- Apr 1 Jessica Collins [Capogna], actress (Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving)
- Apr 1 Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
- Apr 2 Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player (16 x Grand Slam doubles titles; 6 x GS mixed doubles titles; Olympic gold 1996) and broadcaster (7 Network, 9 Network), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Apr 4 John Zandig, American professional wrestler, born in Sewell, New Jersey
- Apr 7 Guillaume Depardieu, French actor
- Apr 8 Craig Mazin, American scriptwriter and film director (Chernobyl, The Last of Us), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Apr 9 Austin Peck, American actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Apr 11 Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor (The Hurricane), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Apr 12 Nicholas Brendon, American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California
Shannen Doherty (1971-2024)
Apr 12 American actress (Little House on the Prairie, Beverly Hills 90210; Charmed), born in Memphis, Tennessee [1]
- Apr 13 Cory Yothers, American actor (Off the Rock), born in Los Angeles, California
- Apr 13 Dina Korzun, Russian actress, born in Smolensk, Russia
- Apr 15 Katy Hill, British television presenter
- Apr 16 Max Beesley, English actor (Bodies; Hotel Babylon), and session and touting vibraphonist, born in Burnage, Manchester, England
- Apr 16 Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor (Heart of Greed), born in Hong Kong
- Apr 16 Peter Billingsley, American actor (A Christmas Story; The Dirt Bike Kid), and filmaker, born in New York City
- Apr 17 Claire Sweeney, British stage and screen actress (Brookside), born in Walton, Liverpool
- Apr 17 Jim Acosta, American journalist (CNN White House correspondent), born in Washington, D.C.
David Tennant (53 years old)
Apr 18 Scottish actor (Doctor Who; Broadchurch), born in Bathgate, Scotland
- Apr 18 Tamara Braun, American actress (Ava Vitali-Days of Our Lives), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Apr 22 Eric Mabius, American actor
- Apr 22 Ingo Rademacher, German FR, actor (Jasper Jacks-General Hospital)
- Apr 25 Scott Yoo, Korean-American violinist, conductor (Mexico City Philharmonic, 2016-), and television host (Now Hear This), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Apr 25 Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2011)
- Apr 27 Hayley Carr, Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns)
- Apr 27 Tess Daly, British television presenter (Strictly Come Dancing), born in Stockport, Cheshire, England
- Apr 28 Bridget Moynahan, American actress, born in Binghamton, New York
- Apr 28 Chris Young, Penn, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)
- Apr 28 Simbi Khali, American actress (Nina-3rd Rock From the Sun)
About April 1971
How Old? 53 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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