- Nov 1 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74
- Nov 2 Margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electrocuted in 22 years
- Nov 4 Merie Earle, American actress (Maude in The Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
- Nov 6 Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)
- Nov 7 George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease
- Nov 8 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian composer, dies at 81
- Nov 10 Sudie Bond, American actress (Love Story, Johnny Dangerously), dies of a respiratory ailment at 56
- Nov 10 Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
- Nov 11 Martin Luther King Sr, US vicar and father of MLK Jr., dies at 84
- Nov 11 Jan Novák, Czech classical composer, dies at 63
- Nov 12 Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
- Nov 13 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
- Nov 13 Mauk de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70) and Minister of Wetenschapsbeleid, dies at 59
- Nov 14 George Matthews, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
- Nov 14 Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
- Nov 15 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks
- Nov 16 Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
- Nov 16 Leonard Rose, American concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51), dies at 66
- Nov 18 Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping), dies at 77
- Nov 19 George D Aiken, (Sen-R-Vt, 1941-75), dies at 92
- Nov 20 Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, dies at 78
- Nov 20 Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian Prime Minister (Labour: 1971-72, 1973-76), dies at 74
- Nov 24 Godfrey Ridout, Canadian composer, dies at 66
- Nov 27 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
- Nov 28 Hans Speidel, German general and NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
- Nov 29 Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)