- Mar 1 Wilfried van Moer, Belgian soccer midfielder (57 caps; Belgian Golden Shoe x 3; Beveren, Antwerp, Standard Liège), born in Beveren, Belgium (d. 2021)
- Mar 3 Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
- Mar 4 Tommy Svensson, Swedish soccer midfielder (40 caps; Östers IF, Standard Liège) and manager (Östers IF, Sweden), born in Växjö, Sweden
- Mar 5 Randy Matson, American field athlete (Olympic gold shot putt 1968), born in Pampa, Texas
- Mar 8 Graeme Watson, Australian cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 1 x 50, 6 wickets; 2 ODIs; Victoria CA, WA CA, NSW CA), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2020)
- Mar 10 HO de Villiers, South African rugby union fullback (14 caps; Villager FC, Western Province), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2022)
- Mar 11 Dock Ellis, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star, World Series 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates; pitched no-hitter 1971), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
- Mar 15 Jörgen Sundelin, Swedish yachtsmen (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1968; World C'ship gold Dragon class 1971), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Mar 18 Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic gold 1964)
- Mar 18 John Jacobs, American golfer (PGA Senior C’ship 2003), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 20 Julien Rascagnères, French rugby league referee (10 Tests), born in Perpignan, France (d. 2022)
- Mar 20 Pat Riley, American NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat), born in Schenectady, New York
- Mar 23 Krasnodar Rora, Croatian soccer midfielder (5 caps Yugoslavia; Dinamo Zagreb, Standard Liège) and manager (Šibenik), born in Vis, Croatia (d. 2020)
- Mar 26 Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast who won Olympic gold USSR vault, horizontal bar 1968; World C'ship gold all-round, rings 1966, born in Moscow (d. 2004)
- Mar 27 Briton Selby, Canadian NHL player, born in Kingston, Ontario
- Mar 27 Tony Kreft, New Zealand rugby union prop (1 Test; Otago RFU 60 games), born in Milton, New Zealand (d. 2023)
- Mar 28 Johnny Famechon, Australian boxer (WBC featherweight champion 1969-70), born in Paris, France (d. 2022)
- Mar 29 Eddie Colquhoun, Scottish soccer centre back (11 caps; Sheffield United 363 games), born in Prestonpans, Scotland (d. 2023)
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Mar 29 College / Basketball HOF guard (Southern Illinois Uni; NBA C'ship 1970, 73 NY Knicks; 7×NBA All-Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1975; 4×All-NBA First Team), born in Atlanta, Georgia
About March 1945
How Old? 79 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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