- Mar 2 Bernard George Stevens, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1983)
- Mar 5 Ian Parrott, British-Welsh composer (The Black Ram), born in Streatham, England (d. 2012)
- Mar 6 George "Red" Callender, American jazz and session string bass and tuba player, born in Haynesville, Virginia (d. 1982)
- Mar 6 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, born in Harrisburg, Illinois (d. 1986)
- Mar 10 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American folk music record producer (Folklore Productions). promoter, and artist manager (Joan Baez; Rev. Gary Davis), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Mar 13 Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
- Mar 15 Harry James, American swing-era bandleader, trumpeter and husband to Betty Grable, born in Albany, Georgia (d. 1983)
- Mar 17 Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British drummer, bandleader, and singer (The Goon Show), born in Kensington, England (d. 1985)
- Mar 18 Louis Toebosch, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 2009)
- Mar 21 Bismillah Khan [Qamaruddin Khan], Hindustani classical musician shehnai (a reeded woodwind instrument) player, born in Dumraon, British India (d. 2006)
- Mar 22 George Wyle [Bernard Weissman], American composer (The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"; "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"), and orchestra leader (The Flip Wilson Show), born in New York City (d. 2003)
- Mar 23 (Rebert) R. H. Harris, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), born in Trinity, Texas (d. 2000)
- Mar 25 Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1995)
- Mar 26 Vic Schoen, American arranger, composer, and orchestra leader (The Andrews Sisters: Dinah Shore; Patti Page), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2000)
About March 1916
How Old? 108 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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