- Nov 9 Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist and founder (Vakvereniging Medical Astrology), born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
- Nov 11 Kim Peek, American megasavant (inspired Rain Man film character), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2009)
- Nov 13 Boaz Vaadia, Israeli-born sculptor who worked in America, born in Gat Rimon (d. 2017)
- Nov 17 Jack Vettriano, Methil Scotland, Scottish painter (The Singing Butler)
- Nov 18 Justin Raimondo, American author (Antiwar.com), born in White Plains, New York
- Nov 18 Mark N Brown, Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, 48, 66)
- Nov 19 Lord Falconer of Thoroton, British lawyer and politician
- Nov 19 Timothy J. Penny, American politician (Rep-D-MN, 1983-95), born in Albert Lea, Minnesota
- Nov 20 David Walters, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1991-95), born in Canute, Oklahoma
- Nov 21 John Kennedy, American politician (Senator-R-Louisiana 2017-), born in Centreville, Mississippi
- Nov 24 Chet Edwards, American politician (Rep-D-Texas 1991-2011), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- Nov 25 Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
- Nov 26 La Cicciolina [Ilona Staller], Italian MP, born in Budapest, Hungary
- Nov 30 Christian Bernard, mystic
- Dec 1 Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgarian astronaut (Soyuz TM-5), born in Omurtag, Bulgaria
- Dec 5 Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian artist, born in Antwerp
- Dec 8 Bill Bryson, American British author (Notes From a Small Island), born in Des Moines, Iowa
- Dec 12 Richard Davidson, American psychologist, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Dec 12 Steven Alan Hawley, American NASA astronaut (STS 41-D, 61-C, 31, 82), born in Ottawa, Kansas
- Dec 18 Andy Thomas, Australian American astronaut (STS 77, STS 89/91), born in Adelaide, Australia
- Dec 18 Pape Diouf, Senegalese journalist and football agent (president Olympique de Marseille 2005-09; first black president in Europe's top 6 leagues), born in Abéché, Chad (d. 2020)
- Dec 19 Fred W Leslie, Ancon Panama, PhD/astronaut (STS 73)
- Dec 20 Peter May, Scottish novelist and scriptwriter, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Dec 22 Charles de Lint, Canadian sci-fi author (Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow), born in Bussum, Netherlands
- Dec 22 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, British peer and its 3rd richest person, born in Omagh, Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
- Dec 26 Richard Skinner, British DJ
- Dec 27 Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico
- Dec 28 Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East.