Events
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Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, 15 July 1945
Notable births
- 17 January - Asher Grunis, Israeli jurist, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel
- 30 January - Yoram Lass, Israeli politician and physician, professor of medicine at Tel Aviv University
- 20 February - Amram Mitzna, Israeli politician and former general, acting Mayor of Yeruham, former Mayor of Haifa
- 23 February - Yossi Ben Hanan, Israeli general
- 1 March - Tom Segev, Israeli historian
- 1 March - Ehud Yaari, Israeli journalist
- 8 March - Atar Arad, Israeli-American musician
- 8 March - David Ascalon, Israeli sculptor and stained glass artist
- 15 March - Danny Yatom, Israeli politician and Mossad head
- 22 March - Hillel Weiss, Israeli literature professor
- 28 March - Ruth Gavison, Israeli jurist
- 2 April - Moshe Peled, Israeli politician
- 9 April - Adam Baruch, Israeli journalist, writer and art critic (died 2008)
- 10 April - Mordechai Mishani, Israeli politician (died 2013)
- 19 April - Yehuda Barkan, Israeli actor, producer, director and screenwriter
- 21 April - Nadav Levitan, Israeli film director and screenwriter (died 2010)
- 26 April – Avishai Henik, Israeli neurocognitive psychologist
- 14 May - Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
- 28 May - Anat Maor, Israeli politician
- 1 June - Menachem Froman, Israeli rabbi and political activist (died 2013)
- 5 June - Nechama Rivlin, First Lady of Israel
- 19 June - Leah Tsemel, Israeli lawyer
- 27 June - Ami Ayalon, Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party
- 3 July - Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician
- 5 July - Yosef Shapira, Israeli judge, current State Comptroller of Israel
- 18 August - Yair Shamir, Israeli politician, businessman, and Air Force officer
- 30 August - Daniella Weiss, Israeli settlement movement activist
- 31 August – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
- 29 September - Yair Garbuz, Israeli artist
- 30 September – Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
- 14 October - Muki Betser, Israeli special forces officer, founder of the Shaldag Unit
- 9 November - Zevulun Orlev, Israeli politician
- 23 November - Assi Dayan, Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer (died 2014)
- 27 November - Akiva Eldar, Israeli journalist
- 1 December - Rami Bar-Niv, Israeli pianist, composer, and author
- 22 December - Amiram Goldblum, Israeli chemist and political activist
- 31 December - Tuvia Tzafir, Israeli actor and comedian
- Full date unknown