- Apr 2 Christian Gotthilf Tag, German composer, born in Beierfeld, Germany (d. 1811)
- Apr 2 Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1814)
- Apr 11 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, French violinist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1818)
- Apr 13 Isaac Low, American delegate to the Continental Congress, born in Piscataway, Province of New Jersey, British America (d. 1791)
- Apr 23 Ildephons Haas, German composer, born in Offenburg, Germany (d. 1791)