- Nov 1 Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes 1920), dies from a heart attack at 30
- Nov 6 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66
- Nov 11 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64
- Nov 12 Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82
- Nov 14 Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler and composer, dies at 74
- Nov 17 Ricarda Huch, German writer and historian "First Lady of German humanism", dies at 83
- Nov 17 Victor Serge, Russian anarchist, novelist, and historian (b. 1890)
- Nov 20 Wolfgang Borchert, German writer, dies at 26
- Nov 25 Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (Tancrède), dies at 71
- Nov 28 Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general and WWII hero known as the "Liberator of Paris", dies in a plane crash at 44
- Nov 30 Ernst Lubitsch, German actor, producer and film director (To Be or Not to Be, Love Parade, Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies from a heart attack at 55