- Apr 1 Tadeusz Joteyko, Polish conductor, composer, and musicologist (Zygmunt August), born in Poczujki, Russian Empire (d. 1932)
- Apr 4 Nikolai Amani, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1904)
- Apr 4 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch concert and opera contralto singer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1954)