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
- Alexander Alam, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales
- Steve Bracks, Former Premier of Victoria
- Samier Dandan, President of Lebanese Muslim Association
- Khalil Eideh, CEO of Bluestar Logistics and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Nazih Elasmar, member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Bob Katter, member for Federal Division of Kennedy since 1993
- Bob Katter, Sr., member for Federal Division of Kennedy 1966-1990
- 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
- Salim Wardeh, Former Minister of Culture in Lebanon
Law and judiciary
- Sam Doumany,[1] 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
- Khalil Issa, Entrepreneur & CEO, former board member of several technology companies
Athletics
- Matthew Abood, freestyle swimmer
- 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
- Hazem El Masri, Canterbury Bulldogs Rugby league player
- Benny Elias, Former National Rugby League player
- Joe Reaiche, Former National Rugby League Sydney Roosters player
- 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 Football player
- Safwan Khalil, Olympic champion in taekwando
- Tim Mannah, Parramatta Eels Rugby league player
- Josh Mansour, Penrith Panthers Rugby league player
- Andrew Nabbout, soccer player for Melbourne Victory
- 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
- Michael Reda, International soccer player
- Travis Robinson, International rugby league footballer
- Reece Robinson, International rugby league footballer
- Adam Saad, Australian Rules Football player
Entertainment and media
- David Basheer, Sports Presenter and Commentator
- Firass Dirani,[2] Actor
- Etcetera Etcetera, drag queen
- Faydee, Pop / R&B singer, songwriter
- Joe Hasham, actor
- Jan Fran, Journalist, news and current affairs commentator, TV personality
- Sabrina Houssami, 2006 Australian representative at Miss World
- Tamara Jaber,[3] Singer
- Jessica Kahawaty, Beauty pageant contestant who came third in Miss World 2012 when representing Australia
- 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
- Natalie Saleeba, Television actress
- Petra Yared, Australian television actor
- Doris Younane, Actress
- Susie Youssef, Comedian, Writer, Actor
Arts and literature
- Mireille Astore,[4] Artist and writer
- David Malouf, writer
Other
- Joe Hachem, 2005 World Series of Poker champion
- Fehmi Naji, Grand Mufti of Australia
- Keysar Trad, Muslim community spokesman
References
- ^ "Anthony Alexander Alam - Political Leader". Australian Lebanese Historical Society. 2002. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ McWhirter, Erin (6 February 2010). "Underbelly's Firass Dirani - the day I met John Ibrahim, the King of the Cross". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ "Tamara Jaber Biography". Take 40. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ Kazzi, Antoine. Brilliant Faces. Sydney: El-Telegraph, 2009. (ISBN 9780646519135) page 83. This project that describes the achievements of 300 notable Arab Australians was funded by the Australian Government.