- Mar 1 Peter Guber, American entertainment and sports executive (Polygram Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment; Los Angeles Dodgers; Golden State Warriors), film producer (The Deep; Rain Man; Batman), and author, born in Boston. Massachusetts
- Mar 6 Ben Murphy, Jonesboro, Arkansas, American actor (Name of the Game, Alias Smith and Jones)
- Mar 7 Michael Eisner, American CEO (Walt Disney), born in Mount Kisco, New York
- Mar 11 Charles Swan, American actor
- Mar 11 Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda)
- Mar 13 Geoffrey Hayes, British TV presenter and actor (Rainbow, Z-Cars), born in Stockport, England (d. 2018)
- Mar 14 Rita Tushingham, English actress (Green Eyes, Doctor Zhivago), born in Liverpool, England
- Mar 15 The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C'hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C'ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], born in Damghan, Iran (d. 2023)
- Mar 17 Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek rock singer-songwriter (Exadaktylos; MGC), and actor, born in Athens, Greece
- Mar 19 (Wilfred) "Wilf" Lunn, British inventor, TV personality (Vision On), and author, born in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England
- Mar 22 Bernd Herzsprung, German actor (Freunde fürs Leben), born in Hamburg, Germany
- Mar 24 Stephen Yardley, British stage and screen actor (Howards' Way), born in Ferrensby, Yorkshire, England
- Mar 25 Jacqueline Lichtenberg, American sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy)
- Mar 25 Kim Woodburn, English television personality (How Clean is Your House), born in Eastney, England
- Mar 25 Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
- Mar 27 Michael York, British actor (Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers), born in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire
- Mar 29 Julie Goodyear, English television actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street), born in Bury, England
- Mar 29 Scott Wilson, American actor (The Walking Dead; The Ninth Configuration), born in Thomasville, Georgia (d. 2018)
About March 1942
How Old? 82 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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