- Apr 1 Boris Koutzen, Russian violinist, composer, and educator, born in Uman, Russia (now Ukraine) (d. 1966)
- Apr 1 Johnny Farrell, American golfer (US Open 1928), born in White Plains, NY (d. 1988)
- Apr 1 Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
- Apr 5 Alexander Alexeieff, Russian-French painter and graphic artist, born in Kazan, Russia (d. 1982)
- Apr 5 Chester Bowles, American ambassador and writer (Conscience of a Liberal), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
- Apr 5 Melvyn Douglas [Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg], American actor (Hud, Being There, Ghost Story), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1981)
- Apr 6 Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1990, born in Turin, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1925)
- Apr 6 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer, and music critic, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1991) [some sources give birthdate as April 8]
- Apr 9 Paul Willis, American actor (The Little Lumberjack, Little Kaintuck), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1960)
- Apr 9 Sharon Lynn [D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay], American silent and sound screen actress (Way Out West; The Big Broadcast), born in Weatherford, Texas (d. 1963)
- Apr 11 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer and manufacturer (typewriter), born in Ivrea, Italy (d. 1960)
- Apr 11 Glenway Wescott, American writer (Apartment in Athens), born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin (d. 1987)
- Apr 11 Theodor Rogalski, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1954)
- Apr 12 Lowell Stockman, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon, born in Helix, Oregon (d. 1962)
- Apr 13 Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist, born in Paris (d. 1981)
- Apr 13 René Pleven, Prime Minister of France (1950-52), born in Rennes, France (d. 1993)
- Apr 14 Martin Kessel, German writer (Mr. Brecher's Fiasco), born in Plauen, Germany (d. 1990)
- Apr 15 Joe Davis, English snooker player (World Champion 1927-40, 1946), born in Whitwell, Derbyshire (d. 1978)
- Apr 16 Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1987)
- Apr 17 George Keyt, Sri Lankan painter, born in Ceylon (d. 1993)
- Apr 18 Al Lewis, American lyricist, songwriter and music publisher ("Blueberry Hill"; "You Gotta Be a Football Hero"), born in New York City (d. 1967)
- Apr 20 Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist, born in Paris (d. 1990)
- Apr 21 Julián Bautista, Spanish orchestral and film score composer, and conductor, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1961)
- Apr 23 E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist, born in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire (d. 1988)
- Apr 24 Charles Phillips, British archaeologist who lead the Sutton Hoo excavation, born in England (d. 1985)
- Apr 25 Ernst Gernot Klussmann, German composer, born in Hamburg, GermanyGerman Empire (d. 1975)
- Apr 28 Corry [Cornelia Diderika] Vonk, Dutch actress (Bleeke Bet), born in Amsterdam (d. 1988)
- Apr 29 G. O. Sayles, English historian, born in Chesterfield, England (d. 1994)
Hirohito (1901-1989)
Apr 29 124th Emperor of Japan (1926-89), born in Aoyama Palace, Tokyo
- Apr 30 Simon Kuznets, American economist (Nobel 1971), born in Pinsk, Russian Empire (d. 1985)
About April 1901
How Old? 123 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
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