| 37801 | April 2 | Birth | 1940 – Penelope Keith, English actress and singer |
| 37802 | April 2 | Birth | 1941 – Dr. Demento, American radio host |
| 37803 | April 2 | Birth | 1942 – Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist |
| 37804 | April 2 | Birth | 1942 – Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef |
| 37805 | April 2 | Birth | 1942 – Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor |
| 37806 | April 2 | Birth | 1943 – Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports |
| 37807 | April 2 | Birth | 1943 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007) |
| 37808 | April 2 | Birth | 1943 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist (The Free Spirits and The Eleventh House) |
| 37809 | April 2 | Birth | 1943 – Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor |
| 37810 | April 2 | Birth | 1944 – Bill Malinchak, American football player |
| 37811 | April 2 | Birth | 1945 – Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter (Les Humphries Singers) |
| 37812 | April 2 | Birth | 1945 – Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver |
| 37813 | April 2 | Birth | 1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress |
| 37814 | April 2 | Birth | 1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach |
| 37815 | April 2 | Birth | 1945 – Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 37816 | April 2 | Birth | 1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet |
| 37817 | April 2 | Birth | 1946 – David Heyes, English politician |
| 37818 | April 2 | Birth | 1946 – Judith Ann Lanzinger, American jurist |
| 37819 | April 2 | Birth | 1946 – Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (d. 2014) |
| 37820 | April 2 | Birth | 1946 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) (d. 1997) |
| 37821 | April 2 | Birth | 1947 – Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter |
| 37822 | April 2 | Birth | 1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 37823 | April 2 | Birth | 1947 – Camille Paglia, American author and critic |
| 37824 | April 2 | Birth | 1948 – Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator |
| 37825 | April 2 | Birth | 1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012) |
| 37826 | April 2 | Birth | 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author |
| 37827 | April 2 | Birth | 1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author |
| 37828 | April 2 | Birth | 1949 – Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host |
| 37829 | April 2 | Birth | 1949 – Bernd Müller, German footballer |
| 37830 | April 2 | Birth | 1949 – Ron Palillo, American actor (d. 2012) |