November 14

Pre-1600

 * 332 BC – Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.

1601–1900

 * 1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
 * 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
 * 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.
 * 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
 * 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

1901–present

 * 1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
 * 1914 – The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland.
 * 1918 – The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.
 * 1920 – Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.
 * 1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
 * 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
 * 1938 – The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
 * 1940 – World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
 * 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) sinks due to torpedo damage from the GS U-81 (1941) sustained on November 13.
 * 1941  – World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murder nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day.
 * 1952 – The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart.
 * 1957 – The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
 * 1960 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
 * 1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
 * 1967 – The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
 * 1967  – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
 * 1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
 * 1970 – Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
 * 1970  – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
 * 1971 – Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
 * 1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
 * 1973  – The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
 * 1975 – With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
 * 1977 – During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom.
 * 1978 – France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
 * 1979 – US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
 * 1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
 * 1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
 * 1990 – After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
 * 1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
 * 1991  – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile.
 * 1992 – In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.
 * 1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
 * 2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
 * 2001  – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
 * 2003 – Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet.
 * 2008 – The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
 * 2012 – Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.
 * 2016 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikōura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
 * 2017 – A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.
 * 2019 – A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries.

Pre-1600

 * 1449 – Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (d. 1510)
 * 1487 – John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548)
 * 1501 – Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1575)
 * 1531 – Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (d. 1604)

1601–1900

 * 1601 – John Eudes, French priest and missionary (d. 1680)
 * 1650 – William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1702)
 * 1663 – Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
 * 1719 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787)
 * 1765 – Robert Fulton, American engineer, Early steamboat pioneer (d. 1815)
 * 1771 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
 * 1776 – Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (d. 1847)
 * 1777 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (d. 1859)
 * 1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
 * 1779 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (d. 1850)
 * 1797 – Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (d. 1875)
 * 1803 – Jacob Abbott, American author (d. 1879)
 * 1805 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1847)
 * 1812 – Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
 * 1812  – Maria Cristina of Savoy (d. 1836)
 * 1816 – John Curwen, English minister and educator (d. 1880)
 * 1828 – James B. McPherson, American general (d. 1864)
 * 1832 – Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
 * 1838 – August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
 * 1840 – Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
 * 1856 – Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (d. 1945)
 * 1861 – Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (d. 1932)
 * 1863 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
 * 1869 – John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (d. 1944)
 * 1871 – Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1936)
 * 1875 – Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
 * 1875  – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (d. 1944)
 * 1877 – Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (d. 1968)
 * 1878 – Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (d. 1966)
 * 1878  – Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (d. 1957)
 * 1883 – Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
 * 1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
 * 1891 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
 * 1893 – Addie Viola Smith, American lawyer and trade commissioner (d. 1975)
 * 1895 – Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972)
 * 1897 – John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (d. 1946)
 * 1898 – Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
 * 1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)

1901–present

 * 1904 – Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970)
 * 1904  – Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995)
 * 1904  – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1963)
 * 1905 – John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1964)
 * 1906 – Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (d. 1985)
 * 1907 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
 * 1907  – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
 * 1907  – William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003)
 * 1908 – Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
 * 1910 – Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
 * 1910  – Eric Malpass, English author (d. 1996)
 * 1912 – Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979)
 * 1912  – Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003)
 * 1914 – Ken Carson, American Western singer (d. 1994)
 * 1915 – Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (d. 2001)
 * 1915  – Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
 * 1916 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
 * 1916  – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
 * 1917 – Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
 * 1918 – John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (d. 1999)
 * 1919 – Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
 * 1919  – Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (d. 2013)
 * 1920 – Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (d. 2011)
 * 1921 – Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005)
 * 1921  – Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997)
 * 1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (d. 2016)
 * 1922  – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (d. 1973)
 * 1924 – Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982)
 * 1925 – Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
 * 1925  – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (d. 2012)
 * 1927 – Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (d. 2012)
 * 1927  – Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (d. 2015)
 * 1927  – McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
 * 1927  – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997)
 * 1928 – Kathleen Hughes, American actress
 * 1929 – Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997)
 * 1929  – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
 * 1930 – Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (d. 2015)
 * 1930  – Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (d. 2020)
 * 1930  – Michael Robbins, English actor (d. 1992)
 * 1930  – Ed White, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1967)
 * 1932 – Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (d. 2011)
 * 1933 – Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
 * 1934 – Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
 * 1934  – Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator (d. 2020)
 * 1934  – Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
 * 1935 – Michael Busselle, English photographer and author (d. 2006)
 * 1935  – Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
 * 1935  – Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist
 * 1936 – Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007)
 * 1936  – Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (d. 2006)
 * 1936  – Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (d. 1990)
 * 1937 – Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer (d. 2023)
 * 1937  – Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
 * 1939 – Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
 * 1942 – Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (d. 2011)
 * 1942  – Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
 * 1943 – Peter Norton, American programmer and author
 * 1944 – Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
 * 1944  – Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player
 * 1944  – David Nash, English sculptor and academic
 * 1945 – Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
 * 1945  – Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (d. 2022)
 * 1945  – Sue Hamilton, American actress and model (d. 1969)
 * 1945  – Brett Lunger, American race car driver
 * 1946 – Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1998)
 * 1946  – Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician
 * 1947 – P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist (d. 2022)
 * 1947  – Nat Young, Australian surfer and author
 * 1947  – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (d. 2016)
 * 1948 – Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
 * 1948  – Paul Dacre, English journalist
 * 1948  – Michael Dobbs, English author and politician
 * 1948  – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
 * 1949 – Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
 * 1949  – Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter
 * 1949  – Gary Grubbs, American actor
 * 1949  – Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
 * 1949  – James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1951 – Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter and actor
 * 1951  – Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
 * 1951  – Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
 * 1952 – Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter
 * 1952  – Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter
 * 1952  – Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer
 * 1953 – Tim Bowler, English children's author
 * 1953  – Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
 * 1954 – Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2023)
 * 1954  – Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
 * 1954  – Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
 * 1954  – Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver
 * 1954  – Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
 * 1955 – Philip Egan, English bishop
 * 1955  – Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
 * 1956 – Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
 * 1956  – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010)
 * 1956  – Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (d. 2021)
 * 1956  – Steve Stockman, American accountant and politician
 * 1956  – Valerie Jarrett, American government official
 * 1957 – Donald Canfield, American geologist and academic
 * 1959 – Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
 * 1959  – Paul McGann, English actor
 * 1959  – Chris Woods, English footballer, coach, and manager
 * 1960 – Tom Judson, American actor and composer
 * 1960  – Remi Moses, English footballer and coach
 * 1961 – Antonio Flores, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
 * 1961  – D. B. Sweeney, American actor
 * 1962 – Laura San Giacomo, American actress
 * 1962  – Josh Silver, American keyboard player and producer
 * 1962  – Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
 * 1963 – Stéphane Bern, French journalist, radio and television presenter
 * 1964 – Bill Hemmer, American journalist
 * 1964  – Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist
 * 1964  – Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian
 * 1966 – Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
 * 1966  – Petra Rossner, German cyclist
 * 1966  – Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster
 * 1967 – Letitia Dean, English actress and singer
 * 1967  – Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter
 * 1967  – Leo Kunnas, Estonian colonel and author
 * 1968 – Lionel Simmons, American basketball player
 * 1969 – Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1970 – Brendan Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1970  – Dana Stubblefield, American football player
 * 1970  – David Wesley, American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1971 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
 * 1971  – Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author
 * 1971  – Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor
 * 1972 – Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
 * 1972  – Josh Duhamel, American model and actor
 * 1972  – Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania
 * 1972  – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
 * 1972  – Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player
 * 1972  – Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1972  – Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
 * 1972  – Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager
 * 1973 – Lawyer Milloy, American football player
 * 1973  – Rubén Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
 * 1973  – Andrew Strong, Irish singer and actor
 * 1974 – Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef
 * 1974  – David Moscow, American actor
 * 1974  – Joe Principe, American singer and bass player
 * 1975 – Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
 * 1975  – Stephen Guarino, American actor
 * 1975  – Luizão, Brazilian footballer
 * 1975  – Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic
 * 1977 – Brian Dietzen, American actor
 * 1977  – Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
 * 1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
 * 1978  – Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
 * 1978  – Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
 * 1978  – Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach
 * 1979 – Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
 * 1979  – Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
 * 1979  – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
 * 1979  – Pushkar Lele, Indian singer
 * 1979  – Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
 * 1979  – Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
 * 1980 – Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman
 * 1980  – Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress
 * 1981 – Vanessa Bayer, American actress
 * 1981  – Tom Ferrier, English race car driver
 * 1981  – Russell Tovey, English actor
 * 1982 – Boosie Badazz, American rapper
 * 1982  – Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
 * 1982  – Kyle Orton, American football player
 * 1982  – Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter
 * 1983 – Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
 * 1983  – Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer
 * 1983  – Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
 * 1984 – Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
 * 1984  – Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
 * 1984  – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
 * 1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
 * 1986 – Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler
 * 1986  – Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach
 * 1986  – Cory Michael Smith, American actor
 * 1987 – Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
 * 1988 – Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler
 * 1988  – Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress
 * 1989 – Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
 * 1989  – T. Y. Hilton, American football player
 * 1989  – Jake Livermore, English footballer
 * 1989  – Stella Maeve, American actress
 * 1990 – Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
 * 1990  – Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
 * 1991 – Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist
 * 1991  – Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1991  – Graham Patrick Martin, American actor
 * 1991  – Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist
 * 1993 – Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * 1993  – Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
 * 1993  – Samuel Umtiti, French footballer
 * 1996 – Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
 * 1996  – Dawson Knox, American football player
 * 1997 – Axel Tuanzebe, English footballer
 * 1998 – Sofia Kenin, American tennis player
 * 1998  – DeVonta Smith, American football player

Pre-1600

 * 565 – Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (b. 482)
 * 669 – Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese politician (b. 614)
 * 940 – Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier
 * 976 – Taizu, Chinese emperor (b. 927)
 * 1060 – Geoffrey II, count of Anjou
 * 1189 – William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
 * 1226 – Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (b. 1193)
 * 1263 – Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (b. 1220)
 * 1346 – Ostasio I da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna
 * 1359 – Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (b. 1296)
 * 1391 – Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (b. 1340)
 * 1442 – Yolande of Aragon, French noblewoman (b. 1384)
 * 1522 – Anne of France, duchess of Bourbon (b. 1461)
 * 1539 – Hugh Faringdon, English monk and abbot
 * 1556 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (b. 1504)

1601–1900

 * 1633 – William Ames, English philosopher and academic (b. 1576)
 * 1687 – Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
 * 1691 – Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
 * 1716 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
 * 1734 – Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of Portsmouth (b. 1649)
 * 1739 – Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (b. 1683)
 * 1746 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (b. 1709)
 * 1749 – Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (b. 1713)
 * 1817 – Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (b. 1795)
 * 1825 – Jean Paul, German journalist and author (b. 1763)
 * 1829 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (b. 1763)
 * 1831 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1770)
 * 1831  – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)
 * 1832 – Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (b. 1737)
 * 1844 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (b. 1780)
 * 1844  – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (b. 1803)
 * 1864 – Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (b. 1840)
 * 1866 – Miguel I of Portugal (b. 1802)

1901–present

 * 1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
 * 1908 – Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
 * 1910 – John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835)
 * 1914 – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
 * 1915 – Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
 * 1916 – Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
 * 1916  – Saki, British short story writer (b. 1870)
 * 1918 – Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (b. 1874)
 * 1921 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
 * 1930 – Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (b. 1883)
 * 1932 – Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (b. 1884)
 * 1937 – Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
 * 1939 – Bluey, Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (b. 1910)
 * 1944 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (b. 1873)
 * 1944  – Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (b. 1892)
 * 1946 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1876)
 * 1947 – Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1873)
 * 1966 – Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
 * 1972 – Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
 * 1974 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
 * 1977 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
 * 1981 – Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
 * 1984 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)
 * 1984  – Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1912)
 * 1988 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general (b. 1903)
 * 1989 – Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout (b. 1910)
 * 1990 – Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
 * 1991 – Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
 * 1992 – Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
 * 1994 – Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
 * 1995 – Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
 * 1996 – Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (b. 1928)
 * 1996  – John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
 * 1997 – Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (b. 1916)
 * 1997  – Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1905)
 * 2000 – Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
 * 2001 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (b. 1968)
 * 2001  – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
 * 2002 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)
 * 2002  – Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
 * 2003 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
 * 2004 – Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1939)
 * 2006 – Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (b. 1926)
 * 2008 – Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (b. 1931)
 * 2008  – Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (b. 1927)
 * 2010 – Wes Santee, American runner (b. 1932)
 * 2011 – Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (b. 1936)
 * 2011  – Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (b. 1970)
 * 2011  – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
 * 2012 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
 * 2012  – Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930)
 * 2012  – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (b. 1936)
 * 2012  – Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960)
 * 2012  – Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933)
 * 2013 – Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (b. 1951)
 * 2013  – Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (b. 1938)
 * 2013  – Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1965)
 * 2014 – Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924)
 * 2014  – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937)
 * 2014  – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
 * 2015 – K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * 2015  – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
 * 2016 – Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (b. 1955)
 * 2020 – Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (b. 1919)
 * 2020  – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances

 * Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau)
 * Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India)
 * Christian feast day:
 * Alberic of Utrecht
 * All Saints of the Carmelites
 * All Souls of the Benedictine family
 * Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)
 * Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux)
 * Hypatius of Gangra
 * Joseph Pignatelli SJ
 * Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church)
 * Laurence O'Toole
 * Nikola Tavelic
 * Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church)
 * Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion)
 * Serapion of Algiers
 * Sidonius (Saëns)
 * Venera (Veneranda)
 * November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)
 * Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia)
 * World Diabetes Day (International)
 * Dobruja Day (Romania)