Rajapaksa

Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Rajapaksa family, Sri Lankan political dynasty
 * Ajith Rajapakse (born 1974), Sri Lankan politician
 * Basil Rajapaksa, (born 1951), Sri Lankan politician
 * Chamal Rajapaksa (born 1942), Sri Lankan politician
 * D. A. Rajapaksa (1905–1967), Ceylonese politician
 * D. M. Rajapaksa, (1897–1945), Ceylonese politician
 * George Rajapaksa (1926–76), Ceylonese politician
 * Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (born 1949), Sri Lankan President
 * Gunathilaka Rajapaksha (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician
 * Lakshman Rajapaksa (1905–1969), Ceylonese politician
 * Mahinda Rajapaksa (born 1945), Sri Lankan President and Prime Minister
 * Namal Rajapaksa (born 1986), Sri Lankan politician
 * Nirupama Rajapaksa (born 1962), Sri Lankan politician
 * Rohitha Rajapaksa (born 1989), Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician
 * Thilak Rajapaksha (born 1971), Sri Lankan politician
 * Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (born 1959), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
 * Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 1988), Sri Lankan rugby union player
 * Bhanuka Rajapaksa (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Dayan Rajapakse (born 1972), Sri Lankan physician
 * Lalitha Rajapakse (1900–1976), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * Morris Rajapaksa (died 1995), Sri Lankan politician
 * Nimal Rajapakshe, Canadian academic
 * Somaratne Rajapakse, Sri Lankan soldier
 * Suranimala Rajapaksha (1949–2016), Sri Lankan politician