- Mar 2 Jim Konstanty, American MLB relief pitcher (MLB All Star 1950; NL MVP 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Strykersville, New York (d. 1976)
- Mar 4 Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1948, 53; Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1982)
- Mar 6 Roy Scott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket; Canterbury), born in Clyde, New Zealand (d. 2005)
- Mar 19 Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
- Mar 24 Ed Furgol, American golfer (US Open 1954), born in New York Mills, NY (d. 1997)
- Mar 29 Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes 1920), foaled at Nursery Stud, Kentucky (d. 1947)
- Mar 29 Tommy Holmes, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1945, 48; NL HR leader 1945; Boston Braves) and manager (Boston Braves), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
About March 1917
How Old? 107 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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