José P. Laurel (1891-1959)
Nov 6 3rd President of the Philippines (1942-44), dies of a heart attack at 68
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
Nov 7 English actor (The Informer - Academy Award 1935), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Nov 8 Frank Sherman Land, American founder of the Order of DeMolay, dies at 69
- Nov 9 Frederick Preston Search, American cellist, composer and conductor (Bridge Builders), dies at 70
- Nov 10 Lupino Lane [Henry Lupino], British stage, silent and sound screen actor (Love Parade; Me And My Gal: The Deputy Drummer), dies at 67
- Nov 14 Thomas W Ross, American actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm), dies at 84
- Nov 15 Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies
- Nov 17 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer, cellist, guitarist, and conductor (Bachianas Brasileiras), dies at 72
- Nov 18 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician, dies at 65
- Nov 18 Arthur Q Bryan, American voice actor, comedian and radio personality (Beulah, The Devil Bat), dies from a heart attack at 60
- Nov 19 Edward C. Tolman, American psychologist (behaviorism), dies at 73
- Nov 19 Gerard J. Arbous, actor and publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83
- Nov 19 Joseph Charbonneau, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal, dies at 67
- Nov 20 Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), dies at 73
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Nov 21 American heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), dies of a heart attack at 50
Molla Mallory (1884-1959)
Nov 22 American-Norwegian tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1915-18, 20-22, 26), dies at 75
- Nov 22 Sam M. Lewis [Levine] American singer and lyricist ("Street of Dreams"; "Just Friends"; "Dinah"), dies at 74
- Nov 24 Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests; NSW; Eastern Suburbs; ARL 'Immortal'; Dally M Medal) and rugby union utility (2 caps), dies from heart failure at 76
- Nov 24 Lyman Bryson, American educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
- Nov 24 Yuri Nikolayevich Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
- Nov 25 Jean Grémillon, French film director, dies at 58
- Nov 26 Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (In a Monastery Garden), dies at 84
- Nov 27 Gérard Philipe, French actor (Caligula, Devil in the Flesh), dies of cancer at 36
- Nov 28 Lester Vail, American actor (Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage), dies at 60
- Nov 29 Fritz Brun, Swiss composer and conductor, dies at 81
- Nov 29 Hans Henny Jahnn, German playwright, dies at 64
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