- Apr 3 Theodor Aufrecht, German linguist, Indologist and translator (Rigveda's Hymns), dies at 85
- Apr 5 Laura de Force Gordon, California lawyer, a prominent suffragette, and 1st woman to run a daily newspaper in the US (Stockton Daily Leader, 1874), dies at 68
- Apr 23 Alfred Packer, American prospector 'The Colorado Cannibal', dies at 65
- Apr 26 Pietro Platania, Italian composer, dies at 79