- Apr 1 Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
- Apr 1 Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), dies at 58
- Apr 1 Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek soccer midfielder (46 caps; Olympiacos; Panathinaikos) and manager (Panathinaikos), dies from septicaemia at 51
- Apr 1 Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter ("Ya la pagarán"; "Caraqueña"), dies at 76
- Apr 1 Paul Atkinson, British rock guitarist and record company executive (The Zombies - "She's Not There"; "Time Of The Season"), dies of liver and kidney disease at 58
- Apr 2 John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
- Apr 4 Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (World C'ship gold road race 1948, 50), dies at 84
- Apr 4 Casey Sheehan, American soldier (Iraq War), son of peace activist Cindy Sheehan, killed in combat at 24
- Apr 5 Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
- Apr 5 Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915)
- Apr 6 Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929)
- Apr 6 Lou Berberet, American MLB baseball catcher (NY Yankees, Washington Senators), dies at 74
- Apr 6 Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Apr 7 Robert Sangster, British race horse owner and breeder, dies of pancreatic cancer at
- Apr 7 Victor Argo, American actor, dies at 69
- Apr 8 Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 49
- Apr 8 Douglas Hall, British colonial administrator (last British Governor of Somaliland Protectorate 1959-60), dies at 95
- Apr 8 Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (b. 1941)
- Apr 8 Frank Chamberlain, English cricketer and CEO (Test & County Cricket Board), dies at 78
- Apr 10 Donna Michele, American actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) and Playboy playmate (Dec, 1963), dies at 58
- Apr 13 Caron Keating, British television presenter, dies at 41
- Apr 14 Micheline Charest, French Canadian television producer (b. 1953)
- Apr 15 Ray Condo, Canadian musician, dies at 53
- Apr 17 Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (L'histoire de Jonas), dies at 95
- Apr 17 Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)
- Apr 17 [Andrew] Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (The Empire Strikes Back), dies of cancer at 73
- Apr 18 Frances Rafferty, American WWII pin-up girl, dancer and actress (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood), dies at 81
- Apr 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fijian tribal chief, first Prime Minister of Fiji (1970-92) President of Fiji (1994-2000), dies at 83
- Apr 19 John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920)
- Apr 19 Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
- Apr 21 Lorraine "Tui" St. George Tucker, American recorder player and composer (Catawba), dies at 79
- Apr 21 Mary McGrory, American journalist and columnist, dies at 85
- Apr 22 Jason L. Dunham, American Corporal in the United States Marine Corps and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 22
- Apr 22 Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger, killed in action at 27
Estée Lauder (1906-2004)
Apr 24 American entrepreneur (Estée Lauder cosmetics), dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 97
- Apr 24 Willie Watson, English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 2 x 100s) and soccer midfielder (4 caps; Sunderland), dies at 84
- Apr 24 Winson Hudson, American civil rights activist (rural Mississippi), dies at 87
- Apr 25 Albert Paulsen, Ecuadorian-American actor (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Doctors' Hospital), dies at 78
- Apr 25 Thom Gunn, British poet (The Wound), dies at 74
- Apr 26 Claude "Fiddler" Williams, American jazz violinist and guitarist (Twelve Clouds of Joy; Count Basie), dies at 96
- Apr 26 Hubert Selby Jr., American author (Last Exit to Brooklyn), dies at 75
- Apr 29 Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
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