| 38221 | April 3 | Birth | 1924 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945) |
| 38222 | April 3 | Birth | 1925 – Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 2014) |
| 38223 | April 3 | Birth | 1926 – Timothy Bateson, English actor (d. 2009) |
| 38224 | April 3 | Birth | 1926 – Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach |
| 38225 | April 3 | Birth | 1926 – Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967) |
| 38226 | April 3 | Birth | 1927 – Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (d. 2012) |
| 38227 | April 3 | Birth | 1928 – Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003) |
| 38228 | April 3 | Birth | 1928 – Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 38229 | April 3 | Birth | 1928 – Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue |
| 38230 | April 3 | Birth | 1928 – Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 38231 | April 3 | Birth | 1928 – Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television personality (d. 1999) |
| 38232 | April 3 | Birth | 1929 – Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (d. 1982) |
| 38233 | April 3 | Birth | 1929 – Lee Leonard, American radio and television host |
| 38234 | April 3 | Birth | 1929 – Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark |
| 38235 | April 3 | Birth | 1930 – Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998) |
| 38236 | April 3 | Birth | 1930 – Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany |
| 38237 | April 3 | Birth | 1930 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (d. 2015) |
| 38238 | April 3 | Birth | 1930 – Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach |
| 38239 | April 3 | Birth | 1931 – William Bast, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015) |
| 38240 | April 3 | Birth | 1931 – David Swift, English actor |
| 38241 | April 3 | Birth | 1933 – Bob Dornan, American politician |
| 38242 | April 3 | Birth | 1934 – Jane Goodall, English primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist |
| 38243 | April 3 | Birth | 1934 – Jim Parker, American football player (d. 2005) |
| 38244 | April 3 | Birth | 1936 – Scott LaFaro, American bassist (d. 1961) |
| 38245 | April 3 | Birth | 1936 – Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (d. 2008) |
| 38246 | April 3 | Birth | 1936 – Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1987) |
| 38247 | April 3 | Birth | 1938 – Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer |
| 38248 | April 3 | Birth | 1939 – François de Roubaix, French composer (d. 1975) |
| 38249 | April 3 | Birth | 1939 – Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 38250 | April 3 | Birth | 1939 – Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and politician |