List of Lebanese people in Australia
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This is a list of notable individuals born in Australia of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Australian dual nationality who live or resided in Australia.
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Contents
Athletes
- Max Basheer – former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
- Michael Cheika – rugby player
- Benny Elias – former rugby league player for the West Tigers
- Nathan Elasi – professional football (soccer) player
- Hazem El Masri – former professional rugby league player
- Ahmad Elrich – Australian former international football (soccer) player
- Tarek Elrich – international football (soccer) player
- Buddy Farah – former international football (soccer) player
- Robbie Farah – captain of the Wests Tigers, Australian Rugby League
- Milham Hanna – Australian Rules footballer with Carlton
- Bachar Houli – professional Australian rules footballer
- 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
- Mitchell Moses- professional rugby league player for the West Tigers
- Andrew Nabbout – international football (soccer) player
- Abbas Saad – Australian former international football (soccer) player
- Nicholas Shehadie – former Captain of the Wallabies Australian Rugby Union
- Michael Reda – former international football (soccer) player
- Roger Rasheed – former tennis player
- Reece Robinson – professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels
- Travis Robinson- professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm
- Robert Younis – professional football (soccer) player
Beauty pageant contestants
- Sabrina Houssami – Miss World Australia 2006, Miss World Asia Pacific 2006
- Jessica Kahawaty – Miss World Australia 2012, Miss Lebanon 2010
Businessmen
- Ahmed Fahour – Managing Director and CEO of Australia Post
- Joseph Assaf – Multicultural Businessman
- Jacques Nasser – ex-CEO of Ford Motors[1]
- John Symond – businessman
Entertainment personalities
- Firass Dirani – actor
- Faydee – singer
- Daniel Sahyounie – Janoskian
- Natalie Saleeba – actress
- Joe Hasham – actor
- James Yammouni – Janoskian
- Doris Younane – actress
- Tamara Jaber – singer
- Petra Yared – actor
- Paul Nakad – actor/ hip hop artist
- Mark Saliba - comedian and former school captain
Fashion designers
Poets and Writers
- Wadih Sa'adeh – poet
- Mireille Astore – artist and writer
Politicians
- Anthony Alexander Alam – political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party[2]
- Marie Bashir – Governor of New South Wales
- Steve Bracks – former Premier of Victoria
- Nazih Elasmar – former Mayor of Darebin and member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Metropolitan Region
- George Joseph – former Lord Mayor of Adelaide[2]
- Marlene Kairouz – former Mayor of Darebin and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Kororoit
- Bob Katter. Snr. – politician
- Daryl Melham – member of Australian House of Representatives
- Cesar Melhem – Victorian State Secretary of Australian Workers Union
- Sir Nicholas Shehadie – former Lord Mayor of Sydney[2]
See also
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anthony Alexander Alam – Political Leader from www.alhs.org.au