1944 in Malaya

Below, the events of World War II have the "WW2" acronym.

• 11 January – WW2: Action of 11 January 1944
• 17 July – WW2: Action of 17 July 1944^[1]

• 15 January – Syed Hamid Albar^[2] – Politician
• 27 January – Adenan Satem^[3] – 5th Chief Minister of Sarawak (died 2017)
• 4 February – Punch Gunalan^[4] – Badminton player (died 2012)
• 20 February – Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin – Politician
• 6 June – Abdul Rahim bin Mohd. Noor – 5th Inspector General of Police
• 27 July – Abdul Hamid Pawanteh – Politician
• 12 August – Rustam A. Sani – University Malaya lecturer (died 2008)
• 22 August – Syed Razak Bin Syed Zain Barakhbah – Politician and former Menteri Besar of Kedah (1999–2005)
• 7 December – Mustafa Ali – Politician
• Unknown date – Fazidah Joned – Singer (died 2001)
• Unknown date – Joseph Kurup – Politician
• Unknown date – Zami Ismail – Actor (died 2011)