Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a

Sinhalese Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinha ...

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Rajapaksa family, Sri Lankan political dynasty **

Ajith Rajapakse Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse (born 6 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor, Member of Parliament. and the current Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Rajapakse was born on 6 January 1974. He was a member ...

(born 1974), Sri Lankan politician **

Basil Rajapaksa Basil Rajapaksa (born 27 April 1951) is a Sri Lankan-American politician. He is a former Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for the national list. He was also a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from 2007 to 2015. During the period ...

, (born 1951), Sri Lankan politician **

Chamal Rajapaksa Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa ( Sinhala: චමල් රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: சமல் ராஜபக்ஷ; born 30 October 1942) is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. Previously he ...

(born 1942), Sri Lankan politician **

D. A. Rajapaksa Don Alwin Rajapaksa ( si, දොන් ඇල්වින් රාජපක්ෂ; ta, டான் ஆல்வின் ராஜபக்ஷ; 5 November 1905 – 7 November 1967) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament who rep ...

(1905–1967), Ceylonese politician **

D. M. Rajapaksa Don Mathew Rajapaksa (known as ''D. M. Rajapaksa'' - ''the Lion of Ruhuna'') (27 November 1897–18 May 1945) was a Ceylonese politician and a member of State Council of Ceylon (1937–1945). Don Mathew Rajapksa was the second of three so ...

, (1897–1945), Ceylonese politician **

George Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa (25 December 1926 – 18 June 1976) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Health, Fisheries and a Member of Parliament. George Rajapaksa was born 25 December 1926, the second son of Don Mathew Raj ...

(1926–76), Ceylonese politician ** Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (born 1949), Sri Lankan President **

Gunathilaka Rajapaksha Rajapaksha Gedara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha (born 8 November 1957) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament. Rajapaksha was born on 8 November 1957. He was a member of Poojapitiya Divisional Council and the ...

(born 1957), Sri Lankan politician ** Lakshman Rajapaksa (1905–1969), Ceylonese politician **

Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...

(born 1945), Sri Lankan President and Prime Minister ** Namal Rajapaksa (born 1986), Sri Lankan politician **

Nirupama Rajapaksa Nirupama Deepika Rajapaksa (born 13 April 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former deputy minister. Biography She herself, a Sinhalese Buddhist is married to an ethnic Tamil Hindu, Thirukk ...

(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 Lieutenant Commander Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 12 June 1988) is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and served as the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of ...

(born 1988), Sri Lankan rugby union player * Bhanuka Rajapaksa (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Dayan Rajapakse Chaminda Dayan Rajapakse, British Computer Society, MBCS, IEEE, MIEEE, Computer Society of Sri Lanka, MCS (SL) (8 October 1972 – ) is a Sri Lankan physician, teacher, and businessman. He is the managing director of ESOFT Computer Studies Pvt ...

(born 1972), Sri Lankan physician *

Lalitha Rajapakse Sir Lalitha Abhaya Rajapaksa, QC (born Louis Alexander Rajapakse; 3 May 1900 – 25 May 1976) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Minister of Justice of Ceylon and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and educatio ...

(1900–1976), Ceylonese lawyer and politician *

Morris Rajapaksa Morris Rajapaksa (b. - d. 1995) was the 3rd Chief Minister of Western Province. He was appointed on 22 August 1994 succeeding Chandrika Kumaratunga, after she was elected as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka The Prime Minister of the Democratic ...

(died 1995), Sri Lankan politician *

Nimal Rajapakshe Nimal Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan-born academic and engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a professor of engineering at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. Education After a year in a school in his village near Attanagalla, ...

, Canadian academic *

Somaratne Rajapakse Lance Corporal R. Dewage Somaratne Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan soldier who was sentenced to death for the gang-rape and murder of Krishanti Kumaraswamy and three others. He is currently in prison. Gang rape and murders Krishanti Kumaraswamy was a ...

, Sri Lankan soldier *

Suranimala Rajapaksha Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha ( Sinhala:සුරනිමල රාජපක්ෂ) (5 January 1949 – 14 March 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician. Rajapaksha was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1994 and h ...

(1949–2016), Sri Lankan politician

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