List of Chinese Australians

This is a list of notable Chinese Australians.

Academia

• Terence Tao: Child genius in mathematics, FRS, Fields Medal winner
• Wang Gungwu: AO CBE, historian, Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong University (1988-95), President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1980-1983)
• Liangchi Zhang: professor of engineering, University of New South Wales
• Chin Liew Ten (C. L. Ten): FAHA FASSA, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and former Head, Philosophy Department, National University of Singapore
• Mabel Lee: literary scholar and translator
• Xiaokai Yang: economist
• Samuel Lieu: FRAS FRHistS FSA FAHA FRSN, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History, Macquarie University
• Jennifer Yee: Professor of Literature in French, University of Oxford
• Jiti Gao: FASSA, Donald Cochrane Chair of Business and Economics, Professor of Econometrics and Economic Statistics, Monash University
• Vanessa Woods: scientist, author, and feature writer for the Discovery Channel

Politics

Federal Parliament

• Penny Wong: Federal Senator for South Australia (Labor, 2002-present), Environment Minister (2007-2010), Finance Minister (2010-2013), Leader of the Senate (2013)
• Ian Goodenough: Federal Member for Moore (Liberal, 2013-present)
• Gladys Liu: Federal Member for Chisholm (Liberal, 2019-present)
• Dio Wang: Federal Senator for Western Australia (Palmer United, 2014-2016)
• Gai Brodtmann: Federal Member for Canberra (Labor, 2010-2019)
• Michael Johnson: Federal Member for Ryan (Liberal, 2001-2010)
• Tsebin Tchen: Liberal federal Senator for Victoria 1999-2005 (Parliament of Australia)
• Bill O'Chee: Federal Senator for Queensland (National), 1990-1999)

State and Territory Parliaments

• Helen Sham-Ho OAM: Liberal Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales (State Parliament) 1988-2003
• Peter Wong AM: Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales (State Parliament), 1999-2007; Founder, Unity Party (Australia), 1998
• Michael Choi: Labor Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (State Parliament), 2001-2012
• Jing Lee MLC: Liberal Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia since 2010 (State Parliament)
• Ernest Wong ; Labor MLC: Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales since 2013 (State Parliament)
• Hong Lim: MP: Labor Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria 1996-2018
• Bernice Pfitzner: MLC: Liberal Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia, 1990-1997
• Pierre Yang: Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council: Labor member for Electoral region of South Metropolitan since 2017
• Jack Ah Kit: Labor member for Arnhem in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2005.
• Jenny Leong: Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Newtown for the Greens since 2015

Local Government

• Henry Tsang OAM: Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Deputy Lord Mayor, Sydney, 1991–1999
• Alfred Huang: Lord Mayor, Adelaide, 2000-2003
• John So AO: Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 2001-2008
• Harry Chan: First Chinese mayor of Australia, Darwin
• Le Lam: First female Chinese mayor of Australia, Auburn
• Alec Fong Lim AM: Lord Mayor of Darwin, 1984-1990
• Katrina Fong Lim: Lord Mayor of Darwin, 2012-2017
• Chan Ching Howe: First Chinese Councillor of Australia, Melville
• Paul Ng: First Chinese to be elected as Mayor in Western Australia (City of Canning, 2015)
• Kun Huang: Councillor, Cumberland Council, 2017-
• Adrian Wong: Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Fairfield City Council, 2016-
• Simon Zhou: Councillor and Deputy Mayor, City of Ryde, 2017-

Other Politics

• William Ah Ket: barrister and early 20th century campaigner for Chinese rights

Military

• Caleb Shang: World War I soldier, Western Front
• Billy Sing: World War I soldier, Gallipoli and Western Front
• Jack Wong Sue: World War II special forces soldier, Borneo campaign, post-war businessman, and author

Religion

• Greg Homeming: Catholic bishop
• Ivan Lee: Anglican bishop

Business

• Wong Ah Sat: gold digger, farmer, and merchant
• Kwong Sue Duk: pioneer herbalist and merchant
• Chin Kaw: Tasmanian herbalist, merchant, and mining entrepreneur
• Neale Fong: doctor and sports administrator
• Sir Leslie Joseph Hooker: real estate magnate, founder of L.J. Hooker
• Stern Hu: businessman
• Bing Lee: businessman who started up the Bing Lee franchises
• Andrew Leon: businessman in Cairns, Queensland
• Lum Loy: Darwin businessperson
• Andy Yin: Sydney Inner West Leo's President
• Yew-Kwang Ng: economist at Monash University
• Trevor O'Hoy: Former CEO of Foster's Group
• Ern Phang: lawyer
• Tom See Poy: department store owner in Innisfail, Queensland
• Mei Quong Tart: 19th Century businessman and public figurehead
• David Wang: businessman
• Marita Cheng: founder of Robogals and 2012 Young Australian of the Year

Sport

• Les Fong: Australian rules footballer
• Lin Jong: Australian rules footballer
• Cheltzie Lee: Figure skater
• Andy Liu: Footballer
• Anthony Liu: Figure skater
• Miao Miao: Table tennis player
• Richard Chee Quee: Cricketer
• Kenneth To: Swimmer
• Esther Qin: Diver
• Melissa Wu: Diver
• Priscilla Hon: Tennis player
• Brendon Ah Chee: Australian rules footballer
• Callum Ah Chee: Australian rules footballer
• Cruze Ah-Nau: Rugby union player
• Jason Chan (rugby league): Rugby League player
• Kevin Gordon: Rugby league player
• Wally Koochew: Australian rules footballer
• Hunter Poon: first player of Chinese descent to appear in Australian first-class cricket
• Dannie Seow: Australian rules footballer
• Jack Wunhym: Australian rules footballer

Medicine

• Victor Chang: heart surgeon
• Cindy Pan: celebrity doctor and sexual/women's health expert
• John Yu: paediatrician and 1996 Australian of the Year
• Charles Teo: neurosurgeon

Media and Arts

• Ouyang Yu: poet, novelist and author of The Eastern Slope Chronicle
• Karen Tso: finance reporter
• Helene Chung Martin: former ABC correspondent, author of Shouting from China and Lazy Man in China
• Yang Hengjun: political blogger, author of "Fatal Weakness" series
• Natasha Liu Bordizzo: actress and model
• TwoSet Violin: YouTube Violinist duo made up of Brett Yang and Eddy Chen
• Lee Lin Chin: news reader
• Shen Jiawei: painter
• Jun Chen: painter
• Bin Xie: painter
• Tony Ayres: screenwriter and director
• Jason Chan: actor and director
• James Stewart: actor
• Queenie Chan: comic artist
• Claudia Chan Shaw: fashion designer and television presenter
• Jackie Chan: actor, singer, director and stuntman
• Elizabeth Chong: chef, author and television presenter
• Anna Choy: actress and presenter
• Li Cunxin: ballet dancer, author and public speaker
• Jeff Fatt: performer with the Wiggles
• Russell Jack: founder and director of the Golden Dragon Museum
• Kylie Kwong: chef, restaurateur and media presenter
• Lawrence Leung: comedian
• Guang Li: actor
• Renee Lim: actress and media personality
• Nina Liu: actress
• Jaymee Ong: actress and model
• Natalie Ong: singer, season 8 finalist of The X-Factor Australia
• Cindy Pan: physician and media personality
• Chris Pang: actor
• Sam Pang: writer, actor, director, producer and presenter
• Alice Pung: author
• Rose Quong: actor, performer and writer
• Sarah Song: television actress and presenter
• Shaun Tan: artist, author and illustrator
• Ling-Hsueh Tang: actress
• Vico Thai: television and film actor
• Annette Shun Wah: media presenter
• James Wan: film director, writer, and producer of the Saw film franchise
• Poh Ling Yeow: artist, grand finalist on MasterChef Australia 2009
• John Zerunge Young: artist
• Courtney Eaton: actress and model
• Richard Clapton: singer and songwriter
• Jimmy Chi: composer, musician and playwright
• Jessica Gomes: model
• Remy Hii: Actor
• Lisa Ho: fashion designer
• Jenny Kee: fashion designer
• Adam Liaw: winner of MasterChef Australia 2010
• Josh Quong Tart: Actor
• Shaun Tan: Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for The Lost Thing
• Wong Shee Ping, author of The Poison of Polygamy, newspaper editor, Christian preacher, political activist

Other

• James Chung Gon: community leader