- Nov 14 Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
Robert Hofstadter
Nov 17 Robert Hofstadter, American atomic physicist and Nobel laureate (electron scattering in atomic nuclei), dies at 75
Robert Hofstadter
- Nov 19 Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War), dies at 89
- Nov 19 Georgy Nikolaevich Flerov, Russian Physicist (nuclear fission), dies at 77
- Nov 23 Nguyen Van Tam, Prime Minister of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
- Nov 23 Renate Rubinstein, German-Dutch author and columnist (Tamar), dies at 61
Roald Dahl
Nov 23 Roald Dahl, British author (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG), dies at 74
Roald Dahl
- Nov 24 Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
- Nov 24 Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (101 Dalmatians), dies at 94
- Nov 24 Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer during the Great Depression, dies at 80
- Nov 26 Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher, dies at 94
- Nov 30 Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, dies at 78
- Nov 30 Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at 75
- Dec 1 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Dec 1 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian diplomat and politician, dies at 90
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Dec 5 Steven Shaw, dies at 25
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Dec 6 Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's founding father, 1st Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-63) and Malaysia (1963-70), dies at 87
Tunku Abdul Rahman
- Dec 7 Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter, dies at 86
- Dec 7 Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet and novelist (Pentagonia), dies at 47
- Dec 10 Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92
- Dec 11 Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92
- Dec 14 Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss playwright & novelist (The Physicists, The Visit). dies of heart failure at 69
- Dec 14 Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn und Taxis, German businessman, dies at 64
- Dec 16 Douglas Campbell, American aviator and World War I flying ace, dies at 94
- Dec 21 Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aeronautical engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; b. 1910)
- Dec 24 Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author (b. 1922)
- Dec 25 Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77
- Dec 26 Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33
- Dec 28 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65
- Dec 28 Lucas Polhaupessy, Moluccan leader, dies
- Dec 31 Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A), dies at 62