- Mar 3 Albany "Barney" Bigard, Creole-American jazz clarinetist (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1927-42 - "Mood Indigo"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1980)
- Mar 3 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer and professor (Swedish Academy, Agadir), born in Perstrop, Sweden (d. 1991)
- Mar 3 Donald Novis, British-American singer and actor (Monte Carlo; The Singing Plumber), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England (d. 1966)
- Mar 3 Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, Indian journalist and diplomat (The Problem with India), born in Madras, British India (d. 1996)
- Mar 4 Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., American businessman (President of Walgreens), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
- Mar 4 Georges Ronsse, Belgian road cyclist (UCI Road World C'ship 1928, 29), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1969)
- Mar 4 Meindert DeJong American author (d. 1991)
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Mar 6 American comedian and actor (The Abbott and Costello Show; Who's On First?), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- Mar 7 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, Cuban composer, born in Remedios, Cuba (d. 1940)
- Mar 7 Hans Lachman, German born Dutch Jewish composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1990)
- Mar 11 Hasan Ferit Alnar, Turkish composer, born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (d. 1978)
- Mar 11 Zino Davidoff, Ukrainian--Swiss tobacco entrepreneur (cigars; desktop humidors), born in Novhorod-Siversky, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1994)
- Mar 13 Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1932)
- Mar 14 Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish pianist, composer - one of "The Turkish Five" (Köçekçe - Dance Rhapsody for Orchestra), and pedagogue, born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire; (d. 1972)
- Mar 16 Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer, born in Granada, Spain (d. 2009)
- Mar 16 Henny Youngman, American comedian and violinist ("Take my wife ... please"), born in London, England (d. 1998)
- Mar 16 Lloyd Waner, American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (MLB All Star 1938; batting average over .300 x 10; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Harrah, Oklahoma (d. 1982)
- Mar 17 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
- Mar 17 Michael O'Shea, American actor (It's a Great Life, Lady of Burlesque), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1973)
- Mar 17 Tamara Geva, Russian-born dancer and actress, born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
- Mar 18 Roy L. Johnson, American admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean, commanded Seventh Fleet 1960s), born in Eunice, Louisiana (d. 1999)
Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962)
Mar 19 German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer), born in Solingen, German Empire
- Mar 19 Normand Lockwood, American composer (The Closing Doxology; The Hanging Judge), and educator, born in New York City (d. 2002)
- Mar 19 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
- Mar 20 Abraham Beame, American politician (Mayor of New York City, 1974-44, 1st Jewish mayor), born in London, England (d. 2001)
- Mar 20 Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1975)
- Mar 20 Pavel Parenago, Soviet scientist and astronomer (stellar astronomy), born in Krasnodar, Russia (d. 1960)
- Mar 21 Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman (Thai silk industry), born in Greenville, Delaware (d. 1967)
- Mar 21 John D. Rockefeller III, American oil billionaire and philanthropist, born in New York City (d. 1978)
- Mar 23 George Posford [Ashwell], British composer (Goodnight Vienna), and conductor, born in Folkestone, England (d. 1976)
- Mar 24 Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet jazz and pop singer ("Let's Smoke"), born in Kharkiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1984)
A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990)
Mar 25 English historian (The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, Origins of the Second World War), born in Southport, England
- Mar 25 Curley Weaver, American blues guitarist, born in Covington, Georgia (d. 1962)
- Mar 25 Jean Sablon, French singer-songwriter, born in Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris (d. 1994)
- Mar 25 John Howard Pyle, American politician (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), born in Sheridan, Wyoming, (d. 1987)
- Mar 26 Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
- Mar 27 Charles "Pee Wee" Russell, American jazz clarinet and saxophone player, born in Maplewood, Missouri (d. 1969)
- Mar 28 Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor (Saskatoon Symphony), and teacher (University of Saskatchewan), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002)
- Mar 28 Robert Allen [Irvine Theodore Baehr], American actor (The Awful Truth, Crime and Punishment), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1998)
- Mar 29 E. Power Biggs, English organist and composer (CBS), born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England (d. 1977)
- Mar 30 Max Tishler, American organic chemist at Merck who synthesized Vitamin B2 and developed antibiotic for poultry, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989) [1]
- Mar 31 Lauri Saikkola, Finnish violinist (Viipuri Symphony, 1923–34; Helsinki Philharmonic, 1934–65), and composer (Laulusarja; Unen kaivo), born in Viipuri, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1995)
About March 1906
How Old? 118 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey