- Nov 1 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist and author, dies at 97
- Nov 1 Joan McCracken, American actress, dancer and comedian (Claudie Story of a Marriage), dies of a heart attack at 43
- Nov 2 James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66
- Nov 9 Antonius Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River), dies at 64
- Nov 13 Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63
- Nov 13 Wally Brown, American actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57
- Nov 13 Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897)
- Nov 15 Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51
- Nov 15 Elsie Ferguson, American actress (Footlights, Scarlet Pages), dies at 78
- Nov 16 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
- Nov 19 Dorothy Heyward, American playwright (Porgy), dies at 71
- Nov 24 Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
- Nov 25 Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
- Nov 26 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86
- Nov 30 Stanislaw Kazuro, Polish composer, dies at 80