Perera

Perera is a surname of Portuguese and Galician origin. The name is a variant of the common Portuguese surname Pereira (meaning pear tree). Perera is also a Catalan surname with the same meaning. Additionally, the surname is present in Western India due to Portuguese colonists. There are other variants in the Iberian Peninsula: Perer (Catalan), Perero, Pereros (Extremadura, Salamanca and Valladolid), Pereyra, Pereyras, Das Pereiras, Paraira (Portuguese), Pereire, Pereyre (Pyrenees), Pereiro, Pereiros (Galician).

General

• Augurio Perera, Spanish pioneer of lawn tennis and a founder of the world's first tennis club
• Ajith C. S. Perera, Sri Lankan academic, manager and cricket umpire
• Anura C. Perera, Sri Lankan American Sinhala science writer and astronomer
• Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist and pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement
• Cheryl Perera (born 1986), Sri Lankan Canadian children's rights activist
• Cletus Chandrasiri Perera (1947-2026), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic bishop
• Dhammika Perera, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist, and politician. He is one of the wealthiest people in Sri Lanka.
• Elmo Noel Joseph Perera (1932-2015), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Galle
• Frederica Perera (born 1941), American environmental health scientist
• Izidor Perera-Matić, Croatian physician and partisan during World War II
• Lionello Perera, Italian-American banker and philanthropist
• Nadeeka Perera, Sri Lankan model
• Sylvia Brinton Perera, American Jungian psychoanalyst and author

Arts

• Algama Koralalage Lionel Kumaradasa Perera (1935-2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer
• Anna Perera, British writer
• Camillus Perera, Sri Lankan cartoonist
• Chandralekha Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala pop vocalist
• H. A. Perera, Sri Lankan actor
• J. A. Milton Perera, Sri Lankan singer
• Ladislaus Perera Ranasinghe (1913-1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
• Lahiru Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala musician, music producer
• Mahendra Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
• Mary Felicia Perera (born 1944), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
• Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Perera, Sri Lankan singer
• Nalin Perera (born 1969), Sri Lankan Sinhala singer-songwriter
• Ranasinghe Arachchige Chandrasena Perera, Sri Lankan musician
• Shirley Perera, Sri Lankan radio personality
• Wannakulawattawaduge Don Albert Perera, Sri Lankan singer
• Dennis Perera, Sri Lankan film director
• Rukshan Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• Sunil Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and composer
• Vicumpriya Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala lyricist, poet, and music producer
• Koddul Arachchige Wilson Perera (1926-2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala director

Politics, military and state officials

• Alexander Perera Jayasuriya (1901-1980), Sri Lankan Sinhala MP and Cabinet Minister
• Andrew Ranjan Perera, Sri Lankan judge
• Christopher Allan Hector Perera Jayawardena, Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer
• Cyril E. S. Perera (1892-1968), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Ceylon House of Representatives
• Denis Perera, Sri Lankan Army officer
• Dick Perera, 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
• Donald Perera, Sri Lankan Air Force officer
• Edmund Walter Perera Seneviratne Jayawardena, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and diplomat
• Edward George Perera Jayetileke, Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 1950-1952
• E. W. Perera, Sri Lankan politician
• Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat
• Ernest Perera (1932-2013), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993
• Felix Perera, Sri Lankan politician
• Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage (died 2000), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1991-1994
• Gamamedaliyanage John Paris Perera, Sri Lankan politician
• Henry Perera, 8th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
• Janaka Perera, Sri Lankan General and politician
• Jayantha Perera, 19th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
• Joseph Michael Perera, 24th Minister of Home Affairs of Sri Lanka
• Jude Perera, member for Cranbourne District of Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia
• M. J. Perera, Sri Lankan high-civil servant
• Monath Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala Air Force fighter pilot
• Neomal Perera, Sri Lankan politician
• Noemí Santana Perera, a member of the Podemos party of Spain
• N. M. Perera, Sri Lankan politician
• Reginald Perera (1915-1977), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
• Roberto Smith Perera, Venezuelan politician
• Rohini Perera Marasinghe, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Selina Perera (1909-1986), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
• Don Stanley Ernest Perera Rajapakse Senanayake, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1970-1978
• Sumedha Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general
• Theodore Duncan Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
• Victor Perera, Governor of Northern Province, Sri Lanka from July 2008 – October 2008
• Victor Anthony Perera, Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament

Sports

• Amila Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Augurio Perera, Anglo-Spanish tennis player
• Bathiya Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Chandrishan Perera (1961-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala rugby union player, coach, commentator, journalist, lawyer and administrator
• Derek Perera, Sri Lankan Canadian cricketer
• Dilruwan Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Domènec Balmanya Perera, Spanish footballer
• Duminda Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Franck Perera, French race car driver
• Gamini Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Hasini Perera (born 1995), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer
• João Manuel Perera Junqueira, Portuguese runner
• José Jesús Perera, Spanish footballer
• Kalana Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Kamilas Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Kusal Perera, Sri Lankan Cricketer
• Mahesh Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala Olympic hurdler
• Nimesh Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Peter Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Ruchira Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• S. Perera (Old Cambrians cricketer), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Suresh Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Viraj Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Wimalasena Perera (born 1945), Sri Lankan Sinhala long-distance runner