- Mar 2 Simon Estes, American bass-baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos), born in Centerville, Iowa
- Mar 3 Douglas Leedy, American composer, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2015)
- Mar 3 Willie Chambers, American rock guitarist, and songwriter (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"), born in Flora, Mississippi
- Mar 4 Angus MacLise, American percussionist, mystic, shaman, and composer (Velvet Underground), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1979)
- Mar 5 Paul Evans, American rock and pop singer-songwriter ("Happy-Go-Lucky Me"; "Hello, This Is Joanie" ; "Roses Are Red (My Love)"), born in Queens, New York City
- Mar 6 Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as "The Black Sinatra" (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1995)
- Mar 9 Lill-Babs [Barbro Margareta Svensson], Swedish pop singer, (Eurovision, 1961) actress, and television presenter, born in Järvsö, Sweden (d. 2018)
- Mar 10 Norman Blake, American guitarist, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle player and songwriter, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Mar 12 Dimitri Terzakis, Greek composer (Die Farben des Ozeans), born in Athens, Greece
- Mar 12 Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1990)
- Mar 12 Ron Tutt, American session and touring drummer (Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris; Jerry Garcia; Neil Diamond), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2021)
- Mar 12 Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, German-Chinese composer (Yi; Lo; Shen), born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Mar 13 Erma Franklin, American gospel and R&B singer ("Piece Of My Heart"), born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2002)
- Mar 13 Hans-Joachim Hespos, German avant-garde composer, born in Emden, Germany (d. 2022)
- Mar 13 Jean-Claude Risset, French composer, born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France (d. 2016)
- Mar 13 Julian Bahula, South African-British jazz and world music drummer, composer, bandleader (Jabula), and anti-apartheid activist, born in Eersterust, Pretoria, Union of South Africa (d. 2023)
- Mar 14 Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2018)
- Mar 15 Charles Lloyd, American jazz and pop saxophonist, arranger, composer (Chico Hamilton, Cannonball Adderley, The Beach Boys), bandleader, and world music pioneer, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Mar 15 Dick Higgins, American composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1998)
- Mar 17 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1958-61; Royal Ballet, 1964-70; Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89), born on a train near Irkutsk, Soviet Union (d. 1993)
- Mar 17 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Only You"; "Twilight Time"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2007)
- Mar 18 Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), born in Sledge, Mississippi (d. 2020) [1]
- Mar 23 Dave Pike, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
- Mar 24 Holger Czukay [Schüring], German musician (Can), born in Danzig, Poland (d. 2017)
- Mar 25 Hoyt Axton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
- Mar 31 Arthur B. Rubinstein, American Emmy Award-winning television and film score composer (Lost In America; Blue Thunder), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2018)
About March 1938
How Old? 86 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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