Ranasinghe

Ranasinghe (Sinhala: රණසිංහ, romanized: Raṇasiṁha) is both a Sinhalese given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924–1993), 3rd President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993

Surname

• Ajantha Ranasinghe (1940–2016), Sri Lankan journalist, lyricist, poet, and novelist
• Anne Ranasinghe (1925–2016), Sri Lankan English-language poet
• Anura Ranasinghe (1956–1998), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Arthur Ranasinghe (1898–1976), Sri Lankan civil servant and statesman
• Ashan Ranasinghe (born 1992), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Dhanushka Ranasinghe (born 1992), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Douglas Ranasinghe (born 1945), Sri Lankan actor
• Hemal Ranasinghe (born 1984), Sri Lankan actor
• Kavindu Ranasinghe (born 2001), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Keerthi Ranasinghe (born 1962), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Laddie Ranasinghe (1913–1983), Sri Lankan actor
• Lionel Ranasinghe (born 1962), Sri Lankan assassin of Vijaya Kumaratunga
• Nalinda Ranasinghe (born 1989), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Oliver Ranasinghe, former Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force
• Oshadi Ranasinghe (born 1986), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Parinda Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan former judge and 38th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Parinda Ranasinghe Jr., Sri Lankan lawyer and 49th Attorney General
• Piyadasa Ranasinghe (1946–1989), Sri Lankan political activist
• Roshan Ranasinghe (born 1975), Sri Lankan politician
• Sakvithi Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan English teacher
• Samantha Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan politician
• Sirimevan Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan admiral and former Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
• Sumeda Ranasinghe (born 1991), Sri Lankan javelin thrower
• Sunethra Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan politician
• Thiwanka Ranasinghe (born 1992), Sri Lankan boxer
• Tissa Ranasinghe (1925–2019), Sri Lankan sculptor
• Tony Ranasinghe (1937–2015), Sri Lankan actor
• Udara Ranasinghe (born 1992), Sri Lankan cricketer