| 125371 | November 2 | Death | 1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish-English author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856) |
| 125372 | November 2 | Death | 1952 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862) |
| 125373 | November 2 | Death | 1958 – Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923) |
| 125374 | November 2 | Death | 1959 – Michael Considine, Irish-Australian union leader and politician (b. 1885) |
| 125375 | November 2 | Death | 1960 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896) |
| 125376 | November 2 | Death | 1961 – James Thurber, American author and illustrator (b. 1894) |
| 125377 | November 2 | Death | 1963 – Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901) |
| 125378 | November 2 | Death | 1966 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884) |
| 125379 | November 2 | Death | 1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892) |
| 125380 | November 2 | Death | 1970 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895) |
| 125381 | November 2 | Death | 1970 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903) |
| 125382 | November 2 | Death | 1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939) |
| 125383 | November 2 | Death | 1975 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 125384 | November 2 | Death | 1979 – Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936) |
| 125385 | November 2 | Death | 1981 – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927) |
| 125386 | November 2 | Death | 1982 – Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914) |
| 125387 | November 2 | Death | 1984 – Velma Barfield, American murderer (b. 1932) |
| 125388 | November 2 | Death | 1986 – Paul Frees, American voice actor and singer (b. 1920) |
| 125389 | November 2 | Death | 1990 – Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901) |
| 125390 | November 2 | Death | 1991 – Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916) |
| 125391 | November 2 | Death | 1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936) |
| 125392 | November 2 | Death | 1992 – Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930) |
| 125393 | November 2 | Death | 1992 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892) |
| 125394 | November 2 | Death | 1994 – Martin Taras, American animator and director (b. 1914) |
| 125395 | November 2 | Death | 1994 – Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American author and playwright (b. 1917) |
| 125396 | November 2 | Death | 1996 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (b. 1963) |
| 125397 | November 2 | Death | 1996 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (b. 1902) |
| 125398 | November 2 | Death | 1998 – Mareta West, American astrogeologist and astronomer (b. 1915) |
| 125399 | November 2 | Death | 1998 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor and production manager (b. 1957) |
| 125400 | November 2 | Death | 2000 – Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925) |