Events in the year 1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
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- 6 January – Yair Rosenblum, Israeli composer (died 1996).
- 9 February – Ze'ev Seltzer, Israeli footballer and football manager.
- 10 February – Assad Assad, Druze Israeli politician, diplomat, and military officer.
- 16 February – Gaby Mazor, Israeli archaeologist.
- 20 February – Yaakov Peri, Israeli politician and director of Shin Bet.
- 6 March – Michael Eitan, Israeli politician.
- 18 March – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 15th Chief of Staff of the IDF (died 2012).
- 19 March – Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy.[citation needed]
- 4 April – Yehudit Naot, Israeli scientist and politician (died 2004).
- 4 April – Alex Odeh, Palestinian Christian and Arab-American activist (died 1985).
- 9 April – Leila Khaled, Palestinian activist, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who is best known for hijacking airplanes.[2]
- 7 April – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor.
- 19 April – Yehuda Weinstein, Israeli lawyer, Attorney General of Israel .
- 20 May – Matan Vilnai, Israeli politician and former Major General in the IDF.
- 26 May – Israel Segal, Israeli writer and journalist (died 2007).
- 29 May – Avraham Melamed, Israeli swimmer, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics, won two silver medals in the 1966 Asian Games.
- 10 June – Yona Wallach, Israeli poet (died 1985).
- 16 June – Avigdor Kahalani, former Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF.
- 19 June – Yona Yahav, Israeli lawyer and politician, former mayor of Haifa.
- 22 June – Edna Arbel, Israeli jurist and judge on the Israeli Supreme Court.
- 23 June – Alex Levac, Israeli photojournalist and street photographer.
- 20 July – Yoram Ben-Zeev, Israeli diplomat.
- 10 September – Eitan Ben Eliyahu, Israeli general, commander of the Israeli Air Force.
- 26 August – Ron Huldai, Israeli politician, former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and the current mayor of Tel Aviv.
- 29 August – Yoram Yair, Israeli general.
- 19 September – Ephraim Sneh, Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF.
- 1 October – Dror Kashtan, Israeli football manager (died 2024).
- 16 October – Roni Brizon, Israeli politician.
- 24 October – Yaacov Shavit, Israeli historian.
- 27 November – Aryeh Stern, Israeli rabbi, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
- 6 December – Arnon Milchan, Israeli film producer.
- Full date unknown
- Dan Gillerman, Israeli diplomat, 13th Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations.
- Nahum Barnea, Israeli journalist.
- Assaf Hefetz, Israeli police commissioner.
- Naomi Gal, Israeli writer.
- Yossi Abulafia, Israeli writer, graphic artist, and director.
- Doron Rubin, Israeli general, commander of the IDF headquarters for special operations (died 2018).
- David Tartakover, Israeli graphic designer and political activist.
- Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian politician, member of the PLO executive.[3]
Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta, eds. (1946). American Jewish Year Book. Vol. 48. Contributed to by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America. Jewish Publication Society of America. Retrieved 15 August 2024 – via University of Michigan.