- Apr 1 Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
- Apr 2 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
- Apr 2 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79
- Apr 12 William Graham Sumner, American sociologist (Folkways), dies at 69
- Apr 13 William Orchardson, British painter, dies at 78
- Apr 14 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (b. 1856)
- Apr 17 Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican lawyer and diplomat (Secretary of Foreign Affairs), dies at 80
- Apr 20 Samuel Gibbs French, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 91
Mark Twain
Apr 21 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
- Apr 26 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author "Pa Guds Veje" and Nobel laureate 1903, dies at 77