List of Lebanese Australians explained

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

• John Ajaka – former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Alexander Alam, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council^[1]
• 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
• Bob Katter, member for Federal Division of Kennedy since 1993
• Bob Katter, Sr., member for Federal Division of Kennedy 1966-1990
• Salim Mehajer - former Auburn deputy mayor and convicted criminal
• Daryl Melham, member of the Australian House of Representatives
• 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
• Sir Nicholas Shehadie, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975) and member of Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame
• Michael Sukkar, federal government minister
• Jackie Trad – former Deputy Premier of Queensland
• Salim Wardeh, Former Minister of Culture in Lebanon

Law and judiciary

• Sam Doumany,^[2] 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,^[3] 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,^[4] 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,^[5] 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.^[6]

See also

• Lebanese Australians
• List of Lebanese people
• Lists of Lebanese diaspora

Notes and References

1. http://www.alhs.org.au/alam.htm Anthony Alexander Alam – Political Leader
2. Web site: Anthony Alexander Alam - Political Leader . 2002 . Australian Lebanese Historical Society . 2008-07-20 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080719025230/http://www.alhs.org.au/alam.htm . 19 July 2008 .
3. News: Underbelly's Firass Dirani - the day I met John Ibrahim, the King of the Cross . McWhirter. Erin. 6 February 2010. heraldsun.com.au. 11 April 2010.
4. Web site: Tamara Jaber Biography. 2008. Take 40. 2008-07-20. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080803132411/http://www.take40.com/artists/1085/tamara-jaber/bio. 3 August 2008. dmy-all.
5. Kazzi, Antoine. Brilliant Faces. Sydney: El-Telegraph, 2009. page 83. This project that describes the achievements of 300 notable Arab Australians was funded by the Australian Government.
6. News: Hunter . Fergus . Senior Comanchero bikie detained in Lebanon after Interpol notice . 24 December 2023 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 12 November 2021.