- Apr 14 Edgar Stillman Kelley, American composer (Gulliver), born in Sparta, Wisconsin (d. 1944)
- Apr 23 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza), born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1919)
- Apr 29 František Ondříček, Czech violinist and composer, born in PraguePrague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1922)
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