Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952)
Nov 9 Israeli statesman and Zionist leader (1st President of Israel 1949-52), dies at 77
- Nov 9 Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 66
- Nov 13 Margaret Wise Brown, American author of children's books (Goodnight Moon; The Runaway Bunny), dies of an embolism at 42 [1]
- Nov 18 Paul Éluard, French communist and poet, dies at 56
- Nov 20 Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (La Critica), dies at 86
- Nov 21 Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
- Nov 21 William Green, American trade union leader and president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52), dies at 79
- Nov 23 Aaro A. Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer and poet, dies at 59
- Nov 23 Albert van Raalte, Dutch conductor (AVRO - Dutch Radio Orchestra, 1928-40), dies at 62
- Nov 25 Antonio Guarnieri, Italian cellist and opera conductor (La Scala, 1929-50), dies at 72
- Nov 25 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), dies at 71
- Nov 26 Sven Hedin, Swedish scientist and explorer who travelled and mapped Central Asia (Central Asia Atlas), dies at 87
- Nov 27 Theodore Goddard, British attorney, dies at 74
- Nov 29 Rosa Lewis, English chef and owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies at 85
- Nov 29 Vladimir Ipatieff, Russian-American chemist, dies at 85
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