- Nov 1 Charlie Caldwell, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Williams, Princeton), dies at 56
- Nov 2 Ted Meredith, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m in world record 1:51.9s 1912), dies at 64
- Nov 3 Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60
- Nov 4 Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78
- Nov 4 Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1897)
- Nov 9 Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (1st recognised world long jump record), dies at 85
- Nov 12 Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78
- Nov 14 Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African painter, dies at 71
- Nov 17 Cora Witherspoon, American actress (Quality Street The Bank Dick), dies at 67
- Nov 20 Weldon Hart, American composer, commits suicide at 46
- Nov 20 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist, dies at 82
- Nov 21 Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
Diego Rivera
Nov 24 Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (En el Arsenal) and husband of Frida Kahlo, dies at 70
Diego Rivera
- Nov 26 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies at 80
- Nov 26 Billy Bevan, Australian actor (Terror by Night, White Sin), dies at 70
- Nov 27 Margo Scharten-Antink, Dutch writer (Catherina, Sprotje), dies at 88
- Nov 29 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian-American composer (Violanta, The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 60
- Nov 30 Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)