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This article is a list of notable Asian Australians.

Academia[edit]

Activists[edit]

Arts/architecture/design[edit]

Business and industry[edit]

Culinary[edit]

Name Ethnicity Comment
Diana Chan
(born 1988) 		Chinese Malaysian[1] Chef, media personality[2][3]
Elizabeth Chong
(born 1931) 		Chinese[4] Chef, former cooking teacher, author and media and television host and personality[5]
Esca Khoo
(born 1992)[6] 		Malaysian[7] Chef[8]
Kylie Kwong Kylie Kwong
(born 1969) 		Chinese[9] Chef, author, television presenter and restaurateur[10]
Melissa Leong
(born 1982)[11] 		Singaporean[12] Television host, freelance food writer, radio broadcaster, critic, cookbook editor and marketer[13]
Adam Liaw Adam Liaw
(born 1978)[14] 		Chinese Malaysian Chef, media personality[15]
Hetty Lui McKinnon
(born ?)[16] 		Chinese Award-winning cookbook author and food writer[17]
Luke Nguyen Luke Nguyen
(born 1978) 		Vietnamese Chef[18]
Khanh Ong
(born 1993)[19] 		Vietnamese[20] Chef[21]
Brendan Pang
(born 1993)[22] 		Chinese Mauritian[23] Chef[18][24]
Reynold Poernomo
(born 1995)[25][26] 		Indonesian Chef[27]
Sarah Tiong
(born ?) 		Chinese Malaysian[28] Chef[29][30]
Poh Ling Yeow Poh Ling Yeow
(born 1973) 		Chinese Malaysian Cook, artist, actress, author and television presenter[31]

Entertainment[edit]

Actors and filmmakers[edit]

Name Ethnicity Comment
Anh Do Anh Do
(born 1977)[14] 		Vietnamese[14] Author, actor, and comedian[32]
Anne Curtis
(born 1985)[33] 		Filipino[34] Actress, model, television host, entrepreneur and recording artist[34]
Anthony Brandon Wong
(born 1965) 		Chinese[35][36] Actor[37]
Bob Morley
(born 1984)[38] 		Filipino[39] Actor[40]
Charlotte Nicdao
(born 1991) 		Filipino[41] Actress[42]
Chris Pang
(born 1984)[43] 		Taiwanese and Chinese[44][45] Actor and producer[46][47]
Dichen Lachman
(born 1982)[48] 		Tibetan[48] Actress and model[48]
Gareth Yuen
(born ?)[49] 		Chinese[49] Actor[49]
Gemma Pranita
(born 1985)[50] 		Thai[51][52][53] Actress[54]
Geraldine Viswanathan
(born 1995)[55] 		Tamil[56] Actress[57]
James Wan
(born 1977) 		Chinese Malaysian[58] Filmmaker and comic book writer[57]
Jasmine Curtis-Smith
(born 1994 ) 		Filipino[59][60] Actress, host, dancer, endorser, writer, and model[61][62]
Jason Keng-Kwin Chan
(born 1971) 		Chinese Malaysian Actor
John Harlan Kim
(born 1993) 		Korean[63][64] Actor[65]
Jordan Rodrigues
(born 1992) 		Malaysian[66][64] Actor and dancer[67]
Maria Tran
(born 1985)[68] 		Vietnamese[69][70][71] Actress, martial artist, producer, and director[68]
Natalie Tran
(born 1986) 		Vietnamese[72] YouTuber, actress, and comedian[72][73]
Pallavi Sharda
(born 1986/1987) 		Indian[74] Actress and dancer[57]
Remy Hii
(born 1986/1987) 		Chinese Malaysian[75][76] Actor[75][76]
Shioli Kutsuna
(born 1992) 		Japanese[77] Actress[78]
Stephanie Jacobsen
(born 1980) 		Hong Konger[79] Actress[57]
Matthew Victor Pastor
(born 1989) 		Filipino[80] Film director[81]
Yerin Ha
(born 1998)[82] 		Korean[82] Actress[57]

Music[edit]

Fashion[edit]

Law[edit]

Literature[edit]

Military[edit]

Politics[edit]

This section is an excerpt from List of Asian Australian politicians § Officeholders.[edit]

20 Asian Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Australia (the Federal Parliament), including ten each in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most common represented ethnicity are Chinese Australian (nine) and Indian Australian (three). There are eight incumbent Asian Australian parliamentarians as of 2022.

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Federal Parliament[edit]

Senate[edit]

Senator Ethnicity Party State Tenure Notes
Term start Term end
Tsebin Tchen
(1941–2019) 		Chinese[83][84][85][86] Liberal Victoria 1 July 1999 30 June 2005 Retired
Sen. Wong Penny Wong
(born 1968) 		Malaysian Chinese[87][88][89][90] Labor South Australia 1 July 2002 Incumbent
Sen. Singh Lisa Singh
(born 1972) 		Indian[91][92][93][94][95][96] Labor Tasmania 1 July 2011 30 June 2019 Lost reelection
Dio Wang
(born 1981) 		Chinese[97][98] Palmer United Western Australia 1 July 2014 2 July 2016 Lost reelection
Sen. Faruqi Mehreen Faruqi
(born 1963) 		Pakistani[99][100][101][102] Greens New South Wales 15 August 2018 Incumbent
Fatima Payman
(born 1995) 		Afghan[103] Labor Western Australia 1 July 2022 Incumbent
Varun Ghosh
(born 1985) 		Indian[104] Labor Western Australia 1 February 2024 Incumbent


House of Representatives[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Division State Tenure Notes
Term start Term end
Michael Johnson
(born 1970) 		Hong Konger[105] Liberal Ryan Queensland 10 November 2001 20 May 2010
Independent 20 May 2010 21 August 2010
Ian Goodenough
(born 1975) 		Singaporean[106][107][108] Liberal Moore Western Australia 7 September 2013 Incumbent
Gladys Liu
(born 1964) 		Hong Konger Liberal Chisholm Victoria 18 May 2019 21 May 2022 First Chinese Australian woman to be elected to the House[109][110][111][112][113]
Dave Sharma
(born 1975) 		Indian Liberal Wentworth New South Wales 18 May 2019 21 May 2022 Second Australian ambassador of Indian heritage[114][108]
Michelle Ananda-Rajah
(born 1972) 		Sri Lankan[108][115][116][117][118] Labor Higgins Victoria 21 May 2022 Incumbent
Cassandra Fernando
(born 1988) 		Sri Lankan[108][119][120][121] Labor Holt Victoria 21 May 2022 Incumbent
Dai Le
(born 1968) 		Vietnamese Independent Fowler New South Wales 21 May 2022 8 May 2023 First Vietnamese-born member to be elected to Parliament[122][123][124][125][126][127][128]
Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network 8 May 2023 Incumbent
Sam Lim
(born 1961) 		Chinese[129][130][131][132] Labor Tangney Western Australia 21 May 2022 Incumbent
Zaneta Mascarenhas
(born 1980) 		Indian[108][107][118] Labor Swan Western Australia 21 May 2022 Incumbent
Sally Sitou
(born 1982) 		Chinese[133][134][135][136][137] Labor Reid New South Wales 21 May 2022 Incumbent

State and local government[edit]

Governors and Governors-General[edit]

Governors and Governors-General Ethnicity State Tenure Notes
Term start Term end
Hieu Van Le
(born 1954) 		Vietnamese[138] South Australia 1 September 2014 31 August 2021 First person of Asian heritage to be appointed a state governor in Australia. First person of Vietnamese background to be appointed to a vice-regal position anywhere in the world.

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term start Term end
Elizabeth Lee
(born 1979) 		Korean[139] Liberal Kurrajong 15 October 2016 Incumbent First Asian-Australian to lead a major political party in Australia.[140]
Deepak-Raj Gupta
(born 1966) 		Indian[141] Labor Yerrabi 23 July 2019 17 October 2020 First Indian-born person to hold the position of MLA in the Australian Capital Territory. First MLA to be sworn in on the Bhagwat Gita, representing his Hindu faith.[142]

Parliament of New South Wales[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term start Term end
Prue Car Bengali[143][144] Labor Londonderry 8 June 2021 Incumbent
Anoulack Chanthivong
(born 1977) 		Laotian[145] Labor Macquarie Fields 28 March 2015 Incumbent First politician of South-East Asian heritage to take a seat in the NSW Parliament[145]
Wes Fang
(born 1977) 		Singaporean[146][147] Nationals 9 August 2017 Incumbent First person of Asian heritage to represent the Nationals in NSW[148]
Sen. Faruqi Mehreen Faruqi
(born 1963) 		Pakistani[100][149] Greens Heffron 19 June 2013 14 August 2018
Trevor Khan
(born 1957) 		Punjabi[150] Nationals 24 March 2007 6 January 2022
Geoff Lee
(born 1967) 		Chinese[151] Liberal Parramatta 26 March 2011 25 March 2023
Jenny Leong
(born 1977) 		Chinese[152] Greens Newtown 28 March 2015 Incumbent
Daniel Mookhey
(born 1982) 		Punjabi[150] Labor Monaro 6 May 2015 Incumbent
Helen Sham-Ho
(born 1943) 		Hong Konger[153][154] Liberal / Independent 19 March 1988 28 February 2003
Gurmesh Singh Indian[155] Nationals Coffs Harbour 23 March 2019 Incumbent
Henry Tsang
(born 1942) 		Chinese[156] Labor 27 March 1999 3 December 2009
Ernest Wong
(born 1960s) 		Hong Konger[157] Labor 24 May 2013 23 March 2019
Peter Wong
(born 1942) 		Chinese[158] Liberal / Unity Party 27 March 1999 23 March 2007

Parliament of the Northern Territory[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term start Term end
Jack Ah Kit
(1950–2020) 		Chinese[159] Labor Arnhem 7 October 1995 16 June 2005
Ngaree Ah Kit
(born 1981) 		Chinese[160] Labor Karama 27 August 2016 Incumbent
Harry Chan
(1918–1969) 		Chinese[161] Fannie Bay December 1962 5 August 1969
Richard Lim
(born 1946) 		Malaysian[162] Country Liberal Party Greatorex 1994 2007
Lauren Moss
(born 1987) 		Indian Labor Casuarina 18 October 2014 Incumbent
Sandra Nelson
(born 1971) 		East Timorese[163] Liberal Katherine 27 August 2016 30 July 2020

Parliament of Queensland[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term start Term end
Michael Choi
(born 1959) 		Hong Konger[164][165] Labor Capalaba 17 February 2001 23 March 2012
Anne Warner
(born 1945) 		Indian[166] Labor Kurilpa 22 October 1983 1 November 1986

Parliament of South Australia[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term Start Term End
Jing Lee
(born 1967) 		Malaysian Liberal State-wide 20 March 2010 Incumbent
Rob Lucas
(born 1953) 		Japanese Liberal State-wide 6 November 1982 19 March 2022
Tung Ngo
(born 1972) 		Vietnamese Labor State-wide 15 March 2014 Incumbent
Bernice Pfitzner
(born 1938) 		Singaporean Liberal State-wide 23 October 1990 10 October 1997

Parliament of Tasmania[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term Start Term End
Sen. Singh Lisa Singh
(born 1972) 		Indian Labor Denison 18 March 2006 13 April 2010

Parliament of Victoria[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term Start Term End
Tien Kieu
(born 1960) 		Vietnamese Labor South Eastern Metropolitan Region 24 November 2018 26 November 2022
Hong Lim
(born 1950) 		Chinese Labor Clayton / Clarinda 30 March 1996 29 November 2014
Sang Nguyen
(born 1960) 		Vietnamese Labor Melbourne West Province May 1996 November 2006
Jude Perera
(born 1953) 		Sri Lankan Labor Cranbourne 25 November 2002 24 November 2018
Samantha Ratnam
(born 1977) 		Sri Lankan Greens Northern Metropolitan Region 19 October 2017 Incumbent
Harriet Shing
(born 1976) 		Chinese Labor Eastern Victoria Region 29 November 2014 Incumbent
Meng Heang Tak Cambodian Labor Clarinda 19 December 2018 Incumbent
Huong Truong
(born 1983) 		Vietnamese Greens Western Metropolitan Region 21 February 2018 24 November 2018
Kaushaliya Vaghela Indian Labor / Independent / New Democrats Western Metropolitan Region 24 November 2018 26 November 2022
Fred Van Buren
(1936–2006) 		Sri Lankan Labor Eumemmerring 1985 1992
Nicole Werner Malaysian Chinese Liberal Warrandyte 26 August 2023 Incumbent
Eden Foster
 Indian Labor Mulgrave 18 November 2023 Incumbent

Parliament of Western Australia[edit]

Member Ethnicity Party Constituency Tenure Notes
Term Start Term End
Helen Bullock
(born 1965) 		Chinese Labor Mining and Pastoral Region 22 May 2009 21 May 2013
Jags Krishnan
(born 1972) 		Indian Labor Riverton 13 March 2021 Incumbent
Kevin Michel
(born 1961) 		Indian Labor Pilbara 11 March 2017 Incumbent
Yaz Mubarakai
(born 1975) 		Indian Labor Jandakot 11 March 2017 Incumbent
Batong Pham
(born 1967) 		Vietnamese Labor November 2007 May 2009
Pierre Yang
(born 1983) 		Chinese Labor South Metropolitan Region 22 May 2021 Incumbent

Councilors and Mayors[edit]

Member Ethnicity Position Tenure Notes
Term Start Term End
John So
(born 1946) 		Hong Konger Lord Mayor of Melbourne July 2001 November 2008 First Lord Mayor of Melbourne of Chinese descent.
Katrina Fong Lim
(born 1961) 		Chinese[167] Lord Mayor of Darwin 3 April 2012 4 September 2017
Anthony Tran
(born 1999) 		Vietnamese[168][169][170] Maribyrnong City Council 9 November 2021
Kun Huang
(born ?) 		Chinese[171][172] Cumberland City Council
Sabrin Farooqui
(born ?) 		Bangladeshi[173][174][175][176] Cumberland City Council
Jasmine Nguyen
(born ?) 		Vietnamese[170][177][178][179] Brimbank City Council

Sports[edit]

See also[edit]

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