The Bandaranaike family is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes three Prime Ministers and one President of Sri Lanka.
Don Francisco Dias Wijetunga Bandaranaike (born 1720), Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale + Dona MarKumarathungaConrad Pieter Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha MudliyarJacabus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike (born 1780), Mudaliyar of Governor Gate & Translator of Supreme Court + Liyanage Catherine Philipsz PanditharatneRev Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike + Cornelia Susanna Elizabeth Dias BandaranaikeFelix Reginold Dias Bandaranaike (1861–1947) + Annie Lucy (Florence) de Alwis (1864–1920)Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1891–1951), Judge of the Supreme Court + Freda Dias AbeysingheFelix Dias Bandaranaike (1930–1985), Government Minister, Member of ParliamentDon Daniel Dias Banaranaike + Dona Clara AmarasekereDon Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (-1859), Mudaliyar of Siyane Korale, 1st Udagaha Mudaliyar + Cornelia Philipsz Panditharatne de SaramDon Christoffel Henricus Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilake Seneviratne Bandaranaike (born 1826), Mudaliyar Governors Gate and 2nd Udagaha Mudaliyar + Anna Florentina Philipsz PanditharatneSir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike JP (1862–1946), Maha Mudaliyar + Daisy Ezline ObeyesekereS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council + Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, SenatorSunethra Bandaranaike (born c. 1943), politician and socialiteChandrika Bandaranaike (born 1945), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial Councillor + Vijaya Kumaratunga (1945–1988), actor and politicianYashodara Sirimavo Kumarathunga WalkerVimukthi KumaratungaAnura Bandaranaike (1949–2008); Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament(also related to Ratwatte family, William Gopallawa, A.R. Udugama, Hector Kobbekaduwa, Jeewan Kumaranatunga, Ranjan Ramanayake)
List of political families in Sri Lanka