| 40021 | April 7 | Birth | 1922 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003) |
| 40022 | April 7 | Birth | 1924 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 40023 | April 7 | Birth | 1925 – Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011) |
| 40024 | April 7 | Birth | 1925 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011) |
| 40025 | April 7 | Birth | 1926 – Prem Nazir, Indian actor (d. 1989) |
| 40026 | April 7 | Birth | 1927 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003) |
| 40027 | April 7 | Birth | 1927 – Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper |
| 40028 | April 7 | Birth | 1928 – James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 40029 | April 7 | Birth | 1928 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 40030 | April 7 | Birth | 1928 – James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999) |
| 40031 | April 7 | Birth | 1929 – Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007) |
| 40032 | April 7 | Birth | 1929 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972) |
| 40033 | April 7 | Birth | 1930 – Jane Priestman, English interior designer |
| 40034 | April 7 | Birth | 1930 – Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009) |
| 40035 | April 7 | Birth | 1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter |
| 40036 | April 7 | Birth | 1930 – Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015) |
| 40037 | April 7 | Birth | 1931 – Donald Barthelme, American journalist and author (d. 1989) |
| 40038 | April 7 | Birth | 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American theorist and author |
| 40039 | April 7 | Birth | 1932 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013) |
| 40040 | April 7 | Birth | 1933 – Wayne Rogers, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 40041 | April 7 | Birth | 1933 – Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004) |
| 40042 | April 7 | Birth | 1934 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007) |
| 40043 | April 7 | Birth | 1935 – Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 40044 | April 7 | Birth | 1935 – Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs |
| 40045 | April 7 | Birth | 1937 – Cynthia Lynn, Latvian-American actress (d. 2014) |
| 40046 | April 7 | Birth | 1938 – Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of California |
| 40047 | April 7 | Birth | 1938 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Dinosaurs, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy) (d. 2005) |
| 40048 | April 7 | Birth | 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008) |
| 40049 | April 7 | Birth | 1938 – Iris Johansen, American author |
| 40050 | April 7 | Birth | 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter |