Grigoraş Ionică Dinicu (; April 3, 1889 – March 28, 1949 August 5, 1948 ) was a Romanian composer and violinist or violin virtuoso.

The leader of Romania from 1948 to his death in 1965 was Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the First Secretary of the Romanian Workers ' Party, who first sowed the seeds of greater independence from the Soviet Union by persuading Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to withdraw troops from Romania in April 1958.

* April 14 – Ezra Fleischer, Romanian dissident, later Israeli writer ( d. 2006 )

* April 18 – Georges Boulanger, Romanian violinist ( d. 1958 )

* April 22 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer ( b. 1907 )

* April 7 – Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist ( b. 1875 )

* April 16 – Gala Galaction, Romanian writer ( d. 1961 )

* April 18 – Panait Istrati, Romanian writer ( b. 1884 )

The county councils of Bălţi, Soroca and Orhei were the earliest to ask for unification with the Kingdom of Romania, and on April 9 March 27 1918, in the presence of the Romanian Army, Sfatul Ţării voted in favour of the union, with the following conditions:

Mircea Eliade (; – April 22, 1986 ) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.

* April 25-George Stephănescu, Romanian composer ( b. 1843 )

* April 18 – Panait Istrati, Romanian novelist and short story writer

On April 9, 1918 ( old style March 27, 1918 ), during the chaos of the Russian Civil War, the Bessarabian legislature ( Sfatul Ţării ) voted in favor of unification with Romania with 86 votes in favor, three against, and 36 abstentions, an act regarded by the Russians as a Romanian invasion.

Until the repatriation convention of 15 April 1941, NKVD troops killed hundreds of Romanian peasants of Northern Bukovina as they tried to cross the border into Romania in order to escape from Soviet authorities.

Paul Celan ( 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970 ) was a Romanian poet and translator.

Emile Cioran (; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995 ) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist.

Lascăr Catargiu (; November 1823 – April 11, 1899 ) was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia.

Nicolae ( Nicu ) Covaci ( born 19 April 1947 in Timişoara, Romania ) is a Romanian painter, music composer, best known as the leader of Romanian Rock and cult band Phoenix, for which he is vocalist and guitar player, with more than 40 years of activity.

In April – May 1944, the Romanian forces led by General Mihai Racoviţǎ, together with elements of the German Eighth Army were responsible for defending northern Romania during the initial Soviet attempt to invade Romania, and took part in the Battles of Târgu Frumos.

Between 1997 and April 2002, they operated under two brand names Dialog ( for monthly subscription plans, in Romanian means " dialogue ") and Alo ( for prepay services ).

From April 24 to June 23, 1921, Paulescu published four papers at the Romanian Section of the Society of Biology in Paris:

Raiffeisen Bank Romania has resulted from the merger in June 2002 of the two Raiffeisen Group banks present on the local market Raiffeisenbank ( Romania ) S. A., established in 1998 as a subsidiary of RZB Austria and Banca Agricola Raiffeisen S. A. established in April 2001, after the take over by RZB Austria of the Romanian state-owned Banca Agricola.

Iorga became Romanian Premier in April 1931, upon the request of Carol II, who had returned from exile to replace his own son, Michael I.

Cluj-Napoca Airport was founded on 1 April 1932 by the Romanian Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Anton Diabelli, lithograph by Josef KriehuberAnton ( or Antonio ) Diabelli ( 5 September 17817 April 1858 ) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer of Italian descent.

Sir Charles Spencer " Charlie " Chaplin, KBE ( 16 April 188925 December 1977 ) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era.

George Frideric Handel ( German: Georg Friedrich Händel ; ) ( 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759 ) was a German-born British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos.

Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897 ) was a German composer and pianist.

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (; ; 23 April 1891 – 5 March 1953 ) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.

Laboulaye arranged events designed to appeal to the rich and powerful, including a special performance at the Paris Opera on April 25, 1876, that featured a new cantata by composer Charles Gounod.

Samuel Loyd ( January 30, 1841 – April 10, 1911 ), born in Philadelphia and raised in New York, was an American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician.

Timothy James " Tim " Curry ( born 19 April 1946 ) is a British actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions.

* April 17 – Frederik Magle, Danish composer

* April 20 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer ( b. 1946 )

* April 3 – Lionel Bart, English composer ( b. 1930 )

* April 10 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer ( b. 1661 )

* April 17 – Scott Joplin, African-American musician and composer ( b. 1867 – 1868 )

* April 7 – Percy Faith, Canadian-born composer, musician ( d. 1976 )

* April 10 – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian artist and composer ( b. 1875 )

* April 14 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer

* April 15 – Michael Kamen, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* April 17 – Jan Hammer, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and keyboardist

* April 24 – Manuel Ponce, Mexican composer ( b. 1882 )

* April 7 – Jack Lawrence, American composer ( d. 2009 )

* April 5 – Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer ( b. 1903 )

* April 12 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer ( b. 1719 )

* April 15 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer ( b. 1711 )

* April 24 – Barbra Streisand, American singer, theatre and film actress, composer

* April 19 – Tim Curry, British actor, singer and composer