- Apr 1 Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923
- Apr 3 Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
- Apr 5 Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
- Apr 16 Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (b. 1962)
- Apr 16 Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian woman to compete in the Olympic Games (b. 1915)
- Apr 21 Parry O'Brien, American shot putter (Olympic golds 1952, 1956, silver 1960), dies at 75
- Apr 25 Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
- Apr 25 Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
- Apr 29 Milt Bocek, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 94
- Apr 29 Josh Hancock, American baseball player, dies at 29
- Apr 29 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940)
- Apr 30 Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)