Nishantha is a Sinhalese given name. Notable people with the given name include:
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Nishantha Fernando
Nishantha Fernando (born 8 February 1970) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-arm bowler who played for Moratuwa Sports Club
Moratuwa Sports Club was a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It competed in the Premier Trophy, Sri Lanka' ...
(born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Nishantha Fernando (carrom player)
Wannakuwatte Waduge Dinesh Nishantha Fernando is a Sri Lankan carrom player and a former world number one carrom player. Fernanado was a National Carrom champion in Sri Lanka, who became a Carrom World champion in Men's singles event in 2012 b ...
, Sri Lankan world champion Carrom player
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Nishantha Kumara
Nishantha Kumara (born 2 March 1985) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018. He made his List A debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club i ...
(born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Nishantha Muthuhettigamage
Nishantha Muthuhettigamage is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, transl ...
, Sri Lankan politician
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Piyal Nishantha de Silva
Piyal Nishantha de Silva (born 30 June 1970) is a Sri Lankan politician and MP representing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. He is the current State Minister of Fisheries
Career
He contested at the 2015 parliamentary election representing t ...
(born 1970), Sri Lankan politician
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Nishantha Ranatunga
Nishantha Ranatunga (born 22 January 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1993. An all-rounder of note in domestic cricket, he is the brother of former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanjeeva Ran ...
(born 1966), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Sanath Nishantha (1975–2024), Sri Lankan politician
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Nishantha Ulugetenne, Sri Lankan naval officer
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Sinhalese masculine given names
Sinhalese given names