# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barnes-ratwatte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:00:13.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barnes-ratwatte"
name: "Barnes Ratwatte"
slug: "barnes-ratwatte"
description: "Barnes Ratwatte was a Ceylonese colonial-era legislator and headman. He was a member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon. He was appointed to the posts of Rate Mahatmaya of Balangoda and Dissawa by the British. He was the father of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the first female prime minister in the world."
tagline: "Sri Lankan politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1883"
deathDate: "1957-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.78
  momentum:             12.85652990077769
  historical:           1.549245333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  39
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Ratwatte"
    title: "Barnes Ratwatte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16931562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations