| 132211 | November 21 | Birth | 1882 – Harold Lowe, Welsh officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1944) |
| 132212 | November 21 | Birth | 1886 – Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (d. 1968) |
| 132213 | November 21 | Birth | 1897 – Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980) |
| 132214 | November 21 | Birth | 1898 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967) |
| 132215 | November 21 | Birth | 1899 – Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967) |
| 132216 | November 21 | Birth | 1899 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 1987) |
| 132217 | November 21 | Birth | 1902 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985) |
| 132218 | November 21 | Birth | 1902 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 132219 | November 21 | Birth | 1902 – Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1982) |
| 132220 | November 21 | Birth | 1904 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (d. 1969) |
| 132221 | November 21 | Birth | 1908 – Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996) |
| 132222 | November 21 | Birth | 1908 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994) |
| 132223 | November 21 | Birth | 1912 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982) |
| 132224 | November 21 | Birth | 1913 – John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985) |
| 132225 | November 21 | Birth | 1913 – Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 132226 | November 21 | Birth | 1913 – Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (d. 1975) |
| 132227 | November 21 | Birth | 1914 – Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995) |
| 132228 | November 21 | Birth | 1916 – Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 132229 | November 21 | Birth | 1916 – Jadu Nath Singh, Indian soldier (d. 1948) |
| 132230 | November 21 | Birth | 1919 – Steve Brodie, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 132231 | November 21 | Birth | 1919 – Joe Kieyoomia, American soldier (d. 1997) |
| 132232 | November 21 | Birth | 1920 – Ralph Meeker, American actor and singer (d. 1988) |
| 132233 | November 21 | Birth | 1920 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013) |
| 132234 | November 21 | Birth | 1922 – María Casares, Spanish-French actress (d. 1996) |
| 132235 | November 21 | Birth | 1922 – Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002) |
| 132236 | November 21 | Birth | 1924 – Joseph Campanella, American actor |
| 132237 | November 21 | Birth | 1924 – Milka Planinc, Croatian politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010) |
| 132238 | November 21 | Birth | 1924 – Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic |
| 132239 | November 21 | Birth | 1925 – Xie Jin, Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 132240 | November 21 | Birth | 1925 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (d. 2014) |