List of Chinese Australians
This is a list of notable Chinese Australians.
Academia
- Terence Tao: math genius winner of Fields Medal
- Wang Gungwu: AO CBE, historian, Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong University, President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Liangchi Zhang: professor of engineering, University of New South Wales
- Chin Liew 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
- Jenny Zhang: chemist, BBSRC David Phillips Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Politics
Cabinet
- Penny Wong: Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Minister for Climate Change
Federal Parliament
- Sam Lim: Federal Member for Tangney
- Gladys Liu: Federal Member for Chisholm
- Sally Sitou: Federal Member for Reid
- Tsebin Tchen: Federal Senator for Victoria
- Dio Wang: Federal Senator for Western Australia
State and Territory Parliaments
- Helen Sham-Ho OAM: Liberal Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales 1988–2003
- Peter Wong AM: Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, 1999–2007; Founder, Unity Party (Australia), 1998
- Michael Choi: Labor Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2001–2012
- Jing Lee MLC: Liberal Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia since 2010
- Ernest Wong, Labor MLC: Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales 2013–2019
- 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.
- Harriet Shing: member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the Eastern Victoria Region for the Labor Party since 2014.
- Jenny Leong: Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Newtown for the Greens since 2015
- Ngaree Ah Kit: Labor member for Karama in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016
- Geoff Lee: member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Parramatta for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2023.
- Jason Yat-Sen Li: member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Strathfield for the Labor Party since 2022.
Mayors
- John So AO: Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 2001–2008
- Harry Chan: First Chinese mayor of Darwin, Australia
- Alec Fong Lim AM: Lord Mayor of Darwin, 1984–1990
- Katrina Fong Lim: Lord Mayor of Darwin, 2012-2017
- Henry Tsang OAM: Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Deputy Lord Mayor, Sydney, 1991–1999
- Wellington Lee AM OBE: Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 1999–2000
Other Politics
- William Ah Ket: barrister and early 20th century campaigner for Chinese rights
- Charles Que Fong Lee: diplomat
Military
- William Edward Sing, DCM: served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, best known as a sniper during the Gallipoli Campaign
- Jack Wong Sue OAM: World War II special forces soldier, Borneo campaign, post-war businessman, and author
Religion
- Greg Homeming: Catholic bishop
- Ivan Lee: Anglican bishop
Business
- Ah Hong: Chinese market gardener in Alice Springs
- Wong Ah Sat: gold digger, farmer, and merchant
- Charlie Houng On Yee: tailor, gardener and businessman from Darwin.
- Myrtle Houng On Yee; businesswoman from Darwin
- Xu Rongmao: billionaire, AFR rich lister, chairman and founder, Hong Kong-based Shimao Property
- David Teoh: billionaire, AFR rich lister, former chairman and founder, TPG (ISP)
- Chau Chak Wing: billionaire, AFR rich lister, Guangzhou-based property developer
- Marita Cheng: founder of Robogals and 2012 Young Australian of the Year
- Kwong Sue Duk: pioneer herbalist and merchant
- Chin Kaw: Tasmanian herbalist, merchant, and mining entrepreneur
- Neale Fong: doctor and sports administrator
- Selina Hassan: businesswoman in Darwin
- Stern Hu: businessman
- Bing Lee: businessman who started up the Bing Lee franchises
- Gloria Ouida Lee: who was also Western Arrernte, miner in Central Australia
- Andrew Leon: businessman in Cairns, Queensland
- Lum Loy: businesswoman in Darwin
- Yew-Kwang Ng: economist at Monash University
- Trevor O'Hoy: former CEO of Foster's Group
- Tom See Poy: department store owner in Innisfail, Queensland
- Ping Que: merchant and miner
- Mei Quong Tart: 19th Century businessman and public figurehead
- David Wang: businessman
Sport
- Richard Chee Quee: cricketer
- William Cheung: kung Fu practitioner
- Jian Fang Lay: table tennis player
- Les Fong: Australian rules footballer
- Kevin Gordon: rugby league footballer
- Priscilla Hon: tennis player
- Lin Jong: Australian rules footballer
- Cheltzie Lee: figure skater
- Anthony Liu: figure skater
- Miao Miao: table tennis player
- Anne Pang: kung fu practitioner
- Barry Pang: kung fu practitioner and Horse racing. First Chinese Australian to own a winner of the Melbourne Cup.
- Hunter Poon: first player of Chinese descent to appear in Australian first-class cricket
- Esther Qin: diver
- Amy Sayer: association footballer
- Dannie Seow: Australian rules footballer
- Kenneth To: swimmer
- Li Tu: tennis player
- Jack Wunhym: Australian rules footballer
- William Yang: swimmer
Medicine
- Victor Chang AC: heart surgeon
- Cindy Pan: celebrity doctor and sexual/women's health expert
- Charles Teo AM: neurosurgeon
- Jane Elizabeth Tye: a midwife in Darwin
- John Yu AC: paediatrician and 1996 Australian of the Year
Media and the arts
- Tony Ayres: screenwriter and director
- Natasha Liu Bordizzo: actress
- Jason Chan: actor and director
- Queenie Chan: comic artist
- Claudia Chan Shaw: fashion designer and television presenter
- Aaron Chen: comedian
- Lee Lin Chin: news reader
- Elizabeth Chong AM: chef, author and television presenter
- Anna Choy: actress and presenter
- Li Cunxin AO: ballet dancer, author and public speaker
- Jeff Fatt AM: musician
- Alexander Hodge: actor
- Russell Jack AM: founder and director of the Golden Dragon Museum
- Shen Jiawei: painter
- Kylie Kwong: chef, restaurateur and media presenter
- Lawrence Leung: comedian
- Gabrielle Wang: writer and illustrator for children and young adults
- Guang Li: actor
- Renee Lim: actress and media personality
- Nina Liu: actress
- Helene Chung Martin: former ABC correspondent and author
- 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: comedian, radio and television presenter, writer and producer
- 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
- Jenny Tian: comedian
- 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 AM: artist
- Courtney Eaton: actress and model
- Richard Clapton: singer-songwriter
- Jimmy Chi: composer, musician and playwright
- Lisa Ho: fashion designer
- Jenny Kee AO: fashion designer
- Adam Liaw: winner of MasterChef Australia 2010
- Shaun Tan: artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for The Lost Thing
- Ling Cooper Tang: actress
- Wong Shee Ping : author of The Poison of Polygamy, political activist
- Bin Xie: painter
- Yang Hengjun: political blogger, author of Fatal Weakness series
- Ouyang Yu: poet, novelist and author of The Eastern Slope Chronicle
- TwoSet Violin: YouTube violinist duo made up of Brett Yang and Eddy Chen
- Margaret Zhang: filmmaker, writer, model, creative director, and Editor in Chief of Vogue China
Other
- James Chung Gon: community leader
- Shui Kwong Lo: Methodist minister