Died in April
Celebrities died in April (any year).
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
Born:December 17, 1936
Died:April 21, 2025
Val Kilmer
American actor
Born:December 31, 1959
Died:April 1, 2025
Jerry Springer
American television personality and politician
Born:February 13, 1944
Died:April 27, 2023
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist
Born:March 1, 1927
Died:April 25, 2023
Jim Steinman
American composer, lyricist and record producer
Born:November 1, 1947
Died:April 19, 2021
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier
Born:April 29, 1938
Died:April 14, 2021
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
Born:June 10, 1921
Died:April 9, 2021
Prince
American musician
Born:June 7, 1958
Died:April 21, 2016
Merle Haggard
American country music songwriter, singer, and musician
Born:April 6, 1937
Died:April 6, 2016
Bob Hoskins
English actor
Born:October 26, 1942
Died:April 29, 2014
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate
Born:March 6, 1927
Died:April 17, 2014
Mickey Rooney
American actor
Born:September 23, 1920
Died:April 6, 2014
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
Born:October 13, 1925
Died:April 8, 2013
Bea Arthur
American actress and comedienne
Born:May 13, 1922
Died:April 25, 2009
Charlton Heston
American actor
Born:October 4, 1923
Died:April 5, 2008
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia
Born:February 1, 1931
Died:April 23, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut
American author
Born:November 11, 1922
Died:April 11, 2007
Papa Juan Pablo II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
Born:May 18, 1920
Died:April 2, 2005
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist
Born:February 21, 1933
Died:April 21, 2003
Lisa Lopes
American singer and rapper
Born:May 27, 1971
Died:April 25, 2002
Linda Lovelace
American pornographic actress
Born:January 10, 1949
Died:April 22, 2002
Layne Staley
American rock musician
Born:August 22, 1967
Died:April 5, 2002
Linda McCartney
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist
Born:September 24, 1941
Died:April 17, 1998
Ginger Rogers
American actress and dancer
Born:July 16, 1911
Died:April 25, 1995