Sliding bearing and method of manufacturing the same

A sliding bearing including a cylindrical member or obtained by combining two semicylindrical members to be cylindrical, comprising

• the cylindrical member or the semicylindrical members including a solid back metal and a lining layer provided to cover an inner circumferential surface of the back metal so that the lining layer serves as a sliding surface and including a crowning formed of a sloped surface having a diameter gradually increasing toward an end surface from a center portion in an axial direction on at least one of both axial ends of the sliding surface,
• wherein the crowning includes a first crowning formed of a sloped surface formed on the lining layer, and a second crowning formed on a sloped surface formed on a part of the back metal which corresponds to the first crowning.