- Mar 2 Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
- Mar 2 John Jay Chapman, American poet, and writer (Learning & Other Essays), born in New York City (d. 1933)
- Mar 4 Robert Emden, Swiss astronomer and physicist (book on Gas Spheres), born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1940)
- Mar 5 Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
- Mar 8 Joseph Lee, Father of Playgrounds movement, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1937)
- Mar 12 Jane Delano, American nurse and educator (Red Cross Nursing Service during WWI), born in Montour Falls, New York (d. 1919)
- Mar 13 Vasiliy Metallov, Russian composer and musical historian, born in Saratov, Russian Empire (d. 1926)
- Mar 14 Eva Thatcher, American actress, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1942)
- Mar 14 Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian-American physicist and meteorologist, born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1951)
- Mar 17 Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
- Mar 23 Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
Aristide Briand (1862-1932)
Mar 28 11 time Prime Minister of France (1909-22) and 1926 Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Nantes, France
- Mar 28 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, English composer, born in London (d. 1915)
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