- Apr 3 Reginald De Koven, American operetta and popular song composer (Oh Promise Me), born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1920)
- Apr 5 Wilhelm Harteveld, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1927)
- Apr 7 Walter Camp, father of American football (Yale), born in New Britain, Connecticut (d. 1925)
- Apr 8 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (founded School of Phenomenology), born in Proßnitz, Margraviate of Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1938)
- Apr 11 Basil Harwood, English organist and composer, born in Woodhouse, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1949)
- Apr 16 Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (d. 1924)
- Apr 18 Eduard Cuypers, Dutch architect (Sanatorium High-Laren), born in Roermond, The Netherlands (d. 1927)
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