José Raúl Capablanca
Mar 8 José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban World Chess Champion (1921-27), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage provoked by hypertension at 53
- Mar 10 William Henry Bragg, English physicist (Nobel 1915-analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays), dies at 79
- Mar 12 Enric Morera i Viura, Spanish musician and composer, dies at 76
- Mar 12 Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
- Mar 15 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and arranger (The Mermaid; Lyric Symphony), dies from a stroke at 70 [1]
- Mar 19 Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, dies at 86
- Mar 20 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
- Mar 20 Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer (Cygany), dies in the siege of Leningrad during World War II at 73
- Mar 23 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
- Mar 26 Jimmy Burke, American MLB third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates), coach (World Series 1932, NY Yankees) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 67
- Mar 28 Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27), dies at 67
- Mar 28 Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 31
- Mar 30 Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81