1980 in Sri Lanka

Decades:	; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s;
See also:	Other events of 1980; Timeline of Sri Lankan history;

The following lists notable events that occurred during 1980 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents edit

Sri Lanka competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. From 1948 to 1972, the nation was known as Ceylon at the Olympic Games.^[1]

11 January – Mayantha Dissanayake, politician.
13 January – Niru, musician.
19 January – Michael Vandort, cricketer.
1 February – Janaka Thissakuttiarachchi, politician.
27 February – Harshana Rajakaruna, politician.
25 March – Kasun Jayasuriya, footballer.
6 April – Sameera Ekanayake, gymnast.
17 April – Prasad Jayawardene, cricketer.
30 May – Gihan Premachandra, cricketer.
3 July – Dilhara Lokuhettige, cricketer.
11 July – Indika Ruwanpura, cricketer.
22 August – Charitha Buddhika, cricketer.
4 October – Praba Udawatte, cricketer.
5 October – Malintha Gajanayake, cricketer.
24 October – Umayangana Wickramasinghe, actress.
25 October – Prabath Nissanka, cricketer.
31 October – Tharanath Basnayaka, politician.
8 November – Mohamed Ramees, footballer.
11 December – Nuwan Ekanayake, cricketer.
16 December – Waruna Shantha, cricketer.
Unknown date
- Ida Carmelitta, gang rape and murder victim.
- Mohanarajah Gajamohan, scientist.
- Suresh Sriskandarajah, militant.

1 March – R. A. Chandrasena, musician (b. 1924).
12 April – Stanley de Silva, cricketer (b. 1956).
20 April – M. Canagaratnam, politician (b. 1924).^[2]^[3]
May – Edward Buultjens, cricketer (b. 1913).
28 August – A. P. Jayasuriya, politician (b. 1897)
1 September – Xavier Thaninayagam, academic (b. 1913).
2 October – John Kotelawala, politician (b. 1895).
4 December – Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, diplomat and civil servant (b. 1913).
Unknown date
- Oliver Weerasinghe, architect and diplomat.

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