- Apr 1 Winfried Zillig, German opera composer, and conductor (Fantasia Irica), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1963)
- Apr 2 Serge Lifar, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1986)
- Apr 3 Lili Kraus, Czech-Hungarian-British concert pianist and educator, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
- Apr 4 Eugene Bozza, French composer, born in Nice, France (d. 1991)
- Apr 5 Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1996)
- Apr 19 Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1994)
- Apr 27 Philip Radcliffe, English composer, born in Godalming, Surrey, England (d. 1986)
About April 1905
How Old? 119 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No