| 38431 | April 3 | Death | 1682 – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618) |
| 38432 | April 3 | Death | 1691 – Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (b. 1608) |
| 38433 | April 3 | Death | 1695 – Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636) |
| 38434 | April 3 | Death | 1717 – Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640) |
| 38435 | April 3 | Death | 1728 – James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662) |
| 38436 | April 3 | Death | 1792 – George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706) |
| 38437 | April 3 | Death | 1804 – Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727) |
| 38438 | April 3 | Death | 1827 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756) |
| 38439 | April 3 | Death | 1838 – François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780) |
| 38440 | April 3 | Death | 1844 – Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807) |
| 38441 | April 3 | Death | 1846 – William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814) |
| 38442 | April 3 | Death | 1849 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809) |
| 38443 | April 3 | Death | 1868 – Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796) |
| 38444 | April 3 | Death | 1882 – Jesse James, American criminal (b. 1847) |
| 38445 | April 3 | Death | 1897 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833) |
| 38446 | April 3 | Death | 1901 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844) |
| 38447 | April 3 | Death | 1902 – Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814) |
| 38448 | April 3 | Death | 1930 – Emma Albani, Canadian-English soprano and actress (b. 1847) |
| 38449 | April 3 | Death | 1936 – Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899) |
| 38450 | April 3 | Death | 1941 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877) |
| 38451 | April 3 | Death | 1941 – Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879) |
| 38452 | April 3 | Death | 1943 – Conrad Veidt, German-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893) |
| 38453 | April 3 | Death | 1946 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887) |
| 38454 | April 3 | Death | 1950 – Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (b. 1900) |
| 38455 | April 3 | Death | 1950 – Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875) |
| 38456 | April 3 | Death | 1951 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890) |
| 38457 | April 3 | Death | 1952 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866) |
| 38458 | April 3 | Death | 1958 – Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891) |
| 38459 | April 3 | Death | 1962 – Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883) |
| 38460 | April 3 | Death | 1971 – Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904) |