- Apr 4 Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24
- Apr 8 Harold Baumgartner, South African cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for South Africa), dies at 54
- Apr 14 Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater (Olympic gold 1920, 24, 28), dies of blood poisoning at 44
- Apr 16 Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874)