- Mar 2 Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse, dies at 59
- Mar 4 Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer, dies at 64
- Mar 6 Josef Stránský, Czech conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1911-23), dies at 63
- Mar 6 Rubin Goldmark, American composer, dies at 63
David Beatty (1871-1936)
Mar 12 1st Earl Beatty and British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I (Battle of Jutland), dies of heart failure at 65
- Mar 15 John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, dies at 75
- Mar 16 Marguerite Durand, French journalist, feminist, and publisher (La Fronde), dies at 72
- Mar 18 Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist, actor and writer (Kleine Portratgalerie, Der Partylowe), commits suicide to avoid arrest by the Gestapo at 58
Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936)
Mar 18 Prime Minister of Greece (1910-15, 1917-20, 1924, 1928-32, 1933), dies of a stroke at 71