- Mar 4 Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer, most notably of ballet music (Feast of Ashes), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1997)
- Mar 6 Benny de Weille, German swing jazz clarinetist and bandleader, born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1977)
- Mar 8 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), born in Pirkkala, Finland (d. 1979)
- Mar 10 Charles Groves, English conductor (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, 1963-77), born in London (d. 1992)
- Mar 14 Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, conductor, educator, and composer (McGill Chamber Orchestra), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2005)
- Mar 14 Eunice Katunda, Brazilian pianist and composer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1990)
- Mar 20 Sister Rosetta Tharpe [Nubin], American gospel and R&B singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist ("This Train"; "Down By The Riverside"), born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, (d. 1973)
- Mar 20 Sviatoslav Richter, Soviet pianist considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
- Mar 26 Flip Phillips [Joseph Filippelli], American jazz and swing tenor saxophonist and clarinet player (Jazz at the Philharmonic; Woody Herman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
- Mar 27 Robert Lockwood Jr., American blues guitarist, born in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas (d. 2006)
- Mar 28 Jay Livingston, American composer ("Buttons & Bows"; "Mona Lisa"; "Tammy"), born in McDonald, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- Mar 29 George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1997)
- Mar 31 Eliseo Pajaro, Filipino composer (The Life of Lam-Ling; Marilag Fantasy), pedagogue, and school administrator, born in Badoc, Philippines (d. 1984)
About March 1915
How Old? 109 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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