- Apr 1 Richard Christy, American heavy metal drummer (Charred Walls of the Damned), and radio personality (The Howard Stern Show), born in Fort Scott, Kansas, U.S.
- Apr 2 Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician (Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Apr 5 Sahaj [Daniel Ticotin], American alternative-metal singer, guitarist, and record producer (Ra; Meytal), born in New York City
- Apr 8 Chino XL [Derek Keith Barbosa], American rapper and actor, born in The Bronx, New York
- Apr 10 Helen Jane Long, British pianist and contemporary classical and film score composer (Embers; Vessel of Light), born in Hampshire, England
- Apr 10 Nayden Todorov, Bulgarian conductor (Sofia Philharmonic, 2017-; State Opera in Ruse, 2005-17), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Apr 14 Da Brat [Shawntae Harris-DuPart], American rapper and songwriter ("Funkdafied"), born in Joliet, Illinois
- Apr 16 Mat Devine, American singer (Kill Hannah), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- Apr 16 Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress, singer, and director, born in Beijing, China
- Apr 17 Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Victoria Beckham (50 years old)
Apr 17 English singer and fashion designer (Posh of The Spice Girls), born in Harlow, Essex
- Apr 18 Madeleine Peyroux, American French jazz and blues singer-songwriter, born in Athens, Georgia
- Apr 18 Mark Tremonti, American rock guitarist (Creed - "With Arms Wide Open"; Alter Bridge -"Isolation"), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Apr 18 Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer (De Hoy en Adelante), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Apr 21 Michael Leonhart, American jazz and session trumpeter (Steely Dan; Yoko Ono; Rufus Wainwright), born in New York City
- Apr 22 Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-American heavy metal bassist (System of a Down), born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
- Apr 23 Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol), born in Queens, New York
- Apr 26 Nerina Pallot, British pop-rock singer-songwriter ("Sophia"; "Everybody's Gone To War"), born in London
- Apr 29 Anggun [Sasmi], Indonesian-French pop, rock, and world music singer-songwriter (Snow in the Sahara; In Your Mind), television personality, and U.N. global ambassador, born in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Apr 29 Jasper Wood, Canadian concert violinist, born in Moncton, New Brunswick
About April 1974
How Old? 49 or 50 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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