- Nov 4 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American pianist and philanthropist, dies at 89
- Nov 6 John Parsons Beach, American composer, dies at 76
- Nov 8 Ivan Bunin, Russian poet and novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco-Nobel 1933, dies at 83
- Nov 8 John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66
Ibn Saud (1875-1953)
Nov 9 Founder and first King of Saudi Arabia (1932-53), dies of a heart attack at 78
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Nov 9 Welsh poet and writer (Child's Christmas in Wales), dies of a severe lung infection at 39
- Nov 11 Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, German granddaughter of Queen Victoria and wife of a Prussian prince, dies at 87
- Nov 16 Sol Hoʻopiʻi [Kaʻaiʻai], Native Hawaiian acoustic and electric lap steel guitar virtuoso, dies of diabetes related kidney failure at 50
- Nov 18 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), dies at 52
- Nov 21 Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
- Nov 22 Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad, dies at 69
- Nov 24 George Alexander Russell, American organist, composer and the first Frick Professor of Music for Princeton University, dies at 73
- Nov 24 Robert Lightfoot, English theologist and exegetist, dies at 70
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
Nov 27 American playwright (Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936), dies of cerebellar cortical atrophy at 65
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