- Apr 1 Charles Price, American Businessman and diplomat, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2012)
- Apr 1 George Baker, Bulgarian-born British actor (I, Claudius, Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly), born in Varna, Bulgaria (d. 2011)
- Apr 1 Illse "Ita" Ever, Estonian actress (Miss Marple- "Chyornykh drozdov"), born in Paide, Järva County
- Apr 1 Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Der Stellvertreter), born in Eschwege, Germany (d. 2020)
- Apr 2 Imre Olsvik, Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Budapest (d. 2014)
- Apr 3 Johnny Nicholls, English football player, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (d. 1995)
- Apr 3 Tom Collins, Canadian ice skating promoter (Champions on Ice), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2019)
- Apr 4 Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director, born in Rhonesboro, Texas
- Apr 4 Denis Frank Owen, British ecologist and natural historian, born in London (d. 1996)
- Apr 4 Harold Volkmer, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri, born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 2011)
- Apr 5 Denis Lawton, director (London University Institute of Educ)
- Apr 6 Ivan Dixon, American actor, director and civil rights activist (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes, The Final War of Olly Winter), born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
- Apr 6 Joan Carlyle, British soprano
- Apr 7 Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot
- Apr 7 Donald Barthelme, American writer (Snow White, Sadness), born in Philadelphia, Pa (d. 1989)
- Apr 8 John Gavin [Juan Vincent Apablasa Jr], American actor (Imitation of Life, Psycho), and US Ambassador to Mexico (1981–86), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2018)
- Apr 9 Bill Gilbert, sports author (They Also Served, Big E), born in Washington, D.C.
- Apr 9 Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)
- Apr 9 Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (26th Premier of New Brunswick), born in Hartland, New Brunswick (d. 1991)
- Apr 10 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet and playwright, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 2009)
- Apr 11 Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), born in New Jersey (d. 2006)
- Apr 11 Johnny Sheffield, American actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2010)
- Apr 11 Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese video game composer (Dragon Quest), born in Tokyo
- Apr 12 Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter, born in Moscow (d. 1995)
- Apr 12 Martin Boykan, American composer, born in NYC, New York
- Apr 13 Beverley Cross, English playwright, born in London
- Apr 13 Daniel "Dan" Gurney, American race-car driver, coach and team owner (All American Racers), born in Port Jefferson, New York (d. 2018)
- Apr 13 Jon Stone, American director and co-creator of Sesame Street, born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1997)
- Apr 14 John Clarke, American actor (Days of Our Lives -"Mickey"), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2019)
- Apr 14 Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
- Apr 15 Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor (Ireland), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Apr 15 Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet (Nobel Prize for Literature - 2011), born in Stockholm (d. 2015)
- Apr 16 John Littlejohn [Funchess], American electric blues slide guitarist ("So-Called Friends"), born in Lake, Mississippi (d. 1994)
- Apr 16 Piet de Visser, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2012)
- Apr 17 John Bartlett, Australian tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain), born in Woonona, New South Wales
- Apr 17 John Chalstrey, 668th Lord Mayor of London
- Apr 17 Joyce Molyneux, British chef and author
- Apr 17 Roberta Stephen, Canadian classical composer (The Eye Of The Seasons), born in Alberta
- Apr 17 Ruth Etchells, English poet and principal (St John's College-Durham), born in Liverpool
- Apr 18 Klas Lestander, Swedish biathlete (Olympic gold 20k 1960), born in Arjeplog, Sweden (d. 2023)
- Apr 19 Alex Webster, American football coach (NY Giants), born in Kearney, New Jersey (d. 2012)
- Apr 19 Denis Henry, British High Court judge, born in Margate, Kent, England (d. 2010)
- Apr 19 Garfield Morgan, British actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy), born in Birmingham, Warwickshire (d. 2009)
- Apr 19 Kobie Coetsee, South African Minister of Defense (1993-94) and Minister of Justice (1980-93), born in Ladybrand, South Africa (d. 2000)
- Apr 19 Walter Stewart, Canadian writer and journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2004)
- Apr 20 Lee H. Hamilton, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana, born in Daytona Beach, Florida
- Apr 21 Morgan Wootten, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (46 seasons DeMatha Catholic HS, Hyattsville, Maryland; National C'ships 1962, 65, 68, 78, 84), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2020)
- Apr 22 Henk Gortzak [Hendricus Gortzak], Dutch carpenter and politician (CPN/PSP), born in Amsterdam (d. 1989)
- Apr 22 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet), born in London
- Apr 22 Simon "Siem" Vroom, Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries), born in Beemster, Noord-Holland (d. 1985)
- Apr 23 Chuck Feeney, American businessman (Duty Free Shoppers Group) and philanthropist (The Atlantic Philanthropies) who gave away almost his entire $8b fortune, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Apr 24 Bridget Riley, British painter (op-art), born in Norwood London, England
- Apr 25 David Shepherd, British painter (paintings of steam locomotives), born in Hendon, London (d. 2017)
- Apr 25 Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), born in Moscow (d. 1980)
- Apr 27 Igor Oistrakh, Soviet-Russian concert violinist (Wieniawski Competition, 1952), and educator (Moscow Conservatory, Brussels Royal Conservatory), born in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (d. 2021)
- Apr 27 Krzysztof Komeda, Polish jazz pianist and film composer (Rosemary's Baby), born in Poznań, Poland (d. 1969)
- Apr 27 Maxine Brown, American country music singer (Browns), born in Campti, Louisiana (d. 2019)
- Apr 29 Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
- Apr 29 Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter
- Apr 29 Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and the King of Skiffle, born in Glasgow (d. 2002)
- Apr 29 William Ball, American actor, director and founder of the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)
- Apr 30 Bill Clay, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri), born in St. Louis, Missouri
About April 1931
How Old? 91 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19), Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20)