births
October 20, 1944
Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher (died 2024)
Nalin de Silva
Thakurartha Devadithya Guardiyawasam Lindamulage Nalin Kumar de Silva was a Sri Lankan philosopher, polymath and a political analyst. He was the former Sri Lankan ambassador in Myanmar. He was a professor in the department of mathematics, a member of University Grant Commission and the dean of the faculty of science at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.