| 38484 | April 3 | Death | 2005 – Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibi, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1971) |
| 38485 | April 3 | Death | 2005 – Tony Croatto, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Los TNT and Haciendo Punto en Otro Son) (b. 1940) |
| 38486 | April 3 | Death | 2005 – Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933) |
| 38487 | April 3 | Death | 2005 – François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944) |
| 38488 | April 3 | Death | 2007 – Nina Wang, Chinese wife of Teddy Wang (b. 1937) |
| 38489 | April 3 | Death | 2008 – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983) |
| 38490 | April 3 | Death | 2012 – Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (b. 1919) |
| 38461 | April 3 | Death | 1972 – Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892) |
| 38462 | April 3 | Death | 1975 – Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933) |
| 38463 | April 3 | Death | 1976 – David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (b. 1900) |
| 38464 | April 3 | Death | 1976 – Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894) |
| 38465 | April 3 | Death | 1978 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903) |
| 38466 | April 3 | Death | 1978 – Winston Sharples, American composer (b. 1909) |
| 38467 | April 3 | Death | 1981 – Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (b. 1899) |
| 38468 | April 3 | Death | 1982 – Warren Oates, American actor and singer (b. 1928) |
| 38469 | April 3 | Death | 1986 – Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (b. 1910) |
| 38470 | April 3 | Death | 1987 – Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936) |
| 38471 | April 3 | Death | 1988 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (b. 1907) |
| 38472 | April 3 | Death | 1990 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924) |
| 38473 | April 3 | Death | 1991 – Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (b. 1901) |
| 38474 | April 3 | Death | 1991 – Graham Greene, English author, playwright, and critic (b. 1904) |
| 38475 | April 3 | Death | 1993 – Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907) |
| 38476 | April 3 | Death | 1994 – Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932) |
| 38477 | April 3 | Death | 1995 – Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902) |
| 38478 | April 3 | Death | 1996 – Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941) |
| 38479 | April 3 | Death | 1998 – Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900) |
| 38480 | April 3 | Death | 1999 – Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930) |
| 38481 | April 3 | Death | 1999 – Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (b. 1909) |
| 38482 | April 3 | Death | 2000 – Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946) |
| 38483 | April 3 | Death | 2004 – Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942) |