| 36781 | March 31 | Birth | 1934 – John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 36782 | March 31 | Birth | 1934 – Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 36783 | March 31 | Birth | 1934 – Kamala Surayya, Indian poet and author |
| 36784 | March 31 | Birth | 1935 – Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer |
| 36785 | March 31 | Birth | 1935 – Judith Rossner, American author (d. 2005) |
| 36786 | March 31 | Birth | 1936 – Sandayū Dokumamushi, Japanese actor |
| 36787 | March 31 | Birth | 1936 – Marge Piercy, American author and poet |
| 36788 | March 31 | Birth | 1936 – Bob Pulford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 36789 | March 31 | Birth | 1937 – Willem Duyn, Dutch singer-songwriter (Mouth & MacNeal) (d. 2004) |
| 36790 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic |
| 36791 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala |
| 36792 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Antje Gleichfeld, German runner |
| 36793 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Joel Godard, American television announcer |
| 36794 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2005) |
| 36795 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (d. 2005) |
| 36796 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actress |
| 36797 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – Arthur B. Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (The Beepers) |
| 36798 | March 31 | Birth | 1938 – David Steel, Scottish academic and politician |
| 36799 | March 31 | Birth | 1939 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (d. 1993) |
| 36800 | March 31 | Birth | 1939 – Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 36801 | March 31 | Birth | 1939 – Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013) |
| 36802 | March 31 | Birth | 1939 – Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer |
| 36803 | March 31 | Birth | 1939 – Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer |
| 36804 | March 31 | Birth | 1940 – Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer and art director (d. 2013) |
| 36805 | March 31 | Birth | 1940 – Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician |
| 36806 | March 31 | Birth | 1940 – Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician |
| 36807 | March 31 | Birth | 1941 – Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995) |
| 36808 | March 31 | Birth | 1941 – Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (d. 2013) |
| 36809 | March 31 | Birth | 1942 – Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician |
| 36810 | March 31 | Birth | 1942 – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (d. 2013) |