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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.
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- John Ajaka – former president of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- Alexander Alam, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council[1]
- Marie Bashir, 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
- Samier Dandan, president of Lebanese Muslim Association
- Jihad Dib – New South Wales Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government
- Khalil Eideh, CEO of Bluestar Logistics and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Nazih Elasmar, member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- George Joseph – former lord mayor of Adelaide[1]
- Marlene Kairouz – former mayor of Darebin and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Kororoit
- Bob Katter, member for Federal Division of Kennedy since 1993
- Bob Katter, Sr., member for Federal Division of Kennedy 1966-1990
- Salim Mehajer - former Auburn deputy mayor and convicted criminal
- 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
- Jackie Trad – former deputy premier of Queensland
- Salim Wardeh, former minister of culture in Lebanon
- Sam Doumany,[2] Former attorney-general and minister for justice in Queensland
- 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
- Matthew Abood, freestyle swimmer
- Paul Akkary - former professional rugby league footballer for the Newtown Jets
- 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
- Billy Dib – boxer
- Hazem El Masri, Canterbury Bulldogs Rugby league player
- Yahya El Hindi – professional football (soccer) player
- Nathan Elasi – professional football (soccer) player
- Benny Elias, former National Rugby League player
- Bianca Elmir – female boxing champion
- 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 footballer
- Safwan Khalil, Olympic champion in taekwando
- Julian Khazzouh – professional basketball player
- Bruce Malouf, - former Australian, NSW and Randwick rugby player.
- Tim Mannah, Parramatta Eels Rugby league player
- Josh Mansour, Penrith Panthers Rugby league player
- Mitchell Moses – professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels
- Andrew Nabbout, soccer player for Melbourne Victory
- Robin Nahas, Australian rules footballer
- 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
- Joe Reaiche, Former National Rugby League Sydney Roosters player
- Michael Reda, International soccer player
- Travis Robinson, International rugby league footballer
- Reece Robinson, International rugby league footballer
- Adam Saad, Australian rules footballer
- Vivien Saad, Australian rules footballer
- Christian Salem, Australian rules footballer
- Eddie Scarf – first Australian to win an Olympic medal in wrestling
- Nicholas Shehadie – former Captain of the Wallabies Australian Rugby Union
- Emelia Yassir, Australian rules footballer
- Robert Younis – professional football (soccer) player
- Haneen Zreika, Australian rules footballer
- David Basheer, Sports Presenter and Commentator
- Tyler De Nawi – actor
- Firass Dirani,[3] Actor
- Etcetera Etcetera, drag queen
- Faydee, Pop / R&B singer, songwriter
- Chillinit, rapper
- Kris Fade, radio presenter, host, and musician
- Jan Fran, Journalist, news and current affairs commentator, TV personality
- Daizy Gedeon, Award-winning Journalist and filmmaker
- Joe Hasham, actor
- Tamara Jaber,[4] Singer
- 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
- Daniel Sahyounie – comedian, part of YouTube comedy group The Janoskians
- Natalie Saleeba, Television 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, Australian television actor
- Doris Younane, Actress
- Susie Youssef, Comedian, Writer, Actor
Beauty pageant contestants
- Sabrina Houssami, 2006 Australian representative at Miss World
- Jessica Kahawaty, Beauty pageant contestant who came third in Miss World 2012 when representing Australia
- Steven Khalil - International Designer
- Joseph Saba
- Mireille Astore,[5] Artist and writer
- David Malouf, writer
- Sara Mansour, poet and co-founder of the Bankstown Poetry Slam
- Michael Mohammed Ahmad - writer
- Mireille Astore – artist and writer
- Saleem Haddad - writer
- Ghassan Hage - academic writer
- Nada Awar Jarrar – author
- David Malouf – poet and author
- Wadih Sa'adeh – poet
- Omar Sakr - poet and author
- Joe Hachem, 2005 World Series of Poker champion
- Mick Hawi, outlaw biker and gangster.
- Fehmi Naji, Grand Mufti of Australia
- Keysar Trad, Muslim community spokesman
- Tarek Zahed, outlaw biker and alleged gangster.[6]
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