- Mar 4 Georges Dumézil, French philologist (d. 1940)
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)
Mar 5 Premier of the People's Republic of China, born in Huai'an, China
- Mar 6 (Johanne) "Jo" Vincent, Dutch concert soprano (St. Matthew's Passion; Benjamin Britten's Spring Symphony), and voice teacher, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
- Mar 6 Jimmy Conzelman, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, coach, team owner (Chicago Cardinals), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1970)
- Mar 7 Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer
- Mar 10 Cyrus "Cy" Kendall, American actor (Tarzan's New York Adventure, Mysteries of Chinatown), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1953)
- Mar 11 (Irving Milford) "Miff" Mole, American jazz trombonist, and composer (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies - "Slippin' Around"; Sophie Tucker), born in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York (d. 1961)
- Mar 11 Dorothy Gish, American film actress (Orphans of the Storm), born in Massillon, Ohio (d. 1968)
- Mar 13 Josie Sedgwick, American actress (The Best Man, Queen of the Round-Up), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1973)
- Mar 14 Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
- Mar 18 Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (d. 1960)
- Mar 18 Otto Jochum, German composer, born in Babenhausen (d. 1969)
- Mar 23 Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus
- Mar 23 Hazel Dawn [Tout], American actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1988)
- Mar 24 Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard)
- Mar 24 George Alpert, railroad executive
- Mar 26 Charles Shadwell, British conductor, bandleader, and founder of the Cambridge Concert Orchestra, born in Pershore, Worcestershire (d. 1979)
- Mar 26 Renzo Massarani, Italian-Brazilian composer and music critic, born in Mantova, Italy (d. 1975)
- Mar 29 Cecil Arthur Lewis, British fighter pilot and writer, born in Birkenhead, England (d. 1997)
- Mar 30 Heinz Risse, German writer, born in Dusseldorf (d. 1989)
- Mar 30 Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), born in Kensington, London (d. 1993)