- Mar 5 Anthony Headges, composer
- Mar 5 Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player (London Symph Orch 1955-68), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- Mar 6 Carmen de Lavallade, American actress, dancer and choreographer (Aida), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 7 C W Stubblefield, American restaurateur and music promoter, born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1995)
- Mar 10 Georges Dor, Quebec author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- Mar 13 Rosalind Elias, American mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
- Mar 14 Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist (Sea Of Love)
- Mar 15 [Dominic Joseph] D. J. Fontana, American drummer (drummer for Elvis), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2018)
- Mar 16 Betty Johnson, American pop and cabaret singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed), born in Guilford County, North Carolina
- Mar 20 Antonio Tauriello, composer
- Mar 20 Hal Linden [Harold Lipshitz], American director, musician and actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic), born in The Bronx, New York City
- Mar 25 Paul Motian, American jazz drummer and composer
- Mar 27 Burt Collins, American jazz trumpeter, born in NYC, New York (d. 2007)
- Mar 27 Yoriaki Matsudaira, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo
- Mar 30 Harold Burrage, American singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver)
- Mar 30 Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and pedagogue, born in Kunágota, Hungary (d. 2013)
About March 1931
How Old? 89 or 90 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20), Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)