- Apr 1 Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater (Olympic gold 3,000m 2006, 14; 1500m 2010, 14; team 2014; World All-round C'ship gold x 7), born in Goirle, Netherlands
- Apr 2 Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball center (Golden State Warriors 2004-13; 510 games), born in Riga, Latvia
- Apr 2 Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch soccer midfielder (53 caps; PSV Eindhoven), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
- Apr 4 Aiden McGeady, Republic of Ireland national team footballer, born in Rutherglen, Scotland
- Apr 4 Cameron Barker, Canadian professional ice hockey player, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Apr 8 Félix Hernández, Venezuelan MLB baseball player (Seattle Mariners), born in Valencia
- Apr 8 Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow.), born in Vidnoye, Russian SFSR
- Apr 10 Olivia Borlée, Belgian 200m sprinter, born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
- Apr 10 Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer (Manchester City, Belgium National Team), born in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
- Apr 12 Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer (Switzerland national team), born in Tetovo, Macedonia
- Apr 14 Matt Derbyshire, English footballer, born in Great Harwood, United Kingdom
- Apr 15 Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Dutch footballer
- Apr 16 Paul di Resta, British auto racer (BP Ultimate Masters 2006; Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2010), born in Uphall, England
- Apr 18 Billy Butler, American baseball first baseman (MLB All-Star & Silver Slugger Award 2012; Kansas City Royals), born in Orange Park, Florida
- Apr 18 Maurice Edu, American soccer player, born in Fontana, California
- Apr 19 Candace Parker, American basketball player (Los Angeles Sparks), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Apr 21 Alexander Edler, Swedish NHL hockey defenseman (Vancouver Canucks), born in Östersund, Sweden
- Apr 22 Dusan Sakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
Marshawn Lynch (38 years old)
Apr 22 American football player (Seattle Seahawks), born in Oakland, California
- Apr 23 Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater, born in Heerenveen, Netherlands
- Apr 28 Ryan Saunders, American basketball head coach (Minnesota Timberwolves 2019), born in Medina, Minnesota
About April 1986
How Old? 37 or 38 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: No