Perera
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Perera is a surname of Portuguese origin. The name is a variant of the common Portuguese surname Pereira (meaning pear tree). There are other variants in the Iberian Peninsula: Perer (Catalan), Perero, Pereros (Extremadura, Salamanca and Valladolid), Pereyra, Pereyras, Das Pereiras, Paraira (Portuguese), Pereire, Pereyre (Pyrenees), Pereiro, Pereiros (Galician).
- Augurio Perera, Spanish pioneer of lawn tennis and a founder of the world's first tennis club
- Ajith C. S. Perera, Sri Lankan academic, manager and cricket umpire
- Anura C. Perera, Sri Lankan American Sinhala science writer and astronomer
- Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist and pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement
- Cheryl Perera (born 1986), Sri Lankan Canadian children's rights activist
- Dhammika Perera, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist, and politician. He is one of the wealthiest people in Sri Lanka.
- Elmo Noel Joseph Perera (1932-2015), 5th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle
- Frederica Perera (born 1941), American environmental health scientist
- Izidor Perera-Matić, Croatian physician and partisan during World War II
- Lionello Perera, Italian-American banker and philanthropist
- Nadeeka Perera, Sri Lankan model
- Sylvia Brinton Perera, Jungian psychoanalyst and author
