| 130797 | November 17 | Birth | 1934 – Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic |
| 130798 | November 17 | Birth | 1934 – Terry Rand, American basketball player (d. 2014) |
| 130799 | November 17 | Birth | 1935 – Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player |
| 130800 | November 17 | Birth | 1935 – Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor (d. 2009) |
| 130771 | November 17 | Birth | 1916 – Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005) |
| 130772 | November 17 | Birth | 1919 – Kim Heungsou, northern Korean painter (d. 2014) |
| 130773 | November 17 | Birth | 1920 – Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 130774 | November 17 | Birth | 1920 – Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor and director (d. 2002) |
| 130775 | November 17 | Birth | 1921 – Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator |
| 130776 | November 17 | Birth | 1922 – Stanley Cohen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 130777 | November 17 | Birth | 1923 – Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop (d. 2009) |
| 130778 | November 17 | Birth | 1923 – Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986) |
| 130779 | November 17 | Birth | 1923 – Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician, 1st President of Cape Verde (d. 2011) |
| 130780 | November 17 | Birth | 1923 – Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2001) |
| 130781 | November 17 | Birth | 1925 – Jean Faut, American baseball player and bowler |
| 130782 | November 17 | Birth | 1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor and singer (d. 1985) |
| 130783 | November 17 | Birth | 1925 – Charles Mackerras,American-Australian oboe player conductor (d. 2010) |
| 130784 | November 17 | Birth | 1926 – Robert Brown, American actor |
| 130785 | November 17 | Birth | 1927 – Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2015) |
| 130786 | November 17 | Birth | 1927 – Nicholas Taylor, Geologist, businessman and politician |
| 130787 | November 17 | Birth | 1927 – Fenella Fielding, English actress |
| 130788 | November 17 | Birth | 1928 – Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 2005) |
| 130789 | November 17 | Birth | 1928 – Rance Howard, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 130790 | November 17 | Birth | 1929 – Gorō Naya, Japanese actor and director (d. 2013) |
| 130791 | November 17 | Birth | 1929 – Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (d. 1999) |
| 130792 | November 17 | Birth | 1930 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete, actor, and politician (d. 2006) |
| 130793 | November 17 | Birth | 1932 – Jeremy Black, English admiral |
| 130794 | November 17 | Birth | 1933 – Dan Osinski, American baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 130795 | November 17 | Birth | 1933 – Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout |
| 130796 | November 17 | Birth | 1934 – Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, 32nd Mayor of Tulsa |