- Mar 1 Andrew Strath, Scottish golfer (British Open 1865), born in St. Andrews, Fife (d. 1868)
- Mar 1 Ion Creanga, Moldovian-born Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie), born in Humulești, Principality of Moldavia (d. 1889)
- Mar 1 William Dean Howells, American novelist, critic and editor (Atlantic), born in Martinsville, Ohio (d. 1920)
Henry Draper (1837-1882)
Mar 7 American astronomer (Moon, Orion Nebula), born in Prince Edward County, Virginia
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
Mar 18 22nd and 24th US President (1885-89, 1893-97), born in Caldwell, New Jersey
- Mar 19 Robert Daniel Johnston, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1919)
- Mar 24 Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and son of Leopold I, born in Royal Castle of Laeken, Belgium (d. 1905)
- Mar 31 Robert Ross McBurney, Irish-born American 1st paid secretary of the YMCA (NYC), born in Ireland (d. 1898)