List of Sri Lankan Americans

This is a list of notable Sri Lankan American citizens, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants, but does not include Sri Lankan nationals living or working in the U.S. The list includes a brief description of the reason for their notability. == Academics == Rohan Abeyaratne – academic and engineer Athula Attygalle – professor in mass spectrometry Ananda Coomaraswamy – philosopher Sarath Gunapala – solid-state physicist, senior research scientist and group supervisor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shelton Gunaratne – Professor Emeritus of Mass Communications at Minnesota State University Moorhead Ratnajeevan Hoole – professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa – freemason, theosophist and president of the Theosophical Society Adyar Nalin Kulatilaka – Professor of Finance at School of Management Patrick Mendis – educator, diplomat, author, and executive in US government service Anura C. Perera – science writer, astronomer Cyril Ponnamperuma – chemist, astrobiologist Nalin Samarasinha – astronomer, first Sri Lankan to have an asteroid named after him Siva Sivananthan – professor, scientist and Director of the Microphysics Laboratory at the University of Illinois Murugesu Sivapalan – Engineer and hydrologist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah – Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Harvard University Sam Weerahandi – former professor; first ASA Fellow of Sri Lankan origin == Architecture == Raj Barr-Kumar – former president of the AIA == Artists == Anne Cherubim – painter == Business == Raj Fernando – chairman and CEO of Scoutahead.com and philanthropist Sanjay Kumar – businessman Kumar Mahadeva – entrepreneur and CEO Namal Nawana – CEO of Smith & Nephew Chamath Palihapitiya – venture capitalist, software developer Raj Rajaratnam – founder of Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management firm, convicted of insider trading Bandula Wijay – inventor, businessman, and diplomat.

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List of Sri Lankan Americans

This is a list of notable Sri Lankan American citizens, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants, but does not include Sri Lankan nationals living or working in the U.S. The list includes a brief description of the reason for their notability. == Academics == Rohan Abeyaratne – academic and engineer Athula Attygalle – professor in mass spectrometry Ananda Coomaraswamy – philosopher Sarath Gunapala – solid-state physicist, senior research scientist and group supervisor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shelton Gunaratne – Professor Emeritus of Mass Communications at Minnesota State University Moorhead Ratnajeevan Hoole – professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa – freemason, theosophist and president of the Theosophical Society Adyar Nalin Kulatilaka – Professor of Finance at School of Management Patrick Mendis – educator, diplomat, author, and executive in US government service Anura C. Perera – science writer, astronomer Cyril Ponnamperuma – chemist, astrobiologist Nalin Samarasinha – astronomer, first Sri Lankan to have an asteroid named after him Siva Sivananthan – professor, scientist and Director of the Microphysics Laboratory at the University of Illinois Murugesu Sivapalan – Engineer and hydrologist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah – Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Harvard University Sam Weerahandi – former professor; first ASA Fellow of Sri Lankan origin == Architecture == Raj Barr-Kumar – former president of the AIA == Artists == Anne Cherubim – painter == Business == Raj Fernando – chairman and CEO of Scoutahead.com and philanthropist Sanjay Kumar – businessman Kumar Mahadeva – entrepreneur and CEO Namal Nawana – CEO of Smith & Nephew Chamath Palihapitiya – venture capitalist, software developer Raj Rajaratnam – founder of Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management firm, convicted of insider trading Bandula Wijay – inventor, businessman, and diplomat.

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