- Apr 2 Frank Springer, American comics artist (The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist), dies at 79
- Apr 5 George Tribe, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests; Northamptonshire; 66 VFL games Footscray), dies at 88
- Apr 6 Shawn Mackay, Brumbies rugby player (b. 1982)
- Apr 7 Dave Arneson, Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)
- Apr 8 Herbie Lovelle, America drummer, studio musician (Hot Lips Page) and actor (Law & Order), dies at 85
- Apr 9 Nick Adenhart, American baseball player, dies at 22
- Apr 10 Deborah Digges, American poet (b. 1950)
- Apr 11 Corín Tellado, Spanish romance novelist, sold the most books in Spanish (400 million), dies at 81
- Apr 12 John Maddox, British science writer and editor (Nature), dies at 83
- Apr 13 Harry Kalas, American sportscaster, dies at 73
- Apr 13 Bruce Snyder, American football coach, dies at 69
- Apr 13 Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) nicknamed "The Bird", dies at 54
- Apr 14 Maurice Druon, French writer and journalist (Prix Goncourt), dies at 90
- Apr 15 Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster and former liberal MP, dies at 84
- Apr 17 Honoré Desmond Sharrer, American artist (Tribute to the American Working People), dies aged 88
- Apr 17 Martin Garrod, British Commandant General Royal Marines, dies at 73
- Apr 18 Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress, dies at 22
- Apr 19 J.G. Ballard, British novelist. (b. 1930)
- Apr 19 Doc Blanchard, American College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Heisman Trophy 1945; National C'ship 1944, 45, 46; Army), dies of pneumonia at 84
- Apr 21 Vivian Maier, American street photographer unknown until her death, dies at 83
- Apr 22 Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer (Black Narcissus), dies at 94
- Apr 24 John Michell, British writer, (b. 1933)
- Apr 25 John Marchi, American politician (b. 1921)
- Apr 25 Bea Arthur, American comedian, singer and actress (Maude; The Golden Girls), dies at 86
- Apr 27 Frankie Manning, American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop, dies at 94
- Apr 27 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), dies at 69
- Apr 27 Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress & model, dies at 25
- Apr 28 Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer, dies of a heart attack at 62
- Apr 28 Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina, dies at 70
- Apr 28 Vern Gosdin, American country singer (Set 'Em Up Joe), dies after a stroke at 74
- Apr 30 Venetia Burney [Phair], British woman credited with naming Clyde Tombaugh's discovered planet "Pluto" (1930), dies at 90
- Apr 30 Ron Richards, British record producer (Gerry and The Pacemakers; The Hollies), dies at 80