Cooray ( si, කුරේ, translit=Kurē) or Corea is a Sinhalese

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Notable people

* Anuradha Cooray (born 1978), Sri Lankan runner * Asantha Cooray (born 1973), Sri Lankan academic * B. C. Cooray (born 1941), Sri Lankan cricket official *

Chamil Cooray Chamil Darshana Cooray Bulathsinghalage is a Sri Lankan carrom player. He has been playing for Sri Lanka from 2004 to date who was also the captain of the Sri Lanka Men's Carrom team that won the 2016 Carrom World Championship in Birmingham, E ...

, Sri Lankan carrom player *

Cissy Cooray Cissy Cooray, OBE (8 June 1889 – 6 November 1965) was a Ceylonese social worker and the first woman to be appointed to the Senate of Ceylon. Career Cooray was a co-founder of the ''Lanka Mahila Samitiya'' in 1931, which has since become th ...

(1889–1965), Ceylonese social worker *

Dilhan Cooray Dilhan Cooray (born 10 March 1987) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Badureliya Sports Club in the 2006–07 Premier Trophy on 12 January 2007. In April 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provi ...

(born 1987), Sri Lankan cricketer *

E. J. Cooray Edmund Joseph Cooray, CMG, OBE (November 3, 1915 - January 1, 2016) was a Ceylonese Senator and one time Minister of Justice in the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet. He attended the 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London on be ...

, Ceylonese politician *

Harsha Cooray Harsha Cooray (born 23 November 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2005–06 Premier Trophy on 16 December 2005. See also * List of Chilaw Marians Cricket Club players This is a l ...

(born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer *

James Cooray Smith James Edward Cooray Smith (born in Solihull in 1978) is a British writer, critic and columnist of patrilineal Indian descent. He has written for journals including ''New Statesman'' and '' Prospect''. He has also contributed to the ''Doctor Wh ...

(born 1978), British writer * Janani Cooray, Sri Lankan performance artist * Malith Cooray (born 1990), Sri Lankan cricketer * Nilantha Cooray (born 1978), Sri Lankan cricketer * P. Andrew Cooray (1901–1998), Ceylonese politician *

Reginald Cooray Reginald Cooray (12 November 1947 – 13 January 2023) was a Sri Lankan teacher and politician. He was a provincial chief minister, a government minister, and governor of the Northern Province. He was briefly governor of the Central Province ...

(born 1947), Sri Lankan politician *

Sangeeth Cooray Sangeeth Cooray (born 15 March 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 4 December 2015. In March 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017� ...

(born 1995), Sri Lankan cricketer * Sirisena Cooray, Sri Lankan politician *

Tennison Cooray Merengnnage Edward Tennyson Cooray (සිංහල: මෙරෙඤඤගේ එඩ්වඩ් ටෙනිසන් කුරේ) (30 April 1952 – 28 September 2020) was an actor and comedian in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most ...

(born 1952), Sri Lankan actor * Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), Sri Lankan priest *

Vernon Cooray Vernon Cooray is a Sri Lankan scientist who is an emeritus professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Uppsala University, Sweden. As a scientist he has concentrated on solving both physics and engineering problems related to lightnin ...

, Swedish scientist