- Apr 3 George Jessel, American stage and screen actor, singer, producer and host known as "The Toastmaster General", born in New York City (d. 1981)
- Apr 5 Herb Flemming [Nicolaiih El-Michelle], American jazz trombonist and vocalist, born in Butte, Montana (d. 1976)
- Apr 9 Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1974)
Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
Apr 9 American bass-baritone singer ("Old Man River"), actor and civil rights activist, born in Princeton, New Jersey