- Mar 2 Gates McFadden, American actress (Beverly Crusher-Star Trek Next Generation), born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- Mar 12 Mary Alice Williams, American television news reporter and anchor (CNN; NBC; WNET; CBS; NJN), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Mar 12 Moctesuma Esparza, Mexican-American producer and filmmaker
- Mar 12 Sara Lane, American actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian), born in New York City
- Mar 15 John Duttine, English actor (The Day of the Triffids), born in Barnsley, England
- Mar 16 Erik Estrada, actor (CHiPs), born in New York City
- Mar 16 Victor Garber, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Mar 17 Patrick Duffy, American actor (Dallas - "Bobby Ewing"; Man from Atlantis), born in Townsend, Montana
- Mar 19 Denny Albee, American actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Mar 22 Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC), born in Middlesex, England (d. 2010)
- Mar 22 Fanny Ardant, French actress (The Woman Next Door), born in Saumur, France
- Mar 26 Patrick Süskind, German novelist and screenwriter ("Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"), born in Ambach, Bavaria, Germany
- Mar 26 Vicki Lawrence, American television actress (The Carol Burnett Show; Mama's Family), and singer ("The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"), born in Inglewood, California
- Mar 30 (Richenda Antoinette) "Dana" Gillespie, British actress (Jesus Christ Superstar), and folk-pop-rock-blues singer-songwriter, born in Woking, Surrey, England
- Mar 30 Naomi Sims, American fashion model and businesswoman
- Mar 30 Sue Cook, British broadcaster (Crimewatch), born in Ruislip, England
About March 1949
How Old? 75 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No