- Nov 2 Oliver Perry Hay, American paleontologist, dies at 84
Alfred Wegener
Nov 3 Alfred Wegener, German polar researcher and meteorologist (continental shift), dies while on an expedition to Greenland at 50 (date is approximate)
Christiaan Eijkman
Nov 5 Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929), dies at 72
- Nov 11 William Whysall, British cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30), dies at 43
- Nov 27 Johnny Tyldesley, English cricket batsman (31 Tests, 4 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 138; Lancashire CCC), dies at 57
- Nov 30 Mother [Mary Harris] Jones, American labor organizer (cofounded Industrial Workers of the World), dies at 93