- Mar 2 John Jay Chapman, US advocate, poet, and writer (Learning & Other Essays)
- Mar 2 Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
- Mar 4 Robert Emden, Swiss astronomer and physicist (book on Gas Spheres), born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1940)
- Mar 8 Joseph Lee, Father of Playgrounds movement, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1937)
- Mar 12 Jane Delano, American nurse and educator (Red Cross Nursing Service during WWI), born in Montour Falls, New York (d. 1919)
- Mar 14 Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian-American physicist and meteorologist, born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1951)
- Mar 17 Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
- Mar 23 Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
Aristide Briand
Mar 28 Aristide Briand, 11 time Prime Minister of France (1909-22) and 1926 Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Nantes, France (d. 1932)
