- Nov 1 Yuko Shimizu, Japanese illustrator (creator of Hello Kitty), born in Kyoto, Japan
- Nov 4 Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer, born in Floral Park, New York (d. 1989)
- Nov 4 Laura Bush, U.S. First Lady (2001-09), born in Midland, Texas
- Nov 5 Patricia K Kuhl, speech & hearing scientist
- Nov 6 Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Nov 10 David Stockman, American politician and Reagan's ex-budget director, born in Fort Hood, Texas
- Nov 10 Jack Ketchum [Dallas William Mayr], American horror fiction author (Off Season, Red, The Woman), born in Livingston, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- Nov 11 Corrine Brown, American politician convicted on corruption charges (Rep-D-Florida 1993-2017), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Nov 11 Vladimir Alekseyevich Soloviyov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10, T-15, TM-10), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
- Nov 17 Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa
- Nov 18 Alan Dean Foster, American sci-fi author (Midworld, Flinx in Flux)
- Nov 20 Patriarch Kirill [Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev] Russian Orthodox church leader (2009-), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
- Nov 22 Hans Kombrink, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Finance (PvdA)
- Nov 23 Bobby L Rush, (Rep-D-Illinois)
- Nov 24 Penelope Jones Halsall (aka: Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock, Penny Jordan, Annie Groves)
- Nov 26 Angus Suttie, English potter and teacher of art ceramics, born in Tealing, Scotland (d. 1993)
- Nov 27 Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, 2nd President of Djibouti (1999-present), born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
- Nov 28 Joe Dante, American film director (Matinee; Twilight Zone:The Movie; Police Squad; Gremlins), born in Morristown, New Jersey
- Nov 28 Susan Spencer, American correspondent (48 Hours) [1946 approx], born in Memphis Tennessee
- Nov 29 Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
- Nov 30 Marina Abramović, Serbian American performance artist, born in Belgrade, Serbia
About November 1946
How Old? 74 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Signs: Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)