# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nishantha-ranatunga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:01:00.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nishantha-ranatunga"
name: "Nishantha Ranatunga"
slug: "nishantha-ranatunga"
description: "Nishantha Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1993. An all-rounder of note in domestic cricket, he is the brother of former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanjeeva Ranatunga, Dammika Ranatunga and Prasanna Ranatunga."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1966-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.537761333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nishantha Ranatunga"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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