- Nov 1 Theodore Hall, American physicist and Atomic Spy for the Soviet Union, dies at 74
- Nov 1 Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
Walter Payton
Nov 1 Walter Payton, American Pro Football HOF running back (NFL MVP 1977; 9 x Pro Bowl; 5 x First Team All Pro; Chicago Bears), dies of Cholangiocarcinoma at 45
- Nov 3 Ian Bannen, Scottish character actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park), dies in a car crash at 71
- Nov 4 Malcolm Marshall, West Indian cricket fast bowler (81 Tests, 376 wickets @ 20.94, BB 7/22; Barbados, Hampshire CCC, Natal), dies from colon cancer at 41
- Nov 4 Charles Wintour, English editor (The Evening Standard), dies at 82
- Nov 4 Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist and publisher, dies at 84
- Nov 8 Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 58
- Nov 8 Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1898)
- Nov 8 Francis D. Foley, American Rear Admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal), dies at 89
- Nov 10 Robert Kramer, American actor and director (Milestones), dies of meningitis at 60
- Nov 11 Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923)
- Nov 11 Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b. 1961)
- Nov 12 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr., English thoroughbred horse owner (Bed O' Roses, Native Dancer), dies at 87
- Nov 13 Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 84
- Nov 13 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; 5/109 in Test debut 1958), dies at 67
- Nov 13 Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American rock guitarist and electric violin pioneer (Don & Dewey; Frank Zappa), dies of pulmonary disease at 61 [1]
- Nov 16 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (Nobel 1978 - discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping), dies at 71
- Nov 18 Patrick Bowles, American writer and translator, dies at 88
- Nov 18 Paul Bowles, American novelist (The Sheltering Sky), dies at 88
- Nov 18 Doug Sahm, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet; Texas Tornadoes), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Nov 19 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American magazine editor, painter and photographer (639), dies at 87
- Nov 20 Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and 5 x prime minister of Italy, dies at 91
- Nov 21 Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (b. 1908)
- Nov 21 Eddie Maxwell [Cherkose], American lyricist (Breathless) and actor, dies of natural causes at 87
- Nov 24 (Roger) Hilary Minster, British character actor ('Allo 'Allo!), dies of cancer at 55
- Nov 27 Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (b. 1937)
- Nov 27 Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and author (b. 1925)
- Nov 27 Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, American electric and Chicago blues pianist, organist, and bass guitar player (Muddy Waters; Junior Wells; Elmore James), dies at 72
- Nov 28 Bethel Leslie, American entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap), dies at 70
- Nov 29 Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)