- Nov 2 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek-American pianist, conductor (Minneapolis Symphony, 1937-49; New York Philharmonic, 1949-58), and composer, dies of heart failure at 64
- Nov 3 Bobby Wallace, Baseball HOF shortstop, pitcher (Temple Cup 1895 Cleveland Spiders) and manager (St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds), dies at 86
- Nov 3 Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer and 10th astronomer royal of England whose work led to a more accurate determination of the distance between the Earth and the Sun, dies at 70
- Nov 3 Paul Willis, American actor (The Little Lumberjack; Little Kaintuck), dies at 59
- Nov 5 August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69
- Nov 5 Johnny Horton, American country and rockabilly singer ("The Battle of New Orleans"), dies in a car accident at 33
Mack Sennett (1880-1960)
Nov 5 Canadian-American film director and producer (Keystone Kops), dies at 80
Otto Frederick Rohwedder (1880-1960)
Nov 8 American engineer (invented the bread-slicing machine), dies at 80
- Nov 10 Isadore Freed, Belarusian-American composer, pedagogue, and musicologist (Harmonizing the Jewish Modes), dies at 60
- Nov 11 Red Byron, American auto racer (NASCAR Strictly Stock Series C'ship 1949), dies from a heart attack at 45
- Nov 12 John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies at 45
- Nov 14 Walter Catlett, American actor (Climax, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities), dies of a stroke at 71
Clark Gable (1901-1960)
Nov 16 American actor (Gone With The Wind; It Happened One Night) known as 'The King of Hollywood', dies of a coronary thrombosis at 59
- Nov 19 Phyllis Haver, American actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
- Nov 20 Ya'akov Cahan, Hebrew poet and writer, dies at 79
- Nov 22 Fred Van Eps, American banjoist and banjo maker, dies at 81
- Nov 24 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
- Nov 24 Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, Dutch zionist and socialist theorist, dies at 82
- Nov 26 Helen Hellwig, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1894), dies at 86
- Nov 27 Dirk Jan de Geer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89
- Nov 27 Frederick Fane, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 143; Essex CCC, Oxford University CC, London County CC), dies at 85
- Nov 28 Richard Wright, American author (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children), dies at 52
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