Editing 1942 (section)

===April===
[[File:Leon Russell Billboard.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Leon Russell]]]]
[[File:Jeetendra 2012 ekta birthday.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeetendra]]]]
[[File:Malcolm Turnbull and Jacob Zuma in Jakarta 2017 11 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jacob Zuma]]]]
[[File:David Bradley by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]]]]
[[File:Geoffrey Palmer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Geoffrey Palmer (politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]]]]
[[File:Barbra Streisand with Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci (27806589237) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Barbra Streisand]]]]
* [[April 1]] – [[Samuel R. Delany]], American science fiction author
* [[April 2]]
** [[Leon Russell]], American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist (d. [[2016]])
** [[Roshan Seth]], British actor
* [[April 3]] 
** [[Marsha Mason]], American actress
** [[Wayne Newton]], American entertainer and singer
** [[Billy Joe Royal]], American singer (d. [[2015]])
* [[April 5]]
** [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]], English musician
** [[Peter Greenaway]], English filmmaker and artist
* [[April 6]] 
** [[Barry Levinson]], American film producer and director
** [[Anita Pallenberg]], German-Italian actress, artist, and model (d. [[2017]])
* [[April 7]] – [[Jeetendra]], Indian actor
* [[April 8]]
** [[Roger Chapman]], British rock singer 
** [[Douglas Trumbull]], American film director and [[special effect]]s artist (d. [[2022]])
* [[April 9]] – [[Brandon deWilde]], American actor (d. [[1972]]) 
* [[April 10]] – [[Hayedeh]], Iranian singer (d. [[1990]])
* [[April 12]] 
** [[Carlos Reutemann]], Argentine racing driver and politician (d. [[2021]])
** [[Jacob Zuma]], 4th [[President of South Africa]]
* [[April 14]]
** [[Valeriy Brumel]], Russian athlete (d. [[2003]])
** [[Valentin Lebedev]], Russian cosmonaut
* [[April 15]] – [[Julie Sommars]], American actress
* [[April 17]]
** [[Kenas Aroi]], Nauruan politician (d. [[1991]])
** [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]], English actor
* [[April 18]]
** [[Jeff Kimpel]], American atmospheric scientist (d. [[2020]])
** [[Jochen Rindt]], German-born racing driver (d. [[1970]])
* [[April 19]] – [[Alan Price]], English musician and keyboardist
* [[April 20]]
** [[Casimir Oyé-Mba]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Gabon]] (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bdpgabon.org/articles/categories/afrique/EEEEFFpllVCMBupXnN.shtml|title=Bongo Doit Partir - BDP Gabon Nouveau: Actualités: Afrique: Bio-Portrait: Casimir Oyé Mba, le profil de l'emploi|date=April 22, 2007|access-date=September 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422175103/http://www.bdpgabon.org/articles/categories/afrique/EEEEFFpllVCMBupXnN.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Arto Paasilinna]], Finnish author (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Arto Paasilinna 20.4.1942–15.10.2018 |date=February 9, 2024 |url=https://www.wsoy.fi/uutiset/arto-paasilinna-20-4-1942-15-10-2018 |publisher=WSOY |language=fi}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Geoffrey Palmer (politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]], 33rd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
* [[April 22]] – [[Rudolf Jaenisch]], German-American biologist 
* [[April 23]]
** [[Sandra Dee]], American actress (d. [[2005]])
** [[Christian Frémont]], French politician (d. [[2014]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Barbra Streisand]], American singer, actress, composer, and film director
* [[April 25]] – [[Jon Kyl]], American politician
* [[April 26]] – [[Bobby Rydell]], American singer (d. [[2022]])
* [[April 27]]
** [[Jim Keltner]], American drummer
** [[Valeri Polyakov]], Russian cosmonaut (d. [[2022]])
* [[April 29]] – [[Galina Kulakova]], Soviet athlete