- Mar 1 Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer (WBA super-middleweight title x 3; WBC title x 2; IBA title 2002), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Mar 2 Damien Duff, Irish soccer winger (100 caps, Republic of Ireland; Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Fulham), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Mar 4 Geoff Huegill, Australian swimmer
- Mar 5 Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter (Olympic gold women's 75kg 2004; World C'ship gold 1998, 99), born in Yantai, China
- Mar 6 Erik Bedard, Canadian baseball player
- Mar 6 Ryan Nyquist, American BMX rider (4 x X Games gold; 3 x Gravity Games gold), born in Los Gatos, California
- Mar 11 Elton Brand, American NBA basketball player, 1999-2016 (Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, and 3 other teams), and general manager (76ers, 2018-present), born in Cortlandt Manor, New York
- Mar 11 Fred Jones, American basketball player
- Mar 12 Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian soccer goalkeeper (16 caps; Barcelona SC), born in Ventanas, Ecuador
- Mar 13 Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete, born in Ghent, Belgium
- Mar 13 Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; AL Cy Young 2004, 06; Triple Crown 2006; Gold Glove 2007; no-hitter 2012; Minnesota Twins, NY Mets), born in Tovar Municipality, Mérida, Venezuela
- Mar 14 Love [Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula], Angolan footballer, born in Luanda, Angola
- Mar 14 Nicolas Anelka, French footballer, born in Le Chesnay, France
- Mar 14 Sead Ramović, German-born Bosnian footballer
- Mar 15 Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player
- Mar 16 Édison Méndez, Ecuadorian soccer midfielder (111 caps; Deportivo Quito, LDU Quito, PSV), born in Ibarra, Ecuador
- Mar 17 Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mar 18 Anthony Maher, American soccer player
- Mar 18 Dramane Coulibaly, Malian footballer
- Mar 19 Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
- Mar 19 Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
- Mar 19 Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player
- Mar 19 Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
- Mar 20 Bernard O'Connor, Gaelic Footballer
- Mar 20 Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
- Mar 22 Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player, born in Sabana Grande de Palenque, Dominican Republic
- Mar 23 Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player
- Mar 23 Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
- Mar 23 Misty Hyman, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 2000), born in Mesa, Arizona
- Mar 23 Natalya Baranovskaya, Olympic swimmer
- Mar 24 Graeme Swann, English cricket spin bowler (60 Tests, 255 wickets, BB 6/65; 79 ODIs; 39 T20I; Northamptonshire CCC, Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Northampton, England
- Mar 24 Periklis Iakovakis, Greek athlete (400 meter hurdles)
- Mar 26 Pierre Womé, Cameroonian soccer left back who played 68 internationals; Bologna, Werder Bremen, 1. FC Köln, Lucchese, born in Douala, Cameroon
- Mar 27 Michael Cuddyer, American baseball outfielder who was MLB All Star 2011, 13; NL batting champion & Silver Slugger award 2013; Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, born in Norfolk, Virginia
About March 1979
How Old? 45 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20), Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
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