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D. S. Senanayake

1883 - 1952

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Don Stephen Senanayake (Sinhala: දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක; Tamil: டி. எஸ். சேனநாயக்கா; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon, having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-rule in Ceylon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. D. S. Senanayake is the 11,987th most popular politician (up from 13,474th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, D. S. Senanayake ranks 11,987 out of 19,576. Before him are Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois, Aryenis, Spyridon Trikoupis, Mikhail Myasnikovich, and Nikola Špirić. After him are Józef Bilczewski, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix, Yakubu Gowon, Peer Steinbrück, and Nicanor Duarte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, D. S. Senanayake ranks 150. Before him are Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Ramón Fonst, Eleazar López Contreras, Naoya Shiga, and Ota Benga. After him are Vladimir Kappel, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Imogen Cunningham, Paul Bader, Huang Fu, and Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. Among people deceased in 1952, D. S. Senanayake ranks 94. Before him are Max Dehn, Constant Permeke, Ludwig Kaas, Matrona Nikonova, Petros Persakis, and Mariano Azuela. After him are Mauno Pekkala, Gino Fano, Franz John, Karel Lamač, Alberto Hurtado, and Filippos Karvelas.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, D. S. Senanayake ranks 18 out of 51. Before him are Malcolm Ranjith (1947), St John Philby (1885), Michael Ondaatje (1943), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), Jack Churchill (1906), and Maithripala Sirisena (1951). After him are William Chester Minor (1834), M. G. Ramachandran (1917), John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), William Gopallawa (1896), and D. M. Jayaratne (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, D. S. Senanayake ranks 9. Before him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), J. R. Jayewardene (1906), Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), and Maithripala Sirisena (1951). After him are Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), William Gopallawa (1896), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), and Dinesh Gunawardena (1949).

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