| 31801 | March 21 | Death | 2001 – Chung Ju-yung, South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915) |
| 31802 | March 21 | Death | 2001 – Anthony Steel, English actor and singer (b. 1920) |
| 31803 | March 21 | Death | 2002 – Herman Talmadge, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913) |
| 31804 | March 21 | Death | 2003 – Shivani, Indian author (b. 1923) |
| 31805 | March 21 | Death | 2003 – Umar Wirahadikusumah, Indonesian general and politician, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924) |
| 31806 | March 21 | Death | 2004 – Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1924) |
| 31807 | March 21 | Death | 2005 – Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (b. 1923) |
| 31808 | March 21 | Death | 2005 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (b. 1924) |
| 31809 | March 21 | Death | 2007 – Drew Hayes, American author and illustrator (b. 1969) |
| 31810 | March 21 | Death | 2007 – Sven O. Høiby, Norwegian hurdler and journalist (b. 1936) |
| 31811 | March 21 | Death | 2007 – Kevin Whitrick, English engineer (b. 1964) |
| 31812 | March 21 | Death | 2008 – Denis Cosgrove, English-American geographer and academic (b. 1948) |
| 31813 | March 21 | Death | 2008 – Klaus Dinger, German singer-songwriter and producer (Neu!, La Düsseldorf, La! Neu?, and Kraftwerk) (b. 1946) |
| 31814 | March 21 | Death | 2008 – Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente, Chilean architect and academic (b. 1931) |
| 31815 | March 21 | Death | 2009 – Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1960) |
| 31816 | March 21 | Death | 2010 – Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1919) |
| 31817 | March 21 | Death | 2011 – Loleatta Holloway, American singer-songwriter (The Caravans) (b. 1946) |
| 31818 | March 21 | Death | 2011 – Gerd Klier, German footballer (b. 1944) |
| 31819 | March 21 | Death | 2011 – Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1931) |
| 31820 | March 21 | Death | 2011 – Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (b. 1913) |
| 31821 | March 21 | Death | 2012 – Albrecht Dietz, German economist and businessman (b. 1926) |
| 31822 | March 21 | Death | 2012 – Ron Erhardt, American football player and coach (b. 1931) |
| 31823 | March 21 | Death | 2012 – Robert Fuest, English director, screenwriter, and production designer (b. 1927) |
| 31824 | March 21 | Death | 2012 – Tonino Guerra, Italian poet and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
| 31825 | March 21 | Death | 2012 – Irving Louis Horowitz, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1929) |
| 31826 | March 21 | Death | 2012 – Yuri Razuvaev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1945) |
| 31827 | March 21 | Death | 2012 – Marina Salye, Russian geologist and politician (b. 1934) |
| 31828 | March 21 | Death | 2013 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian poet and author (b. 1930) |
| 31829 | March 21 | Death | 2013 – Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti, Turkish-Syrian cleric and scholar (b. 1929) |
| 31830 | March 21 | Death | 2013 – Yvan Ducharme, Canadian actor (b. 1937) |