- Mar 4 David W. Taylor, U.S. Navy architect (1st towing tank), born in Louisa County, Virginia (d. 1940)
- Mar 7 George Bean, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Sussex CCC), born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England (d. 1923)
- Mar 12 W. H. R. Rivers, British psychiatrist (d. 1922)
- Mar 13 Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter, born in Torzhok, Russia (d. 1941)
- Mar 14 Casey [John] Jones, American railroad engineer who dies trying to save a train (Ballad of Casey Jones), born in Missouri (d. 1900)
- Mar 15 Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, conductor (Nationaltheatret Orchestra, 1899-1929), and composer (Bergensiana), born in Drammen, Norway (d. 1934)
- Mar 15 Leslie Stuart, [Thomas Barrett], British musical theater composer (Florodora), born in Southport, Lancashire, England (d. 1928)
- Mar 18 Mikael Lybeck, Finnish-Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), born in Nykarleby, Finland (d. 1925)
- Mar 19 Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926)
- Mar 23 Hjalmar Borgstrom [Jensen], Norwegian composer (Hvæm er du med de tusene navne (Who are you with a thousand names)), and music critic, born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway (d. 1925)
- Mar 23 Louis Glass, Danish pianist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1936)
- Mar 30 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist and economist (The State) born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1943)