# List of Lebanese Australians

This is a list of Lebanese Australians including both original immigrants who obtained Australian citizenship and their Australian-born descendants who are notable, have made significant contributions to the Australian or international culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have prominently appeared in the news.

## Politics and public service
### Federal politics

| Name | Party | Chamber | Constituency | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| Frank Gaha | Labor | House | Denison | 1943 | 1949 | |
| Bob Katter Sr. | National | House | Kennedy | 1966 | 1990 | Government minister (1972) |
| Daryl Melham | Labor | House | Banks | 1990 | 2013 | |
| Bob Katter | National | House | Kennedy | 1993 | 2001 | |
| Bob Katter | Independent | House | Kennedy | 2001 | 2011 | |
| Bob Katter | Katter's Australian | House | Kennedy | 2011 | present | |
| Michael Sukkar | Liberal | House | Deakin | 2013 | incumbent | Government minister (2019–2022) |

### State and local politics

* John Ajaka – former president of the New South Wales Legislative Council
* Alexander Alam, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
* Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales
* Karl Bitar - former national secretary of the Australian Labor Party and former general secretary of NSW Labor
* Steve Bracks, former premier of Victoria
* Samier Dandan, president of Lebanese Muslim Association
* Jihad Dib – New South Wales Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government
* Khalil Eideh, CEO of Bluestar Logistics and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
* Nazih Elasmar, member of the Victorian Legislative Council
* George Joseph – former lord mayor of Adelaide
* Marlene Kairouz – former mayor of Darebin and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Kororoit
* Robbie Katter, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Salim Mehajer - former Auburn deputy mayor and convicted criminal
* Cesar Melhem, Victorian state secretary of Australian Workers' Union
* Eddie Obeid, corrupt former member of the NSW Legislative Council, former minister for fisheries and mineral resources
* Barbara Perry, NSW parliamentarian
* Jim Saleam, leader of the Australia First Party
* Sir Nicholas Shehadie, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975) and member of Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame
* Michael Sutherland, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
* Jackie Trad – former deputy premier of Queensland
* Salim Wardeh, former minister of culture in Lebanon

## Law and judiciary

* Sam Doumany, Former attorney-general and minister for justice in Queensland

## Business

* Stefan Ackerie, hairstyling entrepreneur
* Joseph Assaf, multicultural businessman
* Ahmed Fahour, banker, former CEO of Citibank and NAB's operations, and current CEO of Australia Post
* Jacques Nasser, former CEO of Ford Motors
* Joseph Saba, fashion designer
* John Symond, founder and managing director of Aussie Group

## Sport

* Matthew Abood, freestyle swimmer
* Paul Akkary - former professional rugby league footballer for the Newtown Jets
* Sheik Ali, Heavyweight champion wrestler
* George Ayoub, Test match rugby referee, member of the Super Rugby panel for Television Match Officials
* Alex Chidiac, professional women's soccer player for Melbourne City and the Matilda's
* Max Basheer, former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
* David Bayssari, former Balmain Tigers NRL player & Lebanon Rugby League head coach
* Michael Cheika, head coach of the Wallabies and the New South Wales Waratahs
* Billy Dib – boxer
* Hazem El Masri, Canterbury Bulldogs Rugby league player
* Yahya El Hindi – professional football (soccer) player
* Nathan Elasi – professional football (soccer) player
* Benny Elias, former National Rugby League player
* Bianca Elmir – female boxing champion
* Ahmad Elrich, International soccer player
* Tarek Elrich, Newcastle United Jets soccer player
* Buddy Farah, FIFA agent - Ex soccer player
* Robbie Farah, South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby league player
* Milham "Mil" Hanna, former Australian rules footballer with Carlton
* Bachar Houli, Australian rules footballer
* Safwan Khalil, Olympic champion in taekwando
* Julian Khazzouh – professional basketball player
* Bruce Malouf, - former Australian, NSW and Randwick rugby player.
* Tim Mannah, Parramatta Eels Rugby league player
* Josh Mansour, Penrith Panthers Rugby league player
* Mitchell Moses – professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels
* Andrew Nabbout, soccer player for Melbourne Victory
* Robin Nahas, Australian rules footballer
* Brendan Nasser, Test Match rugby player, member of the winning Australian squad at the 1991 Rugby World Cup
* Roger Rasheed, international tennis coach and former player
* Joe Reaiche, Former National Rugby League Sydney Roosters player
* Michael Reda, International soccer player
* Travis Robinson, International rugby league footballer
* Reece Robinson, International rugby league footballer
* Adam Saad, Australian rules footballer
* Vivien Saad, Australian rules footballer
* Christian Salem, Australian rules footballer
* Eddie Scarf – first Australian to win an Olympic medal in wrestling
* Nicholas Shehadie – former Captain of the Wallabies Australian Rugby Union
* Emelia Yassir, Australian rules footballer
* Robert Younis – professional football (soccer) player
* Haneen Zreika, Australian rules footballer

## Entertainment and media

* David Basheer, Sports Presenter and Commentator
* Tyler De Nawi – actor
* Firass Dirani, Actor
* Etcetera Etcetera, drag queen
* Faydee, Pop / R&B singer, songwriter
* Chillinit, rapper
* Kris Fade, radio presenter, host, and musician
* Jan Fran, Journalist, news and current affairs commentator, TV personality
* Daizy Gedeon, Award-winning Journalist and filmmaker
* Joe Hasham, actor
* Tamara Jaber, Singer
* Paul Khoury, TV personality and voice talent
* Paul Nakad, actor and hip hop artist
* Daniella Rahme, TV host, actress and model
* Lincoln Younes, actor, model and voice over artist.
* Mariam Saab, television presenter and journalist
* Daniel Sahyounie – comedian, part of YouTube comedy group The Janoskians
* Natalie Saleeba, Television actress
* Rob Shehadie – actor and comedian, co-creator of Here Come the Habibs
* Dean Vegas - singer and Elvis tribute artist
* James Yammouni – comedian, part of YouTube comedy group The Janoskians
* Petra Yared, Australian television actor
* Doris Younane, Actress
* Susie Youssef, Comedian, Writer, Actor

### Beauty pageant contestants

* Sabrina Houssami, 2006 Australian representative at Miss World
* Jessica Kahawaty, Beauty pageant contestant who came third in Miss World 2012 when representing Australia

## Fashion designers

* Steven Khalil - International Designer
* Joseph Saba

## Arts and literature

* Mireille Astore, Artist and writer
* David Malouf, writer
* Sara Mansour, poet and co-founder of the Bankstown Poetry Slam

## Poets and writers

* Michael Mohammed Ahmad - writer
* Mireille Astore – artist and writer
* Saleem Haddad - writer
* Ghassan Hage - academic writer
* Nada Awar Jarrar – author
* David Malouf – poet and author
* Wadih Sa'adeh – poet
* Omar Sakr - poet and author

## Other

* Joe Hachem, 2005 World Series of Poker champion
* Mick Hawi, outlaw biker and gangster.
* Fehmi Naji, Grand Mufti of Australia
* Keysar Trad, Muslim community spokesman
* Tarek Zahed, outlaw biker and alleged gangster.