- Mar 1 Matthias Joseph Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), born in Meckenheim (d. 1888)
- Mar 4 John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911)
- Mar 6 Charles Ewing, American attorney and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Lancaster, Ohio (d. 1883)
- Mar 6 Ludwik Grossman, Polish composer (Duch Wojewody - The Ghost of Voyvode), born in Tureck, Poland (d. 1915)
- Mar 12 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American scientist, mathematician and astronomer (calculated extremely accurate tables for the solar system), born in Wallace, Nova Scotia (d. 1909)
- Mar 14 Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (discovered canals of Mars), born in Savigliano, Italy (d. 1910)
- Mar 14 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1906)
- Mar 15 Eduard Strauss, Austrian dance band conductor, and composer, born in Vienna, Ausrtian Empire (d. 1916)
- Mar 15 John Henrie Kagi, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
- Mar 21 Thomas Hayward, English cricket batsman (first English tours to North America 1859-60, Australia & NZ 1864-5; Cambridge Town Club), born in Chatteris, England (d. 1876)
- Mar 24 Josef Stefan, Slovenian-Austrian physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law), born in St. Peter, Austria (d. 1893)
- Mar 30 Bernhard Scholz, German composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1916)
- Mar 31 John La Farge, American painter (stained glass), born in New York City (d. 1910)
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