| 36751 | March 31 | Birth | 1917 – Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (d. 2002) |
| 36752 | March 31 | Birth | 1919 – Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993) |
| 36753 | March 31 | Birth | 1920 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 2014) |
| 36754 | March 31 | Birth | 1920 – Paul Zorner, German soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 36755 | March 31 | Birth | 1921 – Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (d. 2011) |
| 36756 | March 31 | Birth | 1922 – Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999) |
| 36757 | March 31 | Birth | 1923 – Shoshana Damari, Yemeni-Israeli singer and actress (d. 2006) |
| 36758 | March 31 | Birth | 1923 – François Sermon, Belgian footballer (d. 2013) |
| 36759 | March 31 | Birth | 1924 – Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (d. 1998) |
| 36760 | March 31 | Birth | 1924 – Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 36761 | March 31 | Birth | 1925 – Jean Coutu, Canadian actor and director (d. 1999) |
| 36762 | March 31 | Birth | 1926 – John Fowles, English author and educator (d. 2005) |
| 36763 | March 31 | Birth | 1926 – Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (d. 2001) |
| 36764 | March 31 | Birth | 1926 – Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (d. 2006) |
| 36765 | March 31 | Birth | 1927 – Cesar Chavez, American union leader and activist (d. 1993) |
| 36766 | March 31 | Birth | 1927 – William Daniels, American actor |
| 36767 | March 31 | Birth | 1927 – Elmer Diedtrich, American businessman and politician (d. 2013) |
| 36768 | March 31 | Birth | 1927 – Bud MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988) |
| 36769 | March 31 | Birth | 1928 – Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975) |
| 36770 | March 31 | Birth | 1928 – Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 36771 | March 31 | Birth | 1929 – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (d. 2007) |
| 36772 | March 31 | Birth | 1929 – Bert Fields, American lawyer and author |
| 36773 | March 31 | Birth | 1931 – Miller Barber, American golfer (d. 2013) |
| 36774 | March 31 | Birth | 1931 – Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (d. 1997) |
| 36775 | March 31 | Birth | 1932 – John Jakes, American author |
| 36776 | March 31 | Birth | 1932 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 36777 | March 31 | Birth | 1933 – Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1999) |
| 36778 | March 31 | Birth | 1933 – Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983) |
| 36779 | March 31 | Birth | 1934 – Richard Chamberlain, American actor and singer |
| 36780 | March 31 | Birth | 1934 – Shirley Jones, American actress and singer |