List of Lebanese people in Australia
This is a list of notable individuals born in Australia of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Australian dual nationality who live or lived in Australia.
Athletes
- Matthew Abood – Olympic freestyle swimmer
- Paul Akkary - former professional rugby league footballer for the Newtown Jets
- Max Basheer – former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
- Michael Cheika – rugby player and Wallabies coach.
- Alex Chidiac – professional women's football player currently playing for Melbourne City and the Matildas
- Billy Dib – boxer
- Yahya El Hindi – professional football (soccer) player
- Hazem El Masri – former professional rugby league footballer
- Nathan Elasi – professional football (soccer) player
- Benny Elias – former professional rugby league footballer for the Balmain Tigers
- Bianca Elmir – female boxing champion
- Ahmad Elrich – Australian former international football (soccer) player
- Ali Elrich – boxer
- Tarek Elrich – international football (soccer) player
- Buddy Farah – former international football (soccer) player
- Robbie Farah – captain of the Wests Tigers, Australian Rugby League
- Mil Hanna – Australian Rules footballer with Carlton
- Bachar Houli – professional Australian rules footballer
- Safwan Khalil – Olympic taekwondo champion
- Julian Khazzouh – professional basketball player
- Michael Lichaa – professional rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs
- Tim Mannah – professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels
- Josh Mansour - professional rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers
- Mitchell Moses – professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels
- Andrew Nabbout – international football (soccer) player
- Roger Rasheed – former tennis player
- Joe Reaiche - former professional rugby league footballer for the Sydney Roosters
- Michael Reda – former international football (soccer) player
- Reece Robinson – professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels
- Travis Robinson – professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm
- Abbas Saad – Australian former international football (soccer) player
- Mohamed Sabra former international football (soccer) player
- Eddie Scarf – first Australian to win an Olympic medal in wrestling
- Nicholas Shehadie – former Captain of the Wallabies Australian Rugby Union
- Robert Younis – professional football (soccer) player
Beauty pageant contestants
- Sabrina Houssami – Miss World Australia 2006, Miss World Asia Pacific 2006
- Jessica Kahawaty
Businesspeople
- Joseph Assaf – multicultural businessman
- Ahmed Fahour – Managing Director and CEO of Australia Post
- Jacques Nasser – ex-CEO of Ford Motors[1]
- John Symond – businessman
Entertainment personalities
- Tyler De Nawi – actor
- Firass Dirani – actor
- Etcetera Etcetera - drag queen
- Faydee – singer
- Jan Fran - TV personality and journalist
- Joe Hasham – actor
- Tamara Jaber – singer
- Paul Khoury – TV personality and voice talent
- Paul Nakad – actor, hip hop artist
- Daniella Rahme – TV presenter, actress and model
- Daniel Sahyounie – comedian, part of YouTube comedy group The Janoskians
- Natalie Saleeba – 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 – actor
- Doris Younane – actress
- Lincoln Younes - actor
Fashion designers
- Steven Khalil - International Designer
- Joseph Saba
Poets and writers
- Mireille Astore – artist and writer
- Nada Awar Jarrar – author
- David Malouf – poet and author
- Wadih Sa'adeh – poet
Politicians
- John Ajaka – former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- Alexander Alam – political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party[2]
- Marie Bashir – former 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
- Jihad Dib – New South Wales Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government
- Nazih Elasmar – former Mayor of Darebin and member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Metropolitan Region
- George Joseph – former Lord Mayor of Adelaide[2]
- Marlene Kairouz – former Mayor of Darebin and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Kororoit
- Bob Katter, Sr. – federal Minister for the Army in the McMahon government
- Bob Katter – member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Kennedy
- Salim Mehajer - former Auburn deputy mayor and convicted criminal
- Cesar Melhem – former member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region
- Daryl Melham – former member of Australian House of Representatives
- Eddie Obeid – former New South Wales government minister and convicted criminal
- Barbara Perry – member for Auburn for fourteen years
- Sir Nicholas Shehadie – former Lord Mayor of Sydney[2]
- Michael Sukkar - Federal Member for Deakin, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer
- Jackie Trad – former Deputy Premier of Queensland
References
- "National Press Club: Jacques Nasser". National Public Radio. 27 July 2000.
- Anthony Alexander Alam – Political Leader Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine from www.alhs.org.au
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