- Apr 8 Karl Hermann Pillney, composer
- Apr 8 Yip Harburg [Isidore Hochberg], American lyricist (Somewhere Over The Rainbow), born in NYC, New York; (d. 1981)
- Apr 29 Jacques Wolfe, Romanian-American composer, born in Botoşani, Romania (d. 1973)
- Apr 30 [Reverend] Gary Davis, American blues and folk guitarist (A Little More Faith), born in Laurens, South Carolina (d. 1972)