| 37771 | April 2 | Birth | 1926 – Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (d. 2006) |
| 37772 | April 2 | Birth | 1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (d. 2012) |
| 37773 | April 2 | Birth | 1927 – Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (d. 2014) |
| 37774 | April 2 | Birth | 1927 – Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015) |
| 37775 | April 2 | Birth | 1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (d. 1980) |
| 37776 | April 2 | Birth | 1928 – Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996) |
| 37777 | April 2 | Birth | 1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991) |
| 37778 | April 2 | Birth | 1928 – Roy Masters, English-American radio host |
| 37779 | April 2 | Birth | 1928 – David Robinson, Irish horticulturist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 37780 | April 2 | Birth | 1929 – Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (d. 1999) |
| 37781 | April 2 | Birth | 1930 – Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor |
| 37782 | April 2 | Birth | 1930 – Yelizaveta Yermolayeva, Russian runner |
| 37783 | April 2 | Birth | 1931 – Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (d. 1986) |
| 37784 | April 2 | Birth | 1932 – Edward Egan, American cardinal (d. 2015) |
| 37785 | April 2 | Birth | 1933 – György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author |
| 37786 | April 2 | Birth | 1934 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2007) |
| 37787 | April 2 | Birth | 1934 – Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997) |
| 37788 | April 2 | Birth | 1934 – Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host |
| 37789 | April 2 | Birth | 1935 – Sharon Acker, Canadian actress |
| 37790 | April 2 | Birth | 1936 – Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer |
| 37791 | April 2 | Birth | 1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 37792 | April 2 | Birth | 1937 – Denis Tuohy, Northern Irish television journalist |
| 37793 | April 2 | Birth | 1938 – John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army |
| 37794 | April 2 | Birth | 1938 – Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961) |
| 37795 | April 2 | Birth | 1938 – Al Weis, American baseball player |
| 37796 | April 2 | Birth | 1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (The Moonglows) (d. 1984) |
| 37797 | April 2 | Birth | 1939 – Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor |
| 37798 | April 2 | Birth | 1939 – Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec |
| 37799 | April 2 | Birth | 1940 – Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach |
| 37800 | April 2 | Birth | 1940 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981) |