- Nov 1 Coco Crisp, American baseball outfielder (World Series 2007, Boston Red Sox; AL stolen base leader 2011), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 1 Milan Dudić, Serbian soccer defender (13 caps, Serbia and Montenegro; Red Star Belgrade), born in Kraljevo, Serbia
- Nov 2 Marián Čišovský, Slovak soccer defender (15 caps; Inter Bratislava, Viktoria Plzeň), born in Humenné, Slovakia (d. 2020)
- Nov 3 Pablo Aimar, Argentine soccer midfielder (52 caps; Valencia, Benfica), born in Río Cuarto, Argentina
- Nov 6 Lamar Odom, American basketball player, born in South Jamaica, New York
- Nov 7 Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican soccer midfielder (28 caps; Cartaginés 537 games), born in Cartago, Costa Rica
- Nov 7 Mike Commodore, Canadian professional hockey player (Carolina Hurricanes), born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
- Nov 7 Will Demps, American football player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Nov 8 Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer, born in Cookstown, Northern Ireland
- Nov 9 Adam Dunn, American baseball player, born in Houston, Texas
- Nov 12 Corey Maggette, American professional basketball player, born in Melrose Park, Illinois
- Nov 12 Lucas Glover, American golfer (US Open 2009), born in Greenville, South Carolina
- Nov 13 Ron Artest, American basketball player
- Nov 14 Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
- Nov 15 Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
- Nov 15 Josemi, Spanish footballer
- Nov 16 Bruce Irons, American surfer, born in Lihue, Hawaii
- Nov 17 Matthew Spring, English footballer
- Nov 19 Larry Johnson, American football player, born in Pomfret, Maryland
- Nov 19 Ryan Howard, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Florissant, Missouri
- Nov 20 Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player (15 caps, Silver Ferns), born in Clyde, New Zealand
- Nov 21 Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
- Nov 21 Stromile Swift, American basketball player
- Nov 21 Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
- Nov 27 Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
- Nov 27 Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
- Nov 29 Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Nov 30 Andrés Nocioni, Argentine basketball player
- Nov 30 Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
About November 1979
How Old? 44 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
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