- Apr 5 Fie Carelsen [Sophia de Jong], Dutch stage and screen actress (Malle gevallen), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1975)
- Apr 17 Arthemus "Art" Acord, American silent film actor and rodeo champion (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists), born in Glenwood, Utah (d. 1931)
- Apr 18 James Rennie, Canadian actor (Lash, Little Damozel), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1965)
- Apr 23 Marcel L'Herbier, French director and screenwriter (El Dorado), born in Paris (d. 1979)
- Apr 26 Edgar Kennedy, American silent and sound screen character actor famous for his 'slow burn' (Laurel & Hardy films; Duck Soup; "Average Man" shorts) and director (From Soup to Nuts), born in Lake San Antonio, California (d. 1948)