| 38251 | April 3 | Birth | 1941 – Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter (Jan and Dean) (d. 2004) |
| 38252 | April 3 | Birth | 1941 – Carl Boenish, American BASE jumper and cinematographer (d. 1984) |
| 38253 | April 3 | Birth | 1941 – Eric Braeden, German-American actor and producer |
| 38254 | April 3 | Birth | 1941 – Philippé Wynne, American singer (The Spinners) (d. 1984) |
| 38255 | April 3 | Birth | 1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress and director |
| 38256 | April 3 | Birth | 1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer and actor |
| 38257 | April 3 | Birth | 1942 – Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005) |
| 38258 | April 3 | Birth | 1942 – Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015) |
| 38259 | April 3 | Birth | 1943 – Mario Lavista, Mexican composer |
| 38260 | April 3 | Birth | 1943 – Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 38261 | April 3 | Birth | 1943 – Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (The Band and The Revols) (d. 1986) |
| 38262 | April 3 | Birth | 1943 – Doreen Tracey, English singer and actress |
| 38263 | April 3 | Birth | 1944 – Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic |
| 38264 | April 3 | Birth | 1944 – Tony Orlando, American singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn) |
| 38265 | April 3 | Birth | 1945 – Doon Arbus, American author and journalist |
| 38266 | April 3 | Birth | 1945 – Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 38267 | April 3 | Birth | 1945 – Catherine Spaak, French actress and singer |
| 38268 | April 3 | Birth | 1946 – Dee Murray, English bass player (Procol Harum, The Mirage, and Spencer Davis Group) (d. 1992) |
| 38269 | April 3 | Birth | 1946 – Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress |
| 38270 | April 3 | Birth | 1946 – Hanna Suchocka, Polish lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Poland |
| 38271 | April 3 | Birth | 1946 – John Virgo, English snooker player and sportscaster |
| 38272 | April 3 | Birth | 1947 – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (d. 2013) |
| 38273 | April 3 | Birth | 1947 – Pat Proft, American actor and screenwriter |
| 38274 | April 3 | Birth | 1948 – Arlette Cousture, Canadian author and screenwriter |
| 38275 | April 3 | Birth | 1948 – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO |
| 38276 | April 3 | Birth | 1948 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico |
| 38277 | April 3 | Birth | 1949 – Lyle Alzado, American football player and actor (d. 1992) |
| 38278 | April 3 | Birth | 1949 – A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic |
| 38279 | April 3 | Birth | 1949 – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer |
| 38280 | April 3 | Birth | 1949 – Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fairport Convention and French Frith Kaiser Thompson) |