- Nov 2 Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
- Nov 5 Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam (b. 1926)
- Nov 8 Heavy D [Dwight Errington Myers], Jamaican-American rap artist, dies at 44
- Nov 15 Dulcie Gray, British singer, actress, author and lepidopterist (Mine Own Executioner), dies at 95
- Nov 22 Paul Motian, American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer, dies at 80
- Nov 24 Fjölnir Stefánsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 81
- Nov 27 Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
- Nov 28 Andrew Kazdin, classical record producer, dies at 77