List of Famous people born in November

Yang Liping is a Chinese dancer and choreographer of Bai ethnicity. She rose to fame for choreographing and performing "The spirit of Peacock" in 1986. She was the first dancer from Mainland China that went to Taiwan to perform in 1992. She is known across China for her creativity and her performance of the Dai peacock dance. Yang has been dubbed as the "Peacock Princess of China". She has performed over 1000 shows and toured to over 30 countries and regions, including Philippine, Singapore, Russia, US, Canada, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.

Walter Alexis "Lex" Lang is an American voice actor, songwriter, music producer, entrepreneur, poet and philanthropist, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is best known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video games. He is also known for voicing Goemon Ishikawa in Lupin the Third.

Micaela Flores Amaya, La Chunga, is a Spanish flamenco dancer and painter of naïf art.

In late August 2001, the Howard Government of Australia refused permission for the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa, carrying 433 rescued refugees and 5 crew, to enter Australian waters. This triggered an Australian political controversy in the lead up to the 2001 federal election, and a diplomatic dispute between Australia and Norway.