| 23431 | March 2 | Death | 1865 – Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819) |
| 23432 | March 2 | Death | 1880 – John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790) |
| 23433 | March 2 | Death | 1895 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841) |
| 23434 | March 2 | Death | 1895 – Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830) |
| 23435 | March 2 | Death | 1919 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino activist (b. 1812) |
| 23436 | March 2 | Death | 1921 – Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850) |
| 23437 | March 2 | Death | 1930 – D. H. Lawrence, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1885) |
| 23438 | March 2 | Death | 1938 – Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871) |
| 23439 | March 2 | Death | 1939 – Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874) |
| 23440 | March 2 | Death | 1942 – Tyler Brooke, American actor and singer (b. 1886) |
| 23441 | March 2 | Death | 1943 – Charlie Christian, American guitarist (b. 1916) |
| 23442 | March 2 | Death | 1945 – Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871) |
| 23443 | March 2 | Death | 1946 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895) |
| 23444 | March 2 | Death | 1946 – George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872) |
| 23445 | March 2 | Death | 1947 – Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882) |
| 23446 | March 2 | Death | 1949 – Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879) |
| 23447 | March 2 | Death | 1950 – Rosli Dhobi, Malaysian rebel (b. 1932) |
| 23448 | March 2 | Death | 1953 – James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882) |
| 23449 | March 2 | Death | 1957 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (b. 1874) |
| 23450 | March 2 | Death | 1958 – Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888) |
| 23451 | March 2 | Death | 1958 – Nikolaos Tselementes, Greek chef and author (b. 1878) |
| 23452 | March 2 | Death | 1959 – Eric Blore, English-American actor and singer (b. 1887) |
| 23453 | March 2 | Death | 1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866) |
| 23454 | March 2 | Death | 1967 – José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish author and critic (b. 1873) |
| 23455 | March 2 | Death | 1970 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (b. 1888) |
| 23456 | March 2 | Death | 1972 – Herbert Feis, American historian and economist (b. 1893) |
| 23457 | March 2 | Death | 1972 – Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (b. 1877) |
| 23458 | March 2 | Death | 1973 – Cleo A. Noel, Jr., American academic and diplomat (b. 1918) |
| 23459 | March 2 | Death | 1974 – Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948) |
| 23460 | March 2 | Death | 1975 – Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929) |