- Mar 2 Bernard Rands, composer (Wildtrack), born in Sheffield, England
- Mar 4 Barbara McNair, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show), born in Racine, Wisconsin
- Mar 4 John Duffey, bluegrass musician
- Mar 4 Mario Davidovsky, composer (Synchronisms), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mar 7 Giorgos Katsaros, Greek musician and composer
- Mar 8 Christian Wolff, composer
- Mar 10 Judith Jamison, artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater)
- Mar 11 Joep Straesser, composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri)
- Mar 14 Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine)
- Mar 15 Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter
- Mar 15 Wolfgang Hufschmidt, composer
- Mar 17 Erhard Grosskopf, composer
- Mar 17 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar
- Mar 18 Pavle Despalj, composer
- Mar 23 Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
- Mar 25 Johnny Burnette, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Mar 27 Arthur Mitchell, African-American choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem), born in New York
- Mar 28 Siegfried Thiele, German composer, born in Chemnitz, Germany
- Mar 29 Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, German composer, born in Berlin
- Mar 30 Lanny Morgan, American jazz alto saxophonist, born in Des Moines, Iowa
- Mar 31 John D. Loudermilk, country singer and songwriter (Tobacco Road), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2016)