- Mar 4 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (d. 1944)
- Mar 5 Frank Norris, journalist and writer (McTeague, Octopus), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1902)
- Mar 6 Oscar Straus [Strauss], Viennese composer (Ein Walzertraum), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1954)
- Mar 10 Alfred Kastner, Austrian-American harpist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1948)
- Mar 11 Arthur E Ochse, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), born in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa (d. 1918)
- Mar 11 Herm McFarland, American MLB outfielder (first grand slam in AL history), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1935)
- Mar 11 Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
- Mar 13 Albert Meyer, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929-38), born in Fällanden, Switzerland (d. 1953)
- Mar 17 Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
- Mar 18 Frank Hoyt Losey, American composer, arranger of band and orchestral music, and advisor to Edison Phonograph Company, born in Parma, New York (d. 1931) [1]
- Mar 20 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck 'the Lion of Africa', German general and politician (only German to successfully invade part of British empire in WWI), born in Saarlouis, Prussia (d. 1964)
- Mar 31 Tommy Ryan, American boxer (World Welterweight, Middleweight champion), born in Redwood, NY (d. 1948)