- Nov 5 Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
- Nov 9 Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81
- Nov 13 George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
- Nov 15 Spencer W. Kimball, American 12th President of the Mormon Church (1973-1985), dies at 90
- Nov 16 John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85
- Nov 16 Stuart Chase, American writer and economist (The Tragedy of Waste), dies at 97
- Nov 24 Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
- Nov 25 Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(b. 1909)
- Nov 25 Elsa Morante, Italian writer, dies at 73
- Nov 28 Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civilization & Capitalism), dies at 83
- Nov 29 Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71