| 31981 | March 22 | Birth | 1919 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (d. 1990) |
| 31982 | March 22 | Birth | 1920 – James Brown, American actor and singer (d. 1992) |
| 31983 | March 22 | Birth | 1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor and singer (d. 2000) |
| 31984 | March 22 | Birth | 1920 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 31985 | March 22 | Birth | 1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (d. 1995) |
| 31986 | March 22 | Birth | 1920 – Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition |
| 31987 | March 22 | Birth | 1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 31988 | March 22 | Birth | 1922 – John J. Gilligan, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013) |
| 31989 | March 22 | Birth | 1923 – Carmen Filpi, American actor (d. 2003) |
| 31990 | March 22 | Birth | 1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007) |
| 31991 | March 22 | Birth | 1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013) |
| 31992 | March 22 | Birth | 1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian colonel, pilot, and engineer (d. 1960) |
| 31993 | March 22 | Birth | 1924 – Bill Roost, English footballer (d. 2013) |
| 31994 | March 22 | Birth | 1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 31995 | March 22 | Birth | 1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999) |
| 31996 | March 22 | Birth | 1925 – Gilles Pelletier, Canadian actor |
| 31997 | March 22 | Birth | 1927 – Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (d. 2013) |
| 31998 | March 22 | Birth | 1928 – Carrie Donovan, American journalist (d. 2001) |
| 31999 | March 22 | Birth | 1928 – E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic |
| 32000 | March 22 | Birth | 1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (d. 2011) |
| 32001 | March 22 | Birth | 1929 – Mort Drucker, American illustrator |
| 32002 | March 22 | Birth | 1929 – Yayoi Kusama, Japanese painter and sculptor |
| 32003 | March 22 | Birth | 1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic |
| 32004 | March 22 | Birth | 1930 – Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network |
| 32005 | March 22 | Birth | 1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter |
| 32006 | March 22 | Birth | 1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 32007 | March 22 | Birth | 1931 – William Shatner, Canadian-American actor, singer, director, and producer |
| 32008 | March 22 | Birth | 1931 – Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014) |
| 32009 | March 22 | Birth | 1932 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014) |
| 32010 | March 22 | Birth | 1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (d. 2010) |