- Nov 2 Amar Bose, American electrical engineer, academic (M.I.T.), sound engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur (Bose Corporation), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
- Nov 2 Harold Farberman, American percussionist, conductor, and composer (Medea), born in New York City (d. 2018)
- Nov 2 Milan Stibilj, Slovenian composer (Zoom; Apokatastasis - Slovene Requiem), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 2014)
- Nov 7 Mervyn Burtch, Welsh composer (The Raven King) and educator, born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales (d. 2015)
- Nov 8 Bert Berns, American songwriter ("Twist And Shout"; "Piece Of My Heart"; "Hang On Sloopy") and producer ("Under The Boardwalk"; "Brown-Eyed Girl"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1967)
- Nov 9 Alexandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova, Russian classical and popular music composer (Trumpet Concerto), born in Volgograd, Russia
- Nov 10 Marilyn Bergman (née Katz), American Emmy, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning lyricist, with husband Alan ("The Way We Were"; "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"; "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2022)
- Nov 11 (Dolores) LaVern Baker [Evans], American blues vocalist ("I Cried a Tear"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997)
- Nov 11 Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer, poet (Tumult), translator, and librettist, born in Kaufbeuren, Germany (d. 2022)
- Nov 18 Francisco Savín, Mexican conductor and composer (Quasar I), born in Mexico City (d. 2018)
- Nov 20 Kenneth Schermerhorn, American conductor (American Ballet), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2005)
- Nov 23 Gloria Lynne [Wilson], American jazz vocalist (Dell Tones), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2013)
- Nov 25 Theo Bruins, Dutch concert pianist and composer (Sei Studi; Syncope), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- Nov 26 Betta St John [Betty Jean Striegler], American-English stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Dream Wife; Carousel; Corridors of Blood), born in Hawthorne, California (d. 2023)
- Nov 26 Lorraine Macleod, American dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), born in Maine (d. 1995)
- Nov 26 Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian polka and Oberkrain ethnic accordionist, piano player, and composer (Avsenik Brothers Ensemble), born in Begunje na Gorenjskem, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) (d. 2015)
Berry Gordy (94 years old)
Nov 28 Jr, American songwriter, producer and record company founder (Motown), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Nov 28 Clarence Fountain, American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama), born in Tyler, Alabama (d. 2018)
About November 1929
How Old? 94 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Signs: Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
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