List of Lebanese people in Australia
# 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Michael Sukkar - Federal Member for Deakin, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer
* Jackie Trad – former Deputy Premier of Queensland
