# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vijaya-kumaranatunga
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:20:45.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vijaya-kumaranatunga"
name: "Vijaya Kumaranatunga"
slug: "vijaya-kumaranatunga"
description: "Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga, popularly known as Vijaya Kumaratunga, was a Sri Lankan film actor, playback singer and politician regarded as one of the most popular icons in Sri Lankan cinema of all time. He was married to former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaranatunga from 1978 until his assassination in 1988. He was the founder of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party."
tagline: "Sri Lankan actor, singer (1945–1988)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Vijaya_Kumaranatunga_%281945-1988%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-10-09"
deathDate: "1988-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.35
  momentum:             1.002076843198339
  historical:           6.942950666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474919/"
    handle:    "nm0474919"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ڤيچايا كوماراناتونجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vijaya Kumaratunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "വിജയ കുമാരണതുംഗ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vijaya Kumaranatunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "විජය කුමාරණතුංග"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95"
    title: "விஜய குமாரணதுங்க"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "విజయ కుమారతుంగా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3534760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4335700"
    title: "Vijaya Kumaranatunga"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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