| 30061 | March 17 | Death | 2005 – Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1923) |
| 30062 | March 17 | Death | 2005 – George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904) |
| 30063 | March 17 | Death | 2005 – Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912) |
| 30064 | March 17 | Death | 2006 – Bob Blue, American songwriter and educator (b. 1948) |
| 30065 | March 17 | Death | 2006 – Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (b. 1913) |
| 30066 | March 17 | Death | 2006 – Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1913) |
| 30067 | March 17 | Death | 2006 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955) |
| 30068 | March 17 | Death | 2006 – İstemihan Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945) |
| 30069 | March 17 | Death | 2007 – John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (b. 1924) |
| 30070 | March 17 | Death | 2007 – Roger Bennett, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Legacy Five and Cathedral Quartet) (b. 1959) |
| 30071 | March 17 | Death | 2007 – Jim Cronin, English zoo keeper and activist, founded Monkey World (b. 1951) |
| 30072 | March 17 | Death | 2008 – Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939) |
| 30073 | March 17 | Death | 2009 – Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937) |
| 30074 | March 17 | Death | 2009 – Fernand Lindsay, Canadian organist and educator (b. 1929) |
| 30075 | March 17 | Death | 2010 – Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Box Tops and Big Star) (b. 1950) |
| 30076 | March 17 | Death | 2010 – Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
| 30077 | March 17 | Death | 2010 – Charlie Gillett, English musicologist and radio host (b. 1942) |
| 30078 | March 17 | Death | 2011 – Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (b. 1916) |
| 30079 | March 17 | Death | 2011 – Ferlin Husky, American singer and guitarist (b. 1925) |
| 30080 | March 17 | Death | 2012 – Paul Boyer, American historian and academic (b. 1935) |
| 30081 | March 17 | Death | 2012 – John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-American nazi guard (b. 1920) |
| 30082 | March 17 | Death | 2012 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (b. 1923) |
| 30083 | March 17 | Death | 2012 – Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919) |
| 30084 | March 17 | Death | 2013 – Rudolf Battěk, Czech sociologist and politician (b. 1924) |
| 30085 | March 17 | Death | 2013 – William B. Caldwell, III, American general (b. 1925) |
| 30086 | March 17 | Death | 2013 – Steve Davis, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1952) |
| 30087 | March 17 | Death | 2013 – André Fontaine, French historian and journalist (b. 1921) |
| 30088 | March 17 | Death | 2013 – Olivier Metzner, French lawyer (b. 1949) |
| 30089 | March 17 | Death | 2013 – Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch politician (b. 1939) |
| 30090 | March 17 | Death | 2014 – Mercy Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan actress and singer (b. 1945) |