- Apr 8 Lewis Morris, American landowner and farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Morrisania, New York (d. 1798)
- Apr 12 Charles Burney, English music historian, born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1814)
- Apr 20 Jozef de Ferraris, French-Austrian general and cartographer, born in Lunéville, France (d. 1814)
- Apr 26 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, born in Stretta di Morosaglia, France (d. 1807)
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