Province

Right Reverend Emmanuel Thomas Savundaranayagam is a Sri Lankan Tamil priest and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna.

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Victor Gnanapragasam

First Name Victor

Last Name Gnanapragasam

Born on November 21, 1940

Died on December 12, 2020 (aged 80)

Born in Sri Lanka, Northern Province

Father Victor Gnanapragasam O.M.I. was the first prefect of the Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.

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