- Mar 1 Richard Redhead, composer
- Mar 7 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, German composer and teacher, born in Bnin (d. 1900)
- Mar 21 Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
- Mar 24 Fanny Crosby, American hymnist known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers", born in Brewster, New York (d. 1915)