Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)
Apr 14 Russian poet and playwright (Ode to Revolution, The Bathhouse), commits suicide by shooting himself through the heart at 36
- Apr 16 José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (b. 1894)
- Apr 17 Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer, dies at 67
- Apr 19 Charles Scribner II, American magazine and book publisher, dies at 75
- Apr 19 Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827)
- Apr 21 Alex Smith, Scottish-American golfer (US Open 1906, 10), dies at 56
- Apr 21 Robert Bridges, English poet (Testament of beauty) and British Poet Laureate (1913-30), dies at 85
- Apr 22 Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (Bondens Søn), dies at 63
- Apr 24 Henry Ernest Dudeney, English mathematician and puzzle maker, dies at 73
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide