Ezlynn Deraniyagala [SEP] sex or gender
Ezlynn Deraniyagala
Ezlynn Isabel Améliè Deraniyagala (1908 – 1973) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and feminist, who was the first female barrister in the country.
Ezlynn Isabel Améliè Obeyesekere was born in 1908, the only daughter and second child of Forester Augustus Obeysekera, the speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, and Anna Isabella née Sykes. She attended Hillwood College, Kandy before finishing her secondary schooling at St. Bridget's Convent, Colombo.
She then attended St Anne
Deraniyagala (surname)
Deraniyagala is a Sri Lankan surname. 
Notable people with the name include:
- Ezlynn Deraniyagala (1908–1973), Sri Lankan barrister and feminist
- Hiran Deraniyagala, guitarist for American heavy metal band Battlecross
- Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976), Sri Lankan zoologist and paleontologist
- Siran Upendra Deraniyagala (born 1942), Sri Lankan archaeologist
- Sonali Deraniyagala (born 1964), Sri Lankan memoirist and economist