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*[[1856]] – [[Mikhail Vrubel]], Russian painter (d. 1910)

*[[1862]] – [[Martha P. Falconer]], American social reformer (d. 1941)<ref>''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925''</ref>

*[[1862]] – [[Silvio Gesell]], Belgian merchant and economist (d. 1930)

*[[1864]] – [[Joseph Baptista]], Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1930)

*[[1866]] – [[Pierce Butler (justice)|Pierce Butler]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939)

*[[1867]] – [[Patrice Contamine de Latour]], Spanish poet (d. 1926)

*[[1877]] – [[Edith New]], English militant suffragette (d. 1951)<ref>{{~~citation~~cite ODNB|first=Frances|last=Bevan|title=New, Edith Bessie|~~website~~id=~~Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2019|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.~~56249~~|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56249|access-date=6 March 2021~~}}</ref>

* 1877 – [[Otto Gross]], Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (d. 1920)

* 1877 – [[Ville Kiviniemi]], Finnish politician (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Ville Kiviniemi |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910748.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315165100/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910748.aspx |archive-date=15 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>

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*[[1933]] – [[Myrlie Evers-Williams]], American journalist and activist

* 1933 – [[Penelope Lively]], English author

*[[1935]] – [[Fred T. Mackenzie]], American biologist and academic (~~scientist~~d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/in-memoriam-fred-t-mackenzie/|title=In Memoriam: Fred T. Mackenzie]], legendary ~~American~~UH ~~biologist~~Manoa faculty and ~~academic~~scientist|date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>

* 1935 – [[Adam Wade (singer)|Adam Wade]], American singer, drummer, and actor (d. 2022)

*[[1936]] – [[Ida Kleijnen]], Dutch chef (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=IN MEMORIAM Ida Kleijnen (1936-2019) |url=https://www.chapeaumagazine.com/culinair/in-memoriam-ida-kleijnen-1936-2019/ |website=Chapeau Magazine |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=nl |date=17 January 2019}}</ref>

* 1936 – [[Ladislav Kupkovič]], Slovakian composer and conductor (d. 2016)

* 1936 – [[Ken Mattingly]], American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2023)

*[[1937]] – [[Galina Samsova]], Russian ballerina (d. 2021)

*[[1938]] – [[Rudolf Nureyev]], Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)

* 1938 – [[Keith O'Brien]], Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (d. 2018)

* 1938 – [[Zola Taylor]], American singer (d. 2007)

*[[1939]] – [[Jim Gary]], American sculptor (d. 2006)

* 1939 – [[Bill Graham (Canadian politician)|Bill Graham]], Canadian academic and politician, 4th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 2022)

* 1939 – [[Robin Knox-Johnston]], English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe

* 1939 – [[Giovanni Trapattoni]], Italian footballer and manager

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* 1941 – [[Max Stafford-Clark]], English director and academic

*[[1942]] – [[John Wayne Gacy]], American serial killer and rapist (d. 1994)

* 1942 – [[Yoko Yamamoto]], Japanese actress (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp1029|title=山本陽子|work=[[Nihon Tarento Meikan]]|language=ja|publisher=[[Yahoo! Japan]]|access-date=16 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323070004/http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp1029 |archive-date=23 March 2016}}</ref>

*[[1943]] – [[Jeff Banks]], Welsh fashion designer

* 1943 – [[Andrew Brook]], Canadian philosopher, author, and academic

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*[[1968]] – [[Eri Nitta]], Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

*[[1969]] – [[Edgar Grospiron]], French skier

* 1969 – [[Alexander McQueen]], English fashion designer, founded [[Alexander McQueen (brand)|eponymous brand]] (d. 2010)

* 1969 – [[Golda Meir]], Israel's first and only female head of government, assumes office as the fourth prime minister.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kort |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkQ68EbRP4wC&dq=Golda+Meir+first+female+head+of+state+in+the+Middle+East&pg=PA76 |title=The Handbook of the Middle East |date=2002-01-01 |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |isbn=978-0-7613-1611-4 |language=en}}</ref>

*[[1970]] – [[Darren Kenny]], English Paralympic cyclist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/darren-kenny-rider-profile-70626|title=Darren Kenny: Rider Profile|date=11 February 2020|access-date=18 Dec 2020}}</ref>

* 1970 – [[Patrick Lebeau]], Canadian ice hockey player

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* [[1974]] – [[Mark Dolan]], English comedian and television host

*[[1975]] – [[Justin Hawkins]], English singer-songwriter

* 1975 – [[Puneeth Rajkumar]], Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)

* 1975 – [[Test (wrestler)|Test]], Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009)

* [[1976]] – [[Scott Downs]], American baseball player

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* 1988 – [[Fraser Forster]], English footballer

* 1988 – [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]], Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist

* 1988 – [[Brent Meuleman]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Brent Meuleman |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=06898 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=16 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref>

* 1988 – [[Ryan White (ice hockey)|Ryan White]], Canadian ice hockey player

*[[1989]] – [[Mikael Backlund]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikael Backlund |url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/player/mikael-backlund-8474150 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref>

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* 45 BC – [[Publius Attius Varus]], Roman governor of Africa

* [[180]] – [[Marcus Aurelius]], Roman emperor (b. 121)

* [[624]] – [[Amr ibn Hishām]], Arab polytheist

* [[659]] – [[Gertrude of Nivelles]], Frankish abbess

* [[836]] – [[Haito]], bishop of Basel

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*[[1934]] – [[Bede Jarrett]], English Dominican priest (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wykeham-George |first1=Kenneth |last2=Mathew |first2=Gervase |author2-link=Gervase Mathew |title=Bede Jarrett of the Order of Preachers |date=1952 |publisher=The Newman Press |location=Westminster, Maryland |page=153 |url=https://archive.org/details/bedejarrettoford0000wyke/mode/2up}}</ref>

*[[1940]] – [[Philomène Belliveau]], Canadian artist (b. 1854)

*[[1942]] – [[Nada Dimić]], [[People's Hero of Yugoslavia]], victim of [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia|Genocide of Serbs]] (b. 1923)<ref name="narodni heroji">{{cite web |title=Narodni heroji Jugoslavije |url=http://www.slobodnajugoslavija.org/sloyuknjige/NarodniHerojiJugoslavije.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728031759/http://www.slobodnajugoslavija.org/sloyuknjige/NarodniHerojiJugoslavije.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2011 |pages=101–102|date=1975}}</ref>

*[[1946]] – [[Dai Li]], Chinese general (b. 1897)

*[[1947]] – [[Mike the Headless Chicken|Mike]], American [[Wyandotte chicken]], lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945)<ref>{{cite web| title=Mike's Story| url=http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org| publisher=Mike the Headless Chicken| year=2007| access-date=June 21, 2023| archive-date=May 26, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526080119/http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/| url-status=live}}</ref>

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*[[1983]] – [[Haldan Keffer Hartline]], American physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)

* 1983 – [[Louisa E. Rhine]], American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)

*[[1986]] – [[Clarence D. Lester]], African-American fighter pilot (b. 1923)

*[[1990]] – [[Capucine]], French model and actress (b. 1928)

* 1990 – [[Dinkar G. Kelkar]], Indian art collector (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelkar |first1=B. S. |last2=Kelkar |first2=G. R. |last3=Kelkar |first3=Y. S. |title=Kelkar Kulavruttanta |date=1993 |publisher=Yashodeep Typesetting |location=[[Thane]]|pages=82, 83}}</ref>

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==Holidays and observances==

* [[Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] (Bangladesh)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.banglatribune.com/national/news/34282/Nation-celebrates-Bangabandhu%E2%80%99s-birthday|title=Nation celebrates Bangabandhu’s birthday|date=17 March 2019|access-date=13 June 2023|website=[[Bangla Tribune]]|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028001408/http://en.banglatribune.com/national/news/34282/Nation-celebrates-Bangabandhu%E2%80%99s-birthday|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Children's Day#Bangladesh|Children's Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])

* Christian [[feast day]]:

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[[Category:Days of ~~the year~~March]]

~~[[Category:March]]~~