Soheil Abedian (b. 1949) is an Iranian-born Australian property developer notable for co-founding the Sunland Group and his philanthropy efforts. He has been awarded a Centenary Medal of Australia, been named the QCF Philanthropist of the year, presented with the Keys to the City of the Gold Coast, and awarded an Order of Australia Medal. He has also been involved in some controversies, being named in a Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission report into Gold Coast Council elections and described as a consistently uncooperative witness in a Victorian Supreme Court case involving the Sunland Group.