| 48031 | April 26 | Birth | 1898 – John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (d. 1972) |
| 48032 | April 26 | Birth | 1899 – Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader (Oscar Rabin Band) (d. 1958) |
| 48033 | April 26 | Birth | 1900 – Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985) |
| 48034 | April 26 | Birth | 1900 – Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948) |
| 48035 | April 26 | Birth | 1904 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (d. 1991) |
| 48036 | April 26 | Birth | 1910 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997) |
| 48037 | April 26 | Birth | 1911 – Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002) |
| 48038 | April 26 | Birth | 1911 – Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (d. 1986) |
| 48039 | April 26 | Birth | 1912 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000) |
| 48040 | April 26 | Birth | 1914 – Charlie Chester, English radio and television host (d. 1997) |
| 48041 | April 26 | Birth | 1914 – Bernard Malamud, American author and academic (d. 1986) |
| 48042 | April 26 | Birth | 1914 – James Rouse, American real estate developer, founded The Rouse Company (d. 1996) |
| 48043 | April 26 | Birth | 1916 – Morris West, Australian author and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 48044 | April 26 | Birth | 1916 – Vic Perrin, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 48045 | April 26 | Birth | 1916 – George Tuska, American illustrator (d. 2009) |
| 48046 | April 26 | Birth | 1916 – Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 48047 | April 26 | Birth | 1917 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992) |
| 48048 | April 26 | Birth | 1917 – I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower |
| 48049 | April 26 | Birth | 1917 – Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 48050 | April 26 | Birth | 1918 – Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004) |
| 48051 | April 26 | Birth | 1918 – Stafford Repp, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 48052 | April 26 | Birth | 1921 – Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008) |
| 48053 | April 26 | Birth | 1922 – J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (d. 2014) |
| 48054 | April 26 | Birth | 1922 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (d. 1993) |
| 48055 | April 26 | Birth | 1922 – Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer |
| 48056 | April 26 | Birth | 1924 – Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 48057 | April 26 | Birth | 1925 – Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 48058 | April 26 | Birth | 1925 – Jørgen Ingmann, Danish singer and guitarist (Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann) (d. 2015) |
| 48059 | April 26 | Birth | 1926 – David Coleman, English sportscaster and game show host (d. 2013) |
| 48060 | April 26 | Birth | 1926 – J. B. Hutto, American singer and guitarist (d. 1983) |