| 130801 | November 17 | Birth | 1936 – Crispian Hollis, English bishop |
| 130802 | November 17 | Birth | 1937 – Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 130803 | November 17 | Birth | 1938 – Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general |
| 130804 | November 17 | Birth | 1938 – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 130805 | November 17 | Birth | 1939 – Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author (d. 2001) |
| 130806 | November 17 | Birth | 1940 – Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (d. 1984) |
| 130807 | November 17 | Birth | 1940 – Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish composer, author, and poet (d. 2002) |
| 130808 | November 17 | Birth | 1942 – Partha Dasgupta, Bangladeshi economist and academic |
| 130809 | November 17 | Birth | 1942 – Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Four Seasons) |
| 130810 | November 17 | Birth | 1942 – Kang Kek Iew, Cambodian criminal |
| 130811 | November 17 | Birth | 1942 – Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic |
| 130812 | November 17 | Birth | 1942 – István Rosztóczy, Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (d. 1993) |
| 130813 | November 17 | Birth | 1942 – Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor |
| 130814 | November 17 | Birth | 1943 – Lauren Hutton, American actress and producer |
| 130815 | November 17 | Birth | 1944 – Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach |
| 130816 | November 17 | Birth | 1944 – Malcolm Bruce, English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician |
| 130817 | November 17 | Birth | 1944 – Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds, The New Christy Minstrels, and Dillard & Clark) (d. 1991) |
| 130818 | November 17 | Birth | 1944 – Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer |
| 130819 | November 17 | Birth | 1944 – Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect, designed the Seattle Central Library |
| 130820 | November 17 | Birth | 1944 – Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live |
| 130821 | November 17 | Birth | 1944 – Tom Seaver, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 130822 | November 17 | Birth | 1945 – Lesley Abdela, English journalist and activist |
| 130823 | November 17 | Birth | 1945 – Jeremy Hanley, English accountant and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom |
| 130824 | November 17 | Birth | 1945 – Elvin Hayes, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 130825 | November 17 | Birth | 1945 – Roland Joffé, English-French director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 130826 | November 17 | Birth | 1946 – Martin Barre, English guitarist and songwriter (Jethro Tull) |
| 130827 | November 17 | Birth | 1946 – Terry Branstad, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa |
| 130828 | November 17 | Birth | 1946 – Petra Burka, Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach |
| 130829 | November 17 | Birth | 1947 – Robert "Stewkey" Antoni, American singer and keyboard player (Nazz and Fuse) |
| 130830 | November 17 | Birth | 1947 – Steven E. de Souza, American director, producer, and screenwriter |