The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2017. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.
Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
November
1
Brad Bufanda, 34, American actor (Veronica Mars, A Cinderella Story, Co-Ed Confidential), suicide by jumping. Vladimir Makanin, 80, Russian writer (The Portrait and Around, Ancestor, The Underground, or a Hero of Our Time).
2
Orval H. Hansen, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 2nd congressional district (1969–1975), complications from skin cancer. Yisrael Rosen, 76, Israeli Orthodox rabbi, founder of the Zomet Institute, pancreatic cancer. María Martha Serra Lima, 72, Argentine ballad and bolero singer. Aboubacar Somparé, 73, Guinean politician, Interim President (2008) and President of the National Assembly (2002–2008). Dina Wadia, 98, Indian political figure, pneumonia.
3
Jiří Kormaník, 82, Czechoslovakian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1964). Abdur Rahman Biswas, 91, Bangladeshi politician, President (1991–1996), respiratory failure. Václav Riedlbauch, 70, Czech composer, educator (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) and politician, Director of the Czech Philharmonic (since 2001) and Minister of Culture (2009–2010), complications from COPD.
4
Michael Augustine, 84, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vellore (1981–1992) and Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (1992–2004), heart attack. Tamara Natalie Madden, 42, Jamaican-born American artist, ovarian cancer. Anna Diggs Taylor, 84, American judge, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1979–1998), complications from Parkinson's disease. Dudley Simpson, 95, Australian composer (Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Moonstrike) and conductor (Royal Opera House).
5
Renzo Calegari, 84, Italian cartoonist (Storia del West), complications from a stroke. Nancy Friday, 84, American feminist author (My Secret Garden, Forbidden Flowers, Women on Top), complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Robert Knight, 72, American R&B singer ("Everlasting Love", "Love on a Mountain Top"). Mansour bin Muqrin, 43-44, Saudi businessman and politician, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (since 2015) and Vice Governor of 'Asir (until 2017), helicopter crash. Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, American Air Force pilot and Christian teacher aid, perpetrator responsible for the Sutherland Springs church shooting, shot. Dionatan Teixeira, 25, Brazilian footballer (Košice, Stoke City, Slovakia U21), heart attack. Lothar Thoms, 61, German track cyclist, Olympic champion (1980).
6
Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, 44, Saudi prince, Minister of State without Portfolio (1998) and Head of the Council of Ministers (2000–2005), shot. Karin Dor, 79, German actress (You Only Live Twice, Topaz, Women in Hospital). Marek Frąckowiak, 67, Polish actor (Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek, Ekipa, Ballada o Januszku), spinal cancer. Richard F. Gordon, Jr., 88, American astronaut (Gemini 11, Apollo 12). Feliciano Rivilla, 81, Spanish footballer (national team, Atlético Madrid, Rayo).
7
Wendell Eugene, 94, American jazz trombonist, pneumonia. Roy Halladay, 40, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), plane crash. Brad Harris, 84, American actor (Kommissar X, Goliath Against the Giants, The Pirates of the Mississippi) and stuntman. Hans-Michael Rehberg, 79, German actor (Supermarket, Schindler's List, The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time). Carl Sargeant, 49, Welsh politician, AM (since 2003) and Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children (2016–2017), suicide by hanging. Hans Schäfer, 90, German footballer (1. FC Köln, national team), FIFA World Cup winner (1954).
8
Antonio Carluccio, 80, Italian chef, restaurateur and reality television actor (Two Greedy Italians), complications from a fall. Roger Grenier, 98, French writer (The Difficulty of Being a Dog) and journalist (Combat, France Soir), complications from pneumonia. Wood Moy, 99, Chinese-born American actor (Chan Is Missing, Howard the Duck, Final Analysis), pneumonia.