- Mar 3 Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (The Murderess), born in Skiathos, Greece (d. 1911)
- Mar 15 Józef Surzyński, Polish organist, composer, conductor, and theologian, born in Śrem, Poland (d. 1919)
- Mar 16 Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (1st to coin the name virus), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1931)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
Mar 27 French composer (Symphony on a French Mountain Air), and teacher, born in Paris
- Mar 28 Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (1915–17, 1925–26), born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1944)
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