- Nov 4 Carolina “La Belle” Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan, born in Valga, Galicia, Spain (d. 1965)
- Nov 9 Andrea d'Angeli, Italian composer, born in Padua, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1940)
- Nov 13 Pierre Maurice, Swiss composer, born in Allaman, Switzerland (d. 1936)
- Nov 15 Ferruccio Giannini, Italian-American operatic tenor (one of the first to be recorded), teacher, and impresario (Verdi Opera House, Philadelphia), born in Barga, Italy (d. 1948)
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
Nov 24 American ragtime entertainer and composer ("Maple Leaf Rag"; "The Entertainer"), born in Texarkana, Texas
- Nov 28 František Drdla, Czech composer, born in Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic (d. 1944)