- Mar 1 Marion Farouk-Sluglett, political scientist
- Mar 1 Monique Bégin, French Canadian politician
- Mar 2 Henny Boskamp [Hoelscher], actor (Troeleke)
- Mar 2 Buell Neidlinger, American pop, jazz, and classical session cellist and double bassist (Cecil Taylor; Frank Zappa; Duane Eddy), born in New York City (d. 2018)
- Mar 4 Jim Clark, Scottish auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1965; F1 World Champion 1963, 65), born in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland (d. 1968)
- Mar 4 Aribert Reimann, German composer (Lear), born in Berlin, Germany
- Mar 4 David Thompson, British food magnate
- Mar 4 Eric Allandale [Dubuisson], West Indian-British rock and soul trombonist, and songwriter (The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You"), born in Dominica, West Indies (d. 2001)
- Mar 5 Dale Douglass, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; US Senior Open 1986), born in Wewoka Oklahoma
- Mar 5 Dean Stockwell, American stage and screen actor (The Werewolf of Washington; Blue Velvet; Quantum Leap), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
- Mar 5 Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (1980-87), born in Essexvale, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2003)
- Mar 6 A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense (PvdA)
- Mar 6 Marion S Barry, (Mayor-D-Washington, D.C., 1979-90, 95- ), drug indictment
- Mar 6 Sylvia Robinson, American rocker (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2011)
- Mar 7 Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee)
- Mar 7 Colin Appleton, English soccer midfielder (Leicester City 277 games) and manager (Hull City, Swansea City, Exeter City), born in Scarborough, England (d. 2021)
- Mar 8 Gábor Szabó, Hungarian-American jazz guitarist (Spellbinder), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1982)
- Mar 8 Sue Ane Langdon, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- Mar 8 Sonny Allen, American basketball coach (ODU, Southern Methodist University, University of Nevada, Reno; WNBA Sacramento Monarchs), born in Moundsville, West Virginia (d. 2020)
- Mar 9 Marty Ingels, American comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
- Mar 9 Mickey Gilley, American nightclub owner (Urban Cowboy) and country singer (Roomful of Roses), born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 2022) [1]
- Mar 9 Elina Salo, Finnish actress (Hamlet Goes Business), born in Sipoo, Finland
- Mar 10 Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli-Dutch mime artist and actor (King)
- Mar 10 Sepp Blatter, Swiss ice hockey and football official
- Mar 10 Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocalist and journalist (d. 1989)
- Mar 11 Antonin Scalia, 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986-2016), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2016)
- Mar 12 Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg & Co)
- Mar 12 Keith Slater, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; WACA) and Australian Rules ruckman (WA 20 games; Swan Districts, Subiaco), born in Perth, Australia
- Mar 12 Lloyd Dobbins, newscaster (NBC News Overnight), born in Newport News, Virginia
- Mar 12 Patrick Procktor, painter
- Mar 12 Eddie Sutton, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State; first coach to take 4 schools to NCAA tournament), born in Bucklin, Kansas (d. 2020)
- Mar 14 Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer (British Open 1963), born in Carterton, New Zealand
- Mar 14 Maryan Synakowski, French soccer defender (16 caps; UA Sedan Torcy 241 games), born in Calonne-Ricouart, France (d. 2021)
- Mar 14 Bruce Hood, Canadian National Hockey League referee (1965-84), and author (Calling The Shots), born in Campbellville, Ontario (d. 2018)
- Mar 15 Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- )
- Mar 15 David Andrews, Irish politician
- Mar 15 Howard Greenfield, American song lyricist ("Calendar Girl"; "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"; "Love Will Keep Us Together"; theme to "Bewitched"), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1986)
- Mar 16 Thelma Hopkins, England, high jumper (Olympic silver 1956)
- Mar 16 Fred Neil [Morlock], American songwriter, folk singer, guitarist (Everybody's Talkin'; Candy Man), and conservationist (Dolphin Project), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2001)
- Mar 17 Ladislaw Kupkovic, Slovak composer, born in Bratislava (d. 2016)
- Mar 17 Ken Mattingly, American USN naval officer, and NASA astronaut (Apollo 16; STS-4, -51-C), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 17 Robert Daniel, American Republican Congressman for Virginia (1972-1983), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2012)
- Mar 18 Hans Peter Bleuel, German writer (Sex and Society In Nazi Germany), born in Stuttgart, Germany
- Mar 18 Robert Lee Smith, American singer (Tams - "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy")
- Mar 18 Tony Nash, English bobsledder (Olympic gold two-man 1964), born in Amersham, England
- Mar 19 Amancio D'Silva, musician
- Mar 19 Ursula Andress, Swiss model, actress and sex symbol (Dr. No, Casino Royale, She, Sensuous Nurse), born in Ostermundigen, Switzerland
- Mar 19 Ben Lexcen, Australian yacht designer (Australia II 1983 America's Cup), born in Boggabri, Australia (d. 1988)
- Mar 19 Birthe Wilke, Danish pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest, 1957 & 1959), born in Vesterbro, Denmark
- Mar 20 Lee "Scratch" Perry [Rainford Hugh Perry], Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and producer (The Upsetters), born in Kendal, Jamaica (d. 2021)
Vaughn Meader
Mar 20 Vaughn Meader, American comedian and musician, born in Waterville, Maine (d. 2004)
- Mar 20 Harold Mabern Jr., American post-bop jazz pianist and composer, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2019)
- Mar 21 Marek Stachowski, Polish composer (Neusis II; Thakurian Chants), and pedagogue, born in Piekary Śląskie, Poland (d. 2004)
- Mar 21 Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician
- Mar 21 Brian Dee, British jazz and session pianist and accompanist, born in London, England
- Mar 22 Roger Whittaker, Kenyan British country singer ("The Last Farewell"; "Durham Town"), born in Nairobi, Kenya
- Mar 22 Ron Carey, American labor leader (International Brotherhood of Teamsters), born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
- Mar 24 Fredrick Kaufman, American jazz trumpeter (Woody Herman), classical composer ( Mother of Exiles; Kaminarimon), and educator (born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 24 David Suzuki, Canadian scientist and environmentalist
- Mar 24 Don Covay [Randolph], American R&B musician and songwriter ("Chain of Fools"), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 2015)
- Mar 24 Alex Olmedo, American/Peruvian tennis player (Australian C'ships, Wimbledon 1959), born in Arequipa, Peru (d. 2020)
- Mar 25 Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, American jazz bassist, born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Mar 26 Erich Urbanner, Austrian composer and educator, born in Innsbruck, Austria
- Mar 26 Pierre Kerkhoffs, Dutch soccer striker (5 caps; SC Enschede, PSV, Lausanne Sport), born in Geleen, Netherlands (d. 2021)
- Mar 26 Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2022)
- Mar 27 Jerry Lacy, American actor (Play it Again Sam), born in Sioux City, Iowa
- Mar 27 Malcolm Goldstein, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mar 28 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, poet, journalist, presidential candidate and Nobel Prize Laureate (Aunt Julia), born in Arequipa, Peru
- Mar 28 Amancio Ortega, Spanish businessman and one of the wealthiest people in the world, (founder of the Inditex fashion group), born in Busdongo de Arbás, Spain
- Mar 29 Richard Rodney Bennett, English pianist, classical, jazz, and film score composer (Far From The Madding Crowd; Four Weddings And A Funeral), born in Kent, England (d. 2012)
- Mar 29 Mogens Camre, Danish politician (Folketing (Danish Parliament), 1968-1987, 3 days in 2007; European Parliament, 1999-2009), born in Randers, Denmark (d. 2016)
- Mar 30 Mark Burns, British director (Juggernaut)
- Mar 30 Richard Baker, American Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha), born in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Mar 31 Marge Piercy, author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers)
- Mar 31 Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor
- Mar 31 Bob Pulford, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing, coach (coach: LA Kings, Chicago Blackhawks), born in Newton Robinson, Ontario
About March 1936
How Old? 86 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes