Rajapaksa Explained

Rajapaksa
Language:	Sinhala
Variant:	Rajapakse Rajapaksha Rajapakshe

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