Roger Turner (1901-1993)
Mar 3 American figure skater (7x US National Champion), born in Milton, Massachusetts
- Mar 4 Charles H. Goren 'Mr Bridge', American bridge master (26 US Titles), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- Mar 4 Jean Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French poet, born in 1901, Antananarivo, Madagascar (d. 1937)
- Mar 5 Julian Przybos, Polish poet (Sruby), born in Gwoźnica, Austria-Hungary (d. 1970)
- Mar 6 Mark Donskoy, Soviet-Ukrainian film director (Rainbow, A Mother's Heart) and screenwriter, born in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1981)
- Mar 13 Paul Fix, American actor (Rifleman), born in Dobbs Ferry, New York (d. 1983)
- Mar 15 Theo Uden Masman, Dutch big band orchestra leader (The Ramblers), born in Cirebon, Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)
- Mar 16 Edward Pawley, American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1988)
- Mar 16 Potti Sreeramulu, Indian revolutionary known as the Father of Andhra for conducting a 56 day hunger strike in support of a separate Telugu-speaking state, born in Nellore District, Madras, British India (d. 1952)
Eisaku Satō (1901-1975)
Mar 17 Prime Minister of Japan (1963-72) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1974), born in Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Mar 17 Piotr Perkowski, Polish composer, born in Oweczacze (now Druzhne), Ukraine (d. 1990)
- Mar 18 William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (Flowers; Training for War), born in Florence, South Carolina (d. 1970)
- Mar 19 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch politician (1954 Nobel Peace Prize as High Commissioner for Refugees of the UN), born in Bussum, Netherlands (d. 1956)
- Mar 19 Jo Mielziner, American set designer on Broadway (Carousel, Death of a Salesman), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
- Mar 21 Carmelita Geraghty, American actress (My Best Girl, Texas Ranger), born in Rushville, Indiana (d. 1966)
- Mar 21 Karl Arnold, German politician (d. 1958)
- Mar 22 Greta Kempton, Austrian born American artist (White House artist under Truman), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
- Mar 24 Ub Iwerks, American cartoonist (d. 1971)
- Mar 25 Camilla Wedgwood, English anthropologist (Malekula: A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides), born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (d. 1955)
- Mar 25 Ed Begley, American actor (12 Angry Men, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1970)
- Mar 27 Albert Henneberg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1991)
Carl Barks (1901-2000)
Mar 27 American cartoonist (creator of Scrooge McDuck), born in Merrill, Oregon
- Mar 27 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (1952-63), born in Madgeburg, Germany (d. 1963)
- Mar 27 Satō Eisaku, Japanese Prime Minister (1964-72), (Nobel 1974), born in Tabuse, Japan (d. 1975)
- Mar 29 Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (The Tomb in the Rainforest), born in Muo, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
- Mar 29 Uuno Kailas, Finnish poet, born in Heinola, Finland (d. 1933)
- Mar 30 Haj Ali Razmara, 33rd Prime Minister of Iran (1950-51), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 1951)
- Mar 31 Mule Suttles, American Baseball HOF infielder (5 x NgL All Star; NL batting champion 1926, 28; NgL Triple Crown 1926; St. Louis Stars), born in Edgewater, Alabama (d. 1966)
About March 1901
How Old? 123 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No