- Nov 1 George S. Irving [Shelasky], American broadway singer and actor (Dumplings), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
- Nov 2 John Pinsent, English classical scholar (Greek mythology) (d. 1995)
- Nov 4 Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (Der Arzt wider Willen), born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland (d. 2006)
- Nov 4 Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, French resistance fighter and assassin of Admiral of the Fleet and Vichy Prime Minister François Darlan, born in Algiers, French Empire (d. 1942)
- Nov 4 Poul Rovsing Olsen, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1982)
- Nov 4 Ralph Sutton, American stride and Dixieland jazz pianist and composer, born in Hamburg, Missouri (d. 2001)
- Nov 5 Violet Barclay, American illustrator, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2010)
- Nov 6 Lars Edlund, Swedish composer, born in Karlstad, Värmland County (d. 2013)
- Nov 6 Michel Crozier, French sociologist, born in Sainte-Menehould, France (d. 2013)
- Nov 7 Al Hirt, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1999)
- Nov 8 Ademir de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (Brazil national team 1945-53), born in Recife, Brazil (d. 1996)
Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001)
Nov 8 South African cardiac surgeon who performed the 1st heart transplant, born in Beaufort West, Union of South Africa
- Nov 9 Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (Porgy & Bess), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1965)
- Nov 9 Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher, born in Debrecen, Hungary (d. 1974)
- Nov 9 Raymond Devos, Belgian-French humorist, born in Mouscron, Belgium (d. 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
Nov 11 American author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Nov 12 Kim Hunter [Janet Cole], American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire; Planet of the Apes), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2002)
- Nov 13 Jack Narz, American TV game show host (Dotto, Video Village), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2008)
- Nov 13 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
- Nov 13 Oskar Werner, Austrian film actor and director (The Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1984)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922-2016)
Nov 14 Egyptian politician and 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992- 96), born in Cairo, Egypt
- Nov 14 Marina Candael, Flemish dancer and choreography (Rhapsody in Blue), born Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 2003)
- Nov 14 Veronica Lake [Constance Ockleman], American actress (Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)
- Nov 15 Francesco Rosi, director (Lucky Luciano), born in Naples, Italy
- Nov 15 Giorgio Manganelli, writer
- Nov 15 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher (Music Express) and impresario (North Sea Jazz Festival), born in Semarang, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) (d. 1992)
- Nov 16 Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist who designed the IBM mainframe, born in Flandreau, South Dakota (d. 2015)
José Saramago (1922-2010)
Nov 16 Portuguese writer, novelist (Blindness, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ) and Nobel laureate, born in Azinhaga, Santarém, Portugal
- Nov 16 Royal Dano, American actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
- Nov 17 Emile Noel, international civil servant
- Nov 18 Al Dvorin, American Elvis Presley concert announcer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
- Nov 18 Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-63), born in León, Nicaragua (d. 1967)
- Nov 18 Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (Olympic gold 1936) (d. 1992)
- Nov 18 Viktor Afanasyev, Soviet politician and editor (Pravda), born in Aktamysh, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (d. 1994)
- Nov 19 Stanley Keith Runcorn, British geophysicist (pioneering studies of paleomagnetism provided early evidence in support of the theory of continental drift), born in Southport, Lancashire, England (d. 1995)
- Nov 19 Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and epigrapher (major role indeciphering Mayan script), born in Kharkov, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. (d. 1999)
- Nov 20 Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2016)
- Nov 21 Abe Lemons, American basketball coach (Oklahoma City Uni, Pan American Uni; NABC Coach of the Year 1978 Uni of Texas Austin), born in Ryan, Oklahoma (d. 2002)
- Nov 21 Maria Casares [Pérez], Spanish-French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice), born in A Coruña, Spain (d. 1996)
Eugene Stoner (1922-1997)
Nov 22 American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, born in Gosport, Indiana
- Nov 22 Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani-Soviet composer (Azerbaijan Capriccio, Shur), born in Ganja, Azerbaijan (d. 1984)
- Nov 23 Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
- Nov 25 Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (Le tour de chant de Gloria Lasso), born in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia (d. 2005)
- Nov 25 Ilja Hurnik, Czech composer, born in Poruba (d. 2013)
Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000)
Nov 26 American cartoonist (Peanuts), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Nov 26 Étienne Gailly, Belgian long distance runner (famous Olympic bronze finish 1948), born in Beringen, Belgium (d. 1971)
- Nov 28 Helen Copley, American newspaper publisher (The San Diego Union-Tribune), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 2004)
- Nov 29 Benjamin Smit, Curacaos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital)
- Nov 29 Minnie Miñoso, Cuban Baseball HOF left-fielder (9 x MLB All Star; Gold Glove Award 1957, 59, 60; Chicago White Sox), born in Perico, Cuba (d. 2015)
- Nov 30 Robert Evett, American composer, born in Loveland, Colorado (d. 1975)
- Nov 30 Weston Noble, American music educator and conductor (Luther College, 1948-2005), born in Riceville, Iowa (d. 2016)
About November 1922
How Old? 100 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Signs: Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)