- Nov 1 Barry Sadler, American singer ("Ballad Of The Green Berets"), born in Carlsbad, New Mexico (d. 1989)
- Nov 2 Gigi Proletti, Italian actor, director and singer (Alleluja brava gente), born in Rome, Italy
- Nov 3 Dieter Acker, composer
- Nov 4 Delbert McClinton, American singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman), born in Lubbock, Texas
- Nov 9 Sergio Cervetti, composer, born in Dolores, Uruguay
- Nov 10 Screaming Lord [David Edward] Sutch, English rocker and politician (founder of Official Monster Raving Loony Party), born in Hampstead, London (d. 1999)
- Nov 13 Baby Washington, American singer (Only Those in Love), born in Bamberg, South Carolina
- Nov 14 Freddie Garrity, British pop singer (Freddie & the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now"), born in Crumpsall, Manchester, England (d. 2006)
- Nov 17 Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player
- Nov 19 Alberto Villalpando, Bolivian composer (Phantastischen Liturgie), born in La Paz, Bolivia
- Nov 20 Jim Horn, American session and touring saxophonist (Duane Eddy, Wrecking Crew; George Harrison), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 21 Natalia Makarova, a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1956-70), born in Leningrad, USSR
- Nov 24 Wendell Morris Logan, composer
- Nov 25 Percy Sledge, American soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman), born in Leighton, Alabama (d. 2015)
- Nov 27 Maciej Małecki, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland
- Nov 28 Bruce Channel [McMeans], American singer (Hey! Baby), born in Jacksonville, Texas
- Nov 28 Clem Curtis, British singer (The Foundations), born in Trinidad
- Nov 29 Charles "Chuck" Mangione, American jazz flugel horn and trumpet player (Feels So Good), born in Rochester, New York
About November 1940
How Old? 80 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Star Signs: Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)