| 125221 | November 2 | Birth | 1931 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015) |
| 125222 | November 2 | Birth | 1932 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2009) |
| 125223 | November 2 | Birth | 1934 – Bill Gothard, American minister and author |
| 125224 | November 2 | Birth | 1934 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player |
| 125225 | November 2 | Birth | 1936 – Rose Bird, American lawyer and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (d. 1999) |
| 125226 | November 2 | Birth | 1936 – Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989) |
| 125227 | November 2 | Birth | 1937 – Earl Carroll, American singer (The Cadillacs and The Coasters) (d. 2012) |
| 125228 | November 2 | Birth | 1938 – Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans) |
| 125229 | November 2 | Birth | 1938 – Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician |
| 125230 | November 2 | Birth | 1938 – Queen Sofía of Spain |
| 125231 | November 2 | Birth | 1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security |
| 125232 | November 2 | Birth | 1939 – Richard Serra, American sculptor and academic |
| 125233 | November 2 | Birth | 1940 – Jim Bakken, American football player |
| 125234 | November 2 | Birth | 1940 – Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player |
| 125235 | November 2 | Birth | 1941 – Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications |
| 125236 | November 2 | Birth | 1941 – Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Shadows) |
| 125237 | November 2 | Birth | 1941 – Metin Akpınar, Turkish actor |
| 125238 | November 2 | Birth | 1942 – Shere Hite, American-German sexologist, author, and educator |
| 125239 | November 2 | Birth | 1942 – Stefanie Powers, American actress and producer |
| 125240 | November 2 | Birth | 1944 – Michael Buffer, American ring announcer and actor |
| 125241 | November 2 | Birth | 1944 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 125242 | November 2 | Birth | 1944 – Keith Emerson, English keyboard player and songwriter (The Nice, The V.I.P.'s, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Emerson, Lake & Powell) |
| 125243 | November 2 | Birth | 1945 – Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (d. 2013) |
| 125244 | November 2 | Birth | 1945 – J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Longbranch Pennywhistle and Souther–Hillman–Furay Band) |
| 125245 | November 2 | Birth | 1946 – Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and sportscaster |
| 125246 | November 2 | Birth | 1946 – Marieta Severo, Brazilian actress |
| 125247 | November 2 | Birth | 1946 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001) |
| 125248 | November 2 | Birth | 1947 – Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, and Ian Campbell Folk Group) |
| 125249 | November 2 | Birth | 1949 – Lois McMaster Bujold, American author |
| 125250 | November 2 | Birth | 1950 – Alex Fagan, American police officer (d. 2010) |