- Mar 1 James Fleming Fagan, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1893)
- Mar 1 Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright
- Mar 2 Jefferson Columbus Davis, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Clark County, Indiana (d. 1879)
- Mar 4 Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- Mar 17 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
- Mar 18 William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
Henrik Ibsen
Mar 20 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler), born in Skien, Norway (d. 1906)
Henrik Ibsen