Notable births
- 1 January – Ofira Navon, Israeli psychologist and wife of President Yitzhak Navon (died 1993)
- 8 March – Ram Oren, Israeli author
- 19 March – Uri Aviram, Israeli professor of social work
- 9 April – Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian Arab writer, playwright and a leading member of the militant group PFLP (died 1972)
- 18 April – Moshe Levi, Israeli general, 12th IDF Chief of General Staff (died 2008)
- 15 May – Ruth Almog, Israeli novelist
- 31 May – Zevulun Hammer, Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister (died 1998)
- 14 June – Avraham Shochat, Israeli politician
- 20 June – Amiram Barkai, Israeli biochemist (died 2014)
- 19 July – Nahum Stelmach, Israeli footballer and manager (died 1999)
- 31 July – Uzi Yairi, Israeli special forces officer, commander of the Sayeret Matkal commando unit (died 1975)
- 22 August – Nechama Hendel, Israeli singer, actress, guitarist and entertainer (died 1998)
- 4 September – Judea Pearl, Israeli-American computer scientist and philosopher
- 11 September – Moshe Gershuni, Israeli painter and sculptor (died 2017)
- 7 October – Moshe Abeles, Israeli neuroscientist
- 16 October – David Glass, Israeli civil servant and politician (died 2014)
- 17 November – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (died 2005)
- 27 November – Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Israeli educator and politician (died 1994)
- 27 November – Shlomo Aronson, Israeli landscape architect
- 27 November – Zaid al-Rifai, former Jordanian Prime Minister
- 3 December – Adam Zertal, Israeli archaeologist (died 2015)
- 19 December – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright
- 25 December – Masha Lubelsky, Israeli politician
- Full date unknown
References
- ↑ Sykes, Christopher (1965) Cross Roads to Israel: Palestine from Balfour to Bevin. New English Library Edition (pb) 1967. Page 160.
- ↑ Morris, 1999, p. 136.