- Mar 1 Lois Moran, American actress (Waterfront), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
- Mar 1 Richard de Guide, composer
- Mar 1 Robert Selby Taylor, bishop
- Mar 2 Hanoch Jacoby, Israeli violist (Israel Philharmonic, 1958-74), educator, and composer, born in Königsberg, Germany (d. 1990)
- Mar 2 Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright
- Mar 2 Mel Ott, American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder and manager (12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; 6 × NL home run leader; NY Giants), born in Gretna, Louisiana (d. 1958)
- Mar 3 Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician
- Mar 3 Kenton Kilmer, American writer, born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1995)
- Mar 4 Harry B. Helmsley, American billionaire real estate developer (purchased Empire State Building, 1961), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 5 Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47)
- Mar 6 Dave Clark, American blues music promoter, and songwriter ("Why I Sing The Blues"), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1995)
- Mar 6 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian statesman and nationalist, born in Ikenne, British Nigeria (d. 1987)
- Mar 7 Greta Schoon, German poet, born in Spetzerfehn (d. 1991)
- Mar 7 Leo Malet, French crime novelist (Nestor Burma novels), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1996)
- Mar 8 Anthony Donato, composer
- Mar 8 Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire
- Mar 9 Derk Bodde, American sinologist and historian of China, born in Marshfield, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
- Mar 10 Gerard Croiset, Dutch parapsychologist, born in Laren, Netherlands
- Mar 13 Gilbert Inglefield, British architect and Mayor of London (1967-68) (d. 1991)
- Mar 14 Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
- Mar 17 Patrick Reilly, British diplomat, born in Ootacamund, India
- Mar 17 Lovie Lee [Edward Lee Watson], American electric blues pianist, singer, and songwriter, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1997)
- Mar 18 Ljubica Marić, Serbian composer (Songs Of Space), born in Kragujevac, Serbia (d. 2003)
- Mar 18 Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
- Mar 19 Louis Hayward, British-American actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1985)
- Mar 19 Attilio Demaria, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
- Mar 21 Uno "Miff" Görling, Swedish jazz trombonist, arranger, bandleader, and composer, bjorn in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1988)
- Mar 22 Gabrielle Roy, French Canadian author (The Tin Flute, Street of Riches), born in St. Boniface, Manitoba (d. 1973)
- Mar 22 Jack Popplewell, British composer and playwright (If I Should Fall In Love Again), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
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Mar 24 Clyde Barrow, American bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1934)
- Mar 24 Thomas "Tommy" Trinder, British radio comedian and actor (Save a Little Sunshine, Phoenix), born in Streatham, London, England (d. 1989)
- Mar 25 Dutch (Emil) Leonard, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914)
- Mar 25 Jay Blackton, American conductor and arranger (Guys & Dolls), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 26 Chips Rafferty [John William Pilbean Goffage], Australian actor (Wake in Fright, Desert Rats), born in Broken Hill, New South Wales (d. 1971)
- Mar 26 (Christiaan) "Chris" Reumer, Dutch operatic tenor, born in Netherlands
- Mar 27 Ben Webster, American tenor saxophonist, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1973)
- Mar 27 Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), born in Munich (d. 1994)
- Mar 28 Nelson Algren, American novelist (Man with the Golden Arm), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1981)
- Mar 29 Aubrey "Moon" Mullican, American hillbilly pianist, songwriter, and singer ("Seven Nights To Rock"), born in Polk County, Texas (d. 1967)
- Mar 29 Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
- Mar 30 Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English art historian (The Story of Art), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 2001)
- Mar 31 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch author (under Piet Prins) and politician
- Mar 31 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator
About March 1909
How Old? 113 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No