- Mar 3 Henry Wood, British conductor associated with London's "Proms" concerts, vocal teacher (Gentle Art of Singing), and composer (Fantasia on British Sea Songs), born in London, England (d. 1944)
- Mar 5 Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (Archbishop of Munich who opposed Nazi regime), born in Heidenfeld, Bavaria (d. 1952)
- Mar 7 Bertha Townsend, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1888-89), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1909)
- Mar 7 Ernst Cohen, Dutch chemist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1944)
- Mar 14 Algernon Blackwood, English novelist (The Willows), born in Shooter's Hill, Kent, England (d. 1951)
- Mar 15 Stanisław Wojciechowski, President of Poland (d. 1953)
- Mar 16 F. A. Forbes, Scottish author (d. 1936)
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
Mar 18 British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1937-40), born in Birmingham, England
Albert Kahn (1869-1942)
Mar 21 American architect known as the "architect of Detroit", born in Rhaunen, Kingdom of Prussia
- Mar 21 Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., American theater producer (Ziegfeld Follies), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1932)
Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964)
Mar 22 1st President of the Philippines (1899-1901), born in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
- Mar 25 Gustaaf Schamelhout, Flemish physician and writer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1944)
- Mar 27 James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State, born in Glenarm, County Antrim, Ireland (d. 1938)
- Mar 29 Aleš Hrdlička, Austro-Hungarian anthropologist and curator (US National Museum), born in Humpolec, Austria-Hungary (d. 1943)
- Mar 29 Edwin Lutyens, English architect (Viceroy's House, New Delhi), born in London (d. 1944)