- Nov 4 Karel Komzák I, Bohemian organist, conductor, military bandleader, and composer, born in Netěchovice, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1893) [1]
- Nov 9 William Henry Forney, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Lincolnton, North Carolina (d. 1894)
- Nov 14 Robert Fruin, Dutch historian (80 year war), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1899)
- Nov 22 Nathan Kimball, American physician, politician, postmaster, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Fredericksburg, Indiana (d. 1898)
- Nov 25 (Heinrich) "Henry" Wirz, Swiss-American Confederate army officer (Commander of Camp Sumter prisoner-of-war facility), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1865)
- Nov 25 Joseph Alexander Cooper, American civil servant and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Whitley County, Kentucky (d. 1910)
- Nov 26 Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1874)