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individuals born in Australia of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Australian dual nationality who live or lived in Australia.

Athletes

Matthew Abood Matthew Abood (born 28 June 1986 in Sydney) is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He won the bronze medal with the Australian swimming team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as well as the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in S ...

– Olympic freestyle swimmer * Paul Akkary - former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer for the

Newtown Jets The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground ...

Max Basheer Max Rafeek Basheer (born 9 May 1927) is a former administrator with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was involved in a number of keys decisions affecting the SANFL from the 1970s to the 1990s, ultimately leading to the in ...

– former administrator with the South Australian National Football League * Michael Cheika – rugby player and Wallabies coach. *

Alex Chidiac Alexandra Carla Chidiac (born 15 January 1999) is an Australian international soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Racing Louisville in the NWSL and for the Australia national team. Early life and education Chidiac was born in Sydney, N ...

– professional women's football player currently playing for Melbourne City and the Matildas *

Billy Dib Bilal Dib (born 17 August 1985), known as Billy Dib, is an Australian professional boxer. He held the IBF featherweight title from 2011 to 2013, and the IBO super-featherweight title in 2008. Early years Dib was born on 17 August 1985 at ...

– boxer *

Yahya El Hindi Yahya Mosbah El Hindi (; ar, يحيى مصباح الهندي, ; born 24 September 1998) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Ansar. El Hindi began his senior career at Sydney Olympic in 2017, before moving to Parram ...

– professional football (soccer) player *

Hazem El Masri Hazem El Masri ( ar, حازم المصري; born 1 April 1976) is a Lebanese Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a er in the 1990s and 2000s. An international representative for Australia and Lebanon, and a New ...

– former professional

footballer * Nathan Elasi – professional football (soccer) player * Benny Elias – former professional

footballer for the

Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995–96) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful i ...

* Bianca Elmir – female boxing champion * Ahmad Elrich – Australian former international football (soccer) player * Ali Elrich – boxer *

Tarek Elrich Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ...

– internationalfootball (soccer) player *

Buddy Farah Badawi "Buddy" Farah ( ar, بدوي "بدي" فرح; born 18 August 1978) is a football agent and former footballer. Born in Australia, Farah is of Lebanese descent. After beginning his career with Marconi Stallions in the Australian National S ...

– former international football (soccer) player *

Robbie Farah Robert Peter Farah ( ar, روبي فرح) (born 23 January 1984) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international, Lebanese international and captain of New South Wales Blues t ...

– captain of the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture ...

Australian Rugby League The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australian Rugby Footbal ...

* Mil Hanna – Australian Rules footballer with Carlton *

Bachar Houli Bachar Houli ( ar, بشار حولي, born 12 May 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 232 games over a 15-year career with and in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a three-time premiership player with Richmond ...

– professional

Australian rules footballer Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

* Safwan Khalil – Olympic taekwondo champion * Julian Khazzouh – professional basketball player *

Michael Lichaa Michael Lichaa (born 18 July 1993) is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a . He has previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. Lichaa has played for New So ...

– professional rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs *

Tim Mannah Tim Mannah (born 15 February 1988) is a former Lebanon national rugby league team, Lebanon international rugby league footballer who played as a for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League, NRL. He played for New South Wales City ru ...

– professional rugby league player for the

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...

* Josh Mansour - professional rugby league player for the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrit ...

Mitchell Moses Mitchell Moses (Arabic: ميتشل موسى; born 16 September 1994) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. He also plays for the Lebanon national team. He previously played for the Wests ...

– professional rugby league player for the

* Andrew Nabbout – international football (soccer) player * Roger Rasheed – former tennis player *

Joe Reaiche Joseph Reaiche ( ; born 20 March 1958) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League Football Competition (NSWRL), now called the National Rugby League (NRL). H ...

- former professional

footballer for the

Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...

Michael Reda Mohammad Taan Reda ( ar, محمد طعان رضا; born 30 December 1972), commonly known as Michael Reda, is a former professional association football player who played as a midfielder. Born in Australia, Reda represented Lebanon at the 2000 ...

– former international football (soccer) player * Reece Robinson – professional rugby league player for the

Travis Robinson Travis Robinson (born 13 June 1987) is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Newtown Jets in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. ...

– professional rugby league player for the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...

Abbas Saad Abbas Saad ( ar, عباس سعد; born 1 December 1967) is an Australian soccer manager and former player, who is currently managing National Premier Leagues NSW side Sydney Olympic. International career Born in Lebanon, Saad's family moved ...

– Australian former international football (soccer) player * Mohamed Sabra former international football (soccer) player *

Eddie Scarf Edward Richard Scarf (3 November 1908 – 7 January 1980) was an Australian wrestler and boxer. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1932, and also competed at the 1936 Olympics. Early life He was born in Quirindi in New S ...

– first Australian to win an Olympic medal in

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

* Nicholas Shehadie – former Captain of the Wallabies

Australian Rugby Union Rugby Australia Ltd, previously named the Australian Rugby Union Limited and Australian Rugby Football Union Limited, is an Australian company operating the premier rugby union competition in Australia and teams. It has its origins in 1949. It ...

* Robert Younis – professional football (soccer) player

Beauty pageant contestants

* Sabrina Houssami – Miss World Australia 2006, Miss World Asia Pacific 2006 *

Jessica Kahawaty Jessica Michelle Kahawaty ( ar, جيسيكا ميشيل قهواتي; born 12 September 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a Lebanese Australian model, philanthropist, former TV Host and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss World Australia 2012 ...

Businesspeople

Joseph Assaf Joseph Assaf (Arabic: جوزيف عساف; born 1944) is a Lebanese-born Australian businessman and founder of the Ethnic Business Awards. Biography Assaf was born in Hardine, a village in the Batroun District, 80 km from Beirut, Lebanon. Hi ...

– multicultural businessman *

Ahmed Fahour Ahmed Fahour ( ar, أحمد فاعور ; born 1966) is a Lebanese Australian businessman. He is the managing director (MD) and CEO of Latitude Financial Services, and was formerly MD and CEO of Australia Post, and CEO Australia of the Nationa ...

– Managing Director and CEO of Australia Post *

Jacques Nasser Jacques Albert Nasser (Arabic: جاك نصر; born 12 December 1947) is a Lebanese Australian American business executive and philanthropist. Known for a management career at Ford Motor Company spanning several decades and continents, from 19 ...

– ex-CEO of

Ford Motors Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobile ...

John Symond John Joseph Symond (born 17 August 1947) is an Australian entrepreneur, former financial executive, and the founder of Aussie Home Loans. Early life Symond was born on 17 August 1947 in Crookwell, New South Wales and raised in Sydney. He sp ...

– businessman

Entertainment personalities

Tyler De Nawi Tyler De Nawi, born Moustafa Dennawi, is an Australian actor. He is also a human rights activist, dancer and acrobat, and is disciplined in capoeira and kickboxing. He made his debut TV appearance in SBS drama miniseries ''The Principal''. He ...

– actor *

Firass Dirani Firass Dirani (born 1984) is an Australian film and television actor. Early life Dirani was born in Sydney in 1984, and is of Lebanese descent. Career Dirani pursued his acting career in Hollywood before receiving a call to play the role o ...

– actor * Etcetera Etcetera - drag queen *

Faydee Fady Fatrouni ( ar, فادي فتروني; born 2 February 1987), best known by his stage name Faydee, is an Australian singer of Lebanese descent. He is best known for his 2013 single "Can't Let Go", as well his international hit "Habibi (I Ne ...

– singer *

Jan Fran Jeanette Francis (Arabic: جانيت فرانسيس), better known as Jan Fran, is a Lebanese-Australian journalist and presenter. She has worked with the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), and served as co-host of current affairs and satire ...

- TV personality and journalist * Joe Hasham – actor * Tamara Jaber – singer *

Paul Khoury Paul Khoury is a Lebanese- Australian television personality and voice talent. Khoury was bass guitarist in a Melbourne band called Gravel, before entering and winning the Cleo Bachelor of the Year award in 2002. He has had roles on Australia ...

– TV personality and voice talent *

Paul Nakad Paul Nakad (born 21 October 1975) is an Australian actor and rapper, best known by the name Sleek the Elite. He began performing music as Sleek the Elite in 1991, then appeared in the SBS television series ''Pizza'' as a character by that same ...

– actor, hip hop artist *

Daniella Rahme Daniella Yousef Rahme ( ar, دانييلا يوسف رحمة) is a Lebanese Australian actress and TV presenter. She was the winner of Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2010, and winner of '' Dancing with the Stars: Raqs el Noujoum'' season 2. Early life Da ...

– TV presenter, actress and model * Daniel Sahyounie – comedian, part of YouTube comedy group The Janoskians * Natalie Saleeba – actress *

Rob Shehadie Rob Shehadie (born 21 March 1977) is an Australian actor, writer and stand-up comedian, who has featured in television series such as "Pizza", "Swift and Shift Couriers" and "Housos". He has performed numerous stage show comedies across Australi ...

– actor and comedian, co-creator of ''

Here Come the Habibs ''Here Come the Habibs'' is an Australian television comedy series produced by Jungle Entertainment. A sitcom featuring a Lebanese Australian family who win the lottery and move to the posh eastern suburbs of Sydney, the show premiered on th ...

'' * Dean Vegas - singer and Elvis tribute artist * James Yammouni – comedian, part of YouTube comedy group The Janoskians *

Petra Yared Petra Georgina Yared (born 18 January 1979) is an Australian actress. She has also been credited as Petra Jared. Early life Yared was born in Melbourne to Rick and Shelley, having an older sister, Sara, and younger brother, Nicholas. Yared is ...

– actor * Doris Younane – actress *

Lincoln Younes Lincoln Younes (born 31 January 1992) is an Australian actor. He made his debut in an episode of ''City Homicide'' in 2009, before playing Romeo Kovac in Showcase drama series ''Tangle'' until 2012. He received the ASTRA Award for Most Outsta ...

- actor

Fashion designers

* Steven Khalil - International Designer * Joseph Saba

Poets and writers

* Mireille Astore – artist and writer * Nada Awar Jarrar – author *

David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf AO (; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Que ...

– poet and author * Wadih Sa'adeh – poet

Politicians

* John Ajaka – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council * Alexander Alam – political leader, member of the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms t ...

''Anthony Alexander Alam – Political Leader''
from ''www.alhs.org.au'' *

Marie Bashir Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir (born 1 December 1930) is the former and second longest-serving Governor of New South Wales. Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positio ...

– Governor of

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* Karl Bitar -was the 9th National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party and former General Secretary of NSW Labor * Steve Bracks – former Premier of

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

Jihad Dib Jihad Dib (born 1973) is an Australian politician who was elected at the 2015 New South Wales state election to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Lakemba representing the Labor Party. He was the only Muslim MP to represent the Lakemb ...

– Member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

for Lakemba * Nazih Elasmar – former Mayor of

Darebin The City of Darebin is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and in June 2018 Darebin had a population of 161,609. Municipal offices are located at 350 High Street, Preston. Dar ...

and member of the

Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative C ...

for

Northern Metropolitan Region Northern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by proportional representation. The region was create ...

* George Joseph – former Lord Mayor of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

Marlene Kairouz Marlene Kairouz (born 2 March 1975) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2008. She was the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation between 2016 and 2020. Polit ...

– former Mayor of

and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Kororoit * Bob Katter, Sr. – politician *

Bob Katter Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the ...

– member of the

Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members o ...

for the

Division of Kennedy The Division of Kennedy is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland. History The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named after ...

* Salim Mehajer - former Auburn deputy mayor and convicted criminal * Daryl Melham – member of Australian House of Representatives * Cesar Melhem – Victorian State Secretary of

Australian Workers Union The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s and currently has approximately 80,000 members. It has exerci ...

* 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 Michael Sven Sukkar (born 11 September 1981) is an Australian politician who served as the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing from 2019, and as the Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing from 2020. He lost his minis ...

- Federal Member for Deakin, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer *

Jackie Trad Jacklyn Anne Trad (born 25 April 1972) is a former Australian politician. She was Deputy Premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2020, Treasurer of Queensland from 2017 to 2020 and represented the Electoral district of South Brisbane for the Labor ...

–

Deputy Premier of Queensland The deputy premier of Queensland is a role in the Government of Queensland assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Queensland. It has second ranking behind the premier of Queensland in Cabinet, and its holder serves as act ...

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