- Mar 2 Stevie Rachelle, American hard rock vocalist (Tuff - "What Comes Around Goes Around"), born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Mar 3 Timo Tolkki, Finnish power metal guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer (Stratovarius; Symfonia), born in Klaukkala, Finland
- Mar 3 Tone-Lōc [Anthony Terrell Smith], American rapper ("Funky Cold Medina"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 4 Grand Puba [Maxwell Dixon], American rapper (Grand Nubian), born in New Rochelle, New York
- Mar 4 Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer (Sundays - "Can't Be Sure"), born in the UK
- Mar 6 Awadagin Pratt, American concert pianist and educator, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mar 7 Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese rock vocalist and songwriter (Buck-Tick), born in Fujioka, Japan (d. 2023)
- Mar 9 Brendan Canty, American musician (Fugazi), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
- Mar 10 Edie Brickell, American rock singer-songwriter (New Bohemians - '"What I Am"), married to Paul Simon, born in Oak Cliff, Texas
- Mar 10 Gráinne Mulvey, Irish contemporary classical composer (Rational Optional Insanity; Scorched Earth; Akanos), born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
- Mar 15 Klaus Paier, Austrian jazz accordionist and composer, born in Sankt Andrä, Austria
- Mar 18 Jerry Cantrell, American rock guitarist, songwriter, and singer (Alice in Chains - "Dirt"), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Mar 19 James "Big Jim" Wright, American Grammy and Dove Award-winning keyboardist, composer, arranger, and record producer (Sound of Blackness; Mariah Carey), born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 2018)
- Mar 19 Michael Urbano, American session and touring drummer (John Hiatt; Smash Mouth; Ligabue), born in Sacramento, California
- Mar 20 Alka Yagnik, Indian playback singer, born in Kolkata, India
- Mar 25 Frank Ferrer, American rock drummer (Guns N' Roses, 2006 -present), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 25 Jeff Healey, Canadian blind blues-rock guitarist and singer ("See The Light"; "Angel Eyes"), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2008)
- Mar 28 Indra Lesmana, Indonesian jazz keyboardist, arranger, and composer, born in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Mar 28 Salt [Cheryl James], American Grammy Award-winning rapper and songwriter (Salt-n-Pepa - "Let's Talk About Sex"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 30 Joey Castillo, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age, 2002-12), born in Gardena, California
About March 1966
How Old? 58 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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