April 3

Pre-1600

 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
 * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
 * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
 * 1559 – The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars.

1601–1900

 * 1721 – Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.
 * 1851 – Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III.
 * 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
 * 1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
 * 1882 – American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
 * 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.
 * 1888 – Jack the Ripper: The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
 * 1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.

1901–present

 * 1920 – Attempts are made to carry out the failed assassination attempt on General Mannerheim, led by Aleksander Weckman by order of Eino Rahja, during the White Guard parade in Tampere, Finland.
 * 1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
 * 1933 – First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
 * 1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
 * 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
 * 1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
 * 1948 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
 * 1948  – In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses known as the Jeju uprising begins.
 * 1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
 * 1956 – Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
 * 1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day.
 * 1969 – Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
 * 1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
 * 1974 – The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second largest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
 * 1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins.
 * 1975  – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
 * 1980 – US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.
 * 1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
 * 1989 – The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
 * 1993 – The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time
 * 1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
 * 1996  – A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
 * 1997 – The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
 * 2000 – United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
 * 2004 – Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
 * 2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph).
 * 2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
 * 2008  – Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
 * 2009 – Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
 * 2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
 * 2013 – More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 * 2016 – The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
 * 2017 – A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
 * 2018 – YouTube headquarters shooting: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before committing suicide.

Pre-1600

 * 1016 – Xing Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1055)
 * 1151 – Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)
 * 1395 – George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (d. 1486)
 * 1438 – John III of Egmont, Dutch nobleman (d. 1516)
 * 1529 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)
 * 1540 – Maria de' Medici, Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (d. 1557)
 * 1593 – George Herbert, English poet (d. 1633)

1601–1900

 * 1643 – Charles V, duke of Lorraine (d. 1690)
 * 1682 – Valentin Rathgeber, German organist and composer (d. 1750)
 * 1693 – George Edwards, English ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1773)
 * 1715 – William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787)
 * 1764 – John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1831)
 * 1769 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (d. 1835)
 * 1770 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (d. 1843)
 * 1778 – Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (d. 1862)
 * 1781 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (d. 1830)
 * 1782 – Alexander Macomb, American general (d. 1841)
 * 1783 – Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (d. 1859)
 * 1791 – Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d. 1840)
 * 1798 – Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d. 1877)
 * 1807 – Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (d. 1877)
 * 1814 – Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901)
 * 1822 – Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (d. 1909)
 * 1823 – George Derby, American lieutenant and journalist (d. 1861)
 * 1823  – William M. Tweed, American politician (d. 1878)
 * 1826 – Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (d. 1900)
 * 1837 – John Burroughs, American botanist and author (d. 1921)
 * 1842 – Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (d. 1864)
 * 1848 – Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and captain (d. 1879)
 * 1852 – Talbot Baines Reed, English author (d. 1893)
 * 1858 – Jacob Gaudaur, Canadian rower (d. 1937)
 * 1860 – Frederik van Eeden, Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 1932)
 * 1864 – Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (d. 1943)
 * 1875 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956)
 * 1876 – Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (d. 1958)
 * 1876  – Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (d. 1932)
 * 1880 – Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (d. 1903)
 * 1881 – Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954)
 * 1882 – Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1952)
 * 1883 – Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author (d. 1937)
 * 1885 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
 * 1885  – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
 * 1885  – Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (d. 1944)
 * 1885  – St John Philby, English colonial and explorer (d. 1960)
 * 1886 – Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (d. 1953)
 * 1887 – Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (d. 1956)
 * 1887  – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966)
 * 1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (d. 1972)
 * 1889 – Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1949)
 * 1893 – Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943)
 * 1895 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1968)
 * 1895  – Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
 * 1897 – Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer (d. 1970)
 * 1897  – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (d. 1989)
 * 1898 – David Jack, English footballer and manager (d. 1958)
 * 1898  – George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1981)
 * 1898  – Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time magazine (d. 1967)
 * 1900 – Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987)
 * 1900  – Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958)

1901–present

 * 1903  – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (d. 1988)
 * 1904 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)
 * 1904  – Sally Rand, American dancer (d. 1979)
 * 1904  – Russel Wright, American furniture designer (d. 1976)
 * 1905 – Robert Sink, American general (d. 1965)
 * 1910 – Ted Hook, Australian public servant (d. 1990)
 * 1911 – Nanette Bordeaux, Canadian-American actress (d. 1956)
 * 1911  – Michael Woodruff, English-Scottish surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
 * 1911  – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (d. 1980)
 * 1912 – Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)
 * 1912  – Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (d. 1963)
 * 1913 – Per Borten, Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2005)
 * 1914 – Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
 * 1914  – Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (d. 2008)
 * 1915 – Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2016)
 * 1915  – İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish physician and academic (d. 2010)
 * 1916 – Herb Caen, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
 * 1916  – Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (d. 1988)
 * 1916  – Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer (d. 1991)
 * 1918 – Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014)
 * 1918  – Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
 * 1919 – Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (d. 2015)
 * 1919  – Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer (d. 2008)
 * 1920 – Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor (d. 2001)
 * 1920  – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (d. 1977)
 * 1921 – Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
 * 1921  – Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)
 * 1922 – Yevhen Bulanchyk, Ukrainian hurdler (d. 1996)
 * 1922  – Doris Day, American singer and actress (d. 2019)
 * 1923 – Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (d. 2013)
 * 1924 – Marlon Brando, American actor and director (d. 2004)
 * 1924  – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945)
 * 1925 – Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (d. 2014)
 * 1926 – Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2019)
 * 1926  – Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967)
 * 1927  – Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (d. 2012)
 * 1928 – Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
 * 1928  – Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue (d. 2018)
 * 1928  – Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
 * 1928  – Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television personality (d. 1999)
 * 1929 – Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (d. 1982)
 * 1929  – Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 2021)
 * 1930 – Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998)
 * 1930  – Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 2017)
 * 1930  – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (d. 2015)
 * 1930  – Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)
 * 1931 – William Bast, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)
 * 1933 – Bob Dornan, American politician
 * 1933  – Rod Funseth, American golfer (d. 1985)
 * 1934 – Pamela Allen, New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
 * 1934  – Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist
 * 1934  – Jim Parker, American football player (d. 2005)
 * 1935 – Harold Kushner, American rabbi and author (d. 2023)
 * 1936 – Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (d. 2008)
 * 1936  – Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1987)
 * 1938 – Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer
 * 1938  – Phil Rodgers, American golfer (d. 2018)
 * 1939 – François de Roubaix, French composer (d. 1975)
 * 1939  – Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
 * 1939  – Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and politician
 * 1941 – Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
 * 1941  – Philippé Wynne, American soul singer (d. 1984)
 * 1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress
 * 1942  – Wayne Newton, American singer
 * 1942  – Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
 * 1943 – Mario Lavista, Mexican composer (d. 2021)
 * 1943  – Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter
 * 1943  – Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1986)
 * 1943  – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
 * 1944 – Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic
 * 1944  – Tony Orlando, American singer
 * 1945 – Doon Arbus, American author and journalist
 * 1945  – Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1945  – Catherine Spaak, French actress (d. 2022)
 * 1946 – Nicholas Jones, English actor
 * 1946  – Dee Murray, English bass player (d. 1992)
 * 1946  – Hanna Suchocka, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland
 * 1947 – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (d. 2013)
 * 1948 – Arlette Cousture, Canadian author and screenwriter
 * 1948  – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO
 * 1948  – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer
 * 1948  – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico
 * 1949 – Lyle Alzado, American football player and actor (d. 1992)
 * 1949  – A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic
 * 1949  – Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1950 – Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist
 * 1951 – Brendan Barber, English trade union leader
 * 1951  – Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator
 * 1951  – Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist
 * 1952 – Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician
 * 1953 – Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator
 * 1953  – Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna (d. 2022)
 * 1953  – James Smith, American boxer
 * 1954 – Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
 * 1954  – K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician
 * 1956 – Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
 * 1956  – Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer
 * 1956  – Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
 * 1956  – Ray Combs, American game show host (d. 1996)
 * 1958 – Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
 * 1958  – Adam Gussow, American scholar, musician, and memoirist
 * 1958  – Francesca Woodman, American photographer (d. 1981)
 * 1959 – David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
 * 1960 – Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1961 – Tim Crews, American baseball player (d. 1993)
 * 1961  – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
 * 1962 – Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager
 * 1962  – Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1962  – Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician
 * 1963 – Les Davidson, Australian rugby league player
 * 1963  – Ricky Nixon, Australian footballer and manager
 * 1963  – Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)
 * 1964 – Marco Ballotta, Italian footballer and manager
 * 1964  – Nigel Farage, English politician
 * 1964  – Claire Perry, English banker and politician
 * 1964  – Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist and manager
 * 1964  – Andy Robinson, English rugby player and coach
 * 1964  – Jay Weatherill, Australian politician, 45th Premier of South Australia
 * 1965 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (d. 2000)
 * 1966 – John de Vries, Australian race car driver
 * 1967 – Cat Cora, American chef and author
 * 1967  – Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
 * 1967  – Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1967  – Cristi Puiu, Romanian director and screenwriter
 * 1967  – Mark Skaife, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
 * 1968 – Sebastian Bach, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
 * 1968  – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
 * 1968  – Jamie Hewlett, English director and performer
 * 1968  – Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player
 * 1969 – Rodney Hampton, American football player
 * 1969  – Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1969  – Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
 * 1969  – Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer
 * 1971 – Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer and manager
 * 1971  – Emmanuel Collard, French race car driver
 * 1971  – Picabo Street, American skier
 * 1972 – Jennie Garth, American actress and director
 * 1972  – Catherine McCormack, English actress
 * 1972  – Sandrine Testud, French tennis player
 * 1973 – Nilesh Kulkarni, Indian cricketer
 * 1973  – Adam Scott, American actor
 * 1974 – Marcus Brown, American basketball player
 * 1974  – Lee Williams, Welsh model and actor
 * 1975 – Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
 * 1975  – Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player
 * 1975  – Aries Spears, American comedian and actor
 * 1975  – Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player
 * 1975  – Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player
 * 1976 – Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player
 * 1978 – Matthew Goode, English actor
 * 1978  – Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player
 * 1978  – John Smit, South African rugby player
 * 1979 – Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1980 – Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer
 * 1980  – Megan Rohrer, American pastor and transgender activist
 * 1981 – Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player
 * 1981  – DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player
 * 1982 – Jared Allen, American football player
 * 1982  – Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer
 * 1982  – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
 * 1983 – Ben Foster, English footballer
 * 1983  – Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1984 – Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer
 * 1984  – Maxi López, Argentinian footballer
 * 1985 – Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver
 * 1985  – Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1986 – Amanda Bynes, American actress
 * 1986  – Stephanie Cox, American soccer player
 * 1986  – Annalisa Cucinotta, Italian cyclist
 * 1986  – Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer
 * 1987 – Rachel Bloom, American actress, writer, and producer
 * 1987  – Jay Bruce, American baseball player
 * 1987  – Yileen Gordon, Australian rugby league player
 * 1987  – Jason Kipnis, American baseball player
 * 1987  – Martyn Rooney, English sprinter
 * 1987  – Julie Sokolow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1987  – Yuval Spungin, Israeli footballer
 * 1988 – Kam Chancellor, American football player
 * 1988  – Brandon Graham, American football player
 * 1988  – Peter Hartley, English footballer
 * 1988  – Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
 * 1989 – Romain Alessandrini, French footballer
 * 1989  – Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer
 * 1989  – Joel Romelo, Australian rugby league player
 * 1989  – Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * 1990 – Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
 * 1990  – Madison Brengle, American tennis player
 * 1990  – Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer
 * 1990  – Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer
 * 1991 – Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer
 * 1992 – Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
 * 1992  – Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
 * 1993 – Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
 * 1994 – Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
 * 1994  – Dylann Roof, American mass murderer
 * 1996 – Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
 * 1997 – Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
 * 1998 – Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer
 * 1999 – Chanel Harris-Tavita, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

Pre-1600

 * 963 – William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
 * 1153 – al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
 * 1171 – Philip of Milly, seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1120)
 * 1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1187)
 * 1253 – Saint Richard of Chichester
 * 1287 – Pope Honorius IV (b. 1210)
 * 1325 – Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint (b. 1238)
 * 1350 – Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
 * 1538 – Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (b. 1480)
 * 1545 – Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (b. 1481)

1601–1900

 * 1606 – Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1563)
 * 1630 – Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English noble (b. c.  1593)
 * 1637 – Joseph Yuspa Nördlinger Hahn, German rabbi
 * 1680 – Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (b. 1630)
 * 1682 – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618)
 * 1691 – Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (b. 1608)
 * 1695 – Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636)
 * 1717 – Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
 * 1728 – James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
 * 1792 – George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
 * 1804 – Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
 * 1826 – Reginald Heber, English priest (b. 1783)
 * 1827 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
 * 1838 – François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
 * 1844 – Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
 * 1846 – William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
 * 1849 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
 * 1868 – Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
 * 1880 – Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
 * 1882 – Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
 * 1897 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
 * 1902 – Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
 * 1930 – Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
 * 1936 – Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
 * 1941 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
 * 1941  – Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
 * 1943 – Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
 * 1946 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
 * 1950 – Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
 * 1950  – Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
 * 1951 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
 * 1952 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
 * 1957 – Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
 * 1958 – Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
 * 1962 – Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
 * 1970 – Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (b. 1890)
 * 1971 – Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
 * 1972 – Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
 * 1975 – Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
 * 1976 – David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (b. 1900)
 * 1976  – Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)
 * 1978 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)
 * 1978  – Winston Sharples, American composer (b. 1909)
 * 1981 – Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (b. 1899)
 * 1982 – Warren Oates, American actor (b. 1928)
 * 1983 – Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
 * 1986 – Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (b. 1910)
 * 1987 – Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
 * 1988 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (b. 1907)
 * 1990 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
 * 1991 – Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (b. 1901)
 * 1991  – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1904)
 * 1993 – Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907)
 * 1994 – Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932)
 * 1995 – Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902)
 * 1996 – Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
 * 1997 – John Ugelstad, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (b. 1921)
 * 1998 – Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
 * 1999 – Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930)
 * 1999  – Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (b. 1909)
 * 2000 – Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946)
 * 2000  – Dina Abramowicz, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (b. 1909)
 * 2005 – François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
 * 2007 – Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)
 * 2008 – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
 * 2012 – Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (b. 1919)
 * 2012  – Richard Descoings, French civil servant (b. 1958)
 * 2012  – Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1917)
 * 2012  – Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (b. 1928)
 * 2012  – José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
 * 2013 – Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
 * 2013  – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
 * 2014 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1935)
 * 2014  – Fred Kida, American illustrator (b. 1920)
 * 2014  – Prince Michael of Prussia (b. 1940)
 * 2014  – Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1936)
 * 2014  – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (b. 1921)
 * 2015 – Sarah Brady, American activist and author (b. 1942)
 * 2015  – Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
 * 2015  – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author  (b. 1913)
 * 2016 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
 * 2016  – Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (b. 1913)
 * 2016  – Koji Wada, Japanese singer and songwriter (b. 1974)
 * 2017 – Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (b. 1931)
 * 2021 – Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (b. 1929)
 * 2022 – June Brown, English actress (b. 1927)
 * 2024 – Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (b. 1942)
 * 2024  – Gaetano Pesce, Italian architect and designer (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Agape, Chionia, and Irene
 * Burgundofara
 * Luigi Scrosoppi
 * Richard of Chichester
 * April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)