- Nov 1 Ivan Shuvalov, 1st Russian Minister of Education and founder of the Moscow University, born in Moscow (d. 1797)
- Nov 18 Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist, born in Châtillon-les-Dombes, France (d. 1773)
- Nov 26 Artemas Ward, American politician and soldier (major general during the American Revolutionary War), born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts (d. 1800)