- Mar 1 Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lankan cricket batsman (4 Tests; first SL Test captain; 12 ODIs; Bloomfield CC), born in Rambukkana, Sri Lanka (d. 2021)
- Mar 1 Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese soccer coach (Portugal, UAE, RSA, Iran, Colombia; Real Madrid), born in Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique
- Mar 1 Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, American football linebacker (NFL Pro Bowl 1978; Super Bowl 1977; Dallas Cowboys), born in Austin, Texas
- Mar 3 Zico, Brazilian footballer
- Mar 4 Paweł Janas, Polish soccer defender (53 caps; Widzew Łódź, Legia Warsaw, Auxerre) and manager (Poland, Legia Warsaw, Widzew Łódź), born in Pabianice, Poland
- Mar 4 Ray Price, Australian rugby league lock (22 Tests; Parramatta RLFC 259 games; Dally M Medal, Rothmans Medal) and rugby union flanker (7 Tests; Parramatta RUFC), born in Sydney, Australia
- Mar 8 Don Werner, American MLB baseball catcher, 1975-82 (Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers), and minor/major league coach, born in Appleton, Wisconsin
- Mar 8 Jim Rice, American Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder (AL MVP 1978; 8 x MLB All Star; AL HR leader 1977, 78, 83; Boston Red Sox), born in Anderson, South Carolina
- Mar 13 Andy Bean, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1980, 89 runner-up; British Open 1983 runner-up; 11 x PGA Tour titles), born in LaFayette, Georgia (d. 2023)
- Mar 14 Tim McKee, American 400m medley swimmer (Olympic silver 1972)
- Mar 15 Colin Croft, West Indian cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 125 wickets; Guyana, Demerara, Lancashire CCC) and broadcaster (BBC, Sky Sports), born in Lancaster Village, Demerara, British Guiana
- Mar 17 Chuck Muncie, American football running back, (d. 2013)
- Mar 18 Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974)
- Mar 19 Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
- Mar 21 Emilio Correa, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold welterweight 1972; World C'ship gold 1974), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (d. 2024)
- Mar 23 Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
- Mar 25 Haroon Rashid, Pakistani cricket batsman (23 Tests, 3 x 100s; 12 ODIs; Karachi, Sind, UBIL, UBP), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Mar 31 Rene Portland, American college basketball coach (Penn State 1980-2007), born in Broomall, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
About March 1953
How Old? 71 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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