page_title: List of Sinhalese people
section_title: Scientists
hierarchical_section_title: List of Sinhalese people / Scientists
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Sri Lankan Solid-State Physicist,Senior Research Scientist and Group Supervisor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Dr.Sarath Gunapala
context_page_description: This is a list of Sinhalese people by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak Sinhalese or spoke Sinhalese and originally came from Sri Lanka are included. Sinhalese are the majority ethnic group in Sri Lanka.
context_section_description: Professor Chandre Dharma-wardana
  Dr Sarath Gunapala
  Professor Mohan Munasinghe
  Dr Cyril Ponnamperuma
  Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe
  Malik Peiris
  Charith Mendis
caption: Sarath Gunapala
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