Mar 1 Georg Simmel, German philosopher and sociologist, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1918)
Mar 7 Nikolai Artzibushev, Russian composer, born in Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire (d. 1937)
Mar 13 Maximilien Luce, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1941)
Mar 15 Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist, horticulturalist and writer (Hortus), born in South Haven, Michigan (d. 1954)
Mar 16 Bud Fowler, American Baseball HOF executive (earliest known African-American player in organized pro baseball), born in Fort Plain, New York (d. 1913)