- Mar 1 Richard Redhead, English organist, and composer of sacred music, born in Harrow, England (d. 1901)
- Mar 7 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, German composer and teacher, born in Bnin, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1900)
- Mar 21 Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
- Mar 24 Fanny Crosby, American hymnist known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers", born in Brewster, New York (d. 1915)
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