- Mar 1 Blanche Bruce, American politician who was born a slave, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), born in Farmville, Virginia (d. 1898)
- Mar 1 Romualdo Marenco, Italian composer, chiefly of ballet music (Excelsior), and conductor, born in Novi Ligure, Italy (d. 1907)
- Mar 3 John Murray, Canadian-British oceanographer, marine biologist (Challenger Expedition, 1872-76), and writer (The Depths of the Ocean), born in Coburg, West Canada (now Ontario) (d. 1914)
- Mar 4 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl), born at Overhalla, Norway (d. 1881)
- Mar 7 Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentine, journalist and poet (El nido de condores), born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (d. 1882)
- Mar 7 William Rockhill Nelson, founder of The Kansas City Star and patron of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (d. 1915)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (1841-1935)
Mar 8 US 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32), born in Boston, Massachusetts
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