Rajapaksa

Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Rajapaksa family, Sri Lankan political dynasty
• Ajith Rajapakse (born 1974), Sri Lankan politician
• Basil Rajapaksa, (born 1951), Sri Lankan politician
• Chamal Rajapaksa (born 1942), Sri Lankan politician
• D. A. Rajapaksa (1905–1967), Ceylonese politician
• D. M. Rajapaksa, (1897–1945), Ceylonese politician
• George Rajapaksa (1926–76), Ceylonese politician
• Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (born 1949), Sri Lankan President
• Gunathilaka Rajapaksha (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician
• Lakshman Rajapaksa (1905–1969), Ceylonese politician
• Mahinda Rajapaksa (born 1945), Sri Lankan President and Prime Minister
• Namal Rajapaksa (born 1986), Sri Lankan politician
• Nirupama Rajapaksa (born 1962), Sri Lankan politician
• Rohitha Rajapaksa (born 1989), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician
• Thilak Rajapaksha (born 1971), Sri Lankan politician
• Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (born 1959), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
• Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 1988), Sri Lankan rugby union player
• Bhanuka Rajapaksa (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Dayan Rajapakse (born 1972), Sri Lankan physician
• Lalitha Rajapakse (1900–1976), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
• Morris Rajapaksa (died 1995), Sri Lankan politician
• Nimal Rajapakshe, Canadian academic
• Somaratne Rajapakse, Sri Lankan soldier
• Suranimala Rajapaksha (1949–2016), Sri Lankan politician

See also