| 24961 | March 5 | Birth | 1920 – José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (d. 2009) |
| 24962 | March 5 | Birth | 1920 – Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996) |
| 24963 | March 5 | Birth | 1920 – Leontine T. Kelly, American bishop (d. 2012) |
| 24964 | March 5 | Birth | 1921 – Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (d. 1998) |
| 24965 | March 5 | Birth | 1922 – James Noble, American actor and producer |
| 24966 | March 5 | Birth | 1922 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1975) |
| 24967 | March 5 | Birth | 1923 – Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic, founded Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo (d. 2014) |
| 24968 | March 5 | Birth | 1923 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (d. 2003) |
| 24969 | March 5 | Birth | 1927 – Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d. 1976) |
| 24970 | March 5 | Birth | 1928 – J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic |
| 24971 | March 5 | Birth | 1928 – Harry Birrell, American news reporter (d. 2013) |
| 24972 | March 5 | Birth | 1929 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 2015) |
| 24973 | March 5 | Birth | 1929 – J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 24974 | March 5 | Birth | 1930 – John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2008) |
| 24975 | March 5 | Birth | 1930 – Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager |
| 24976 | March 5 | Birth | 1930 – David Garth, American political advertising consultant (d. 2014) |
| 24977 | March 5 | Birth | 1931 – Fred, French author and illustrator (d. 2013) |
| 24978 | March 5 | Birth | 1931 – Anthony Hedges, English composer and academic |
| 24979 | March 5 | Birth | 1931 – Jean-Paul Roussillon, French actor (d. 2009) |
| 24980 | March 5 | Birth | 1931 – Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator |
| 24981 | March 5 | Birth | 1932 – Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (d. 2008) |
| 24982 | March 5 | Birth | 1933 – Tommy Tucker, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982) |
| 24983 | March 5 | Birth | 1934 – Daniel Kahneman, Israeli- American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 24984 | March 5 | Birth | 1934 – Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 24985 | March 5 | Birth | 1934 – James Sikking, American actor |
| 24986 | March 5 | Birth | 1935 – Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer |
| 24987 | March 5 | Birth | 1935 – Paul Sand, American actor |
| 24988 | March 5 | Birth | 1936 – Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003) |
| 24989 | March 5 | Birth | 1936 – Dean Stockwell, American actor and singer |
| 24990 | March 5 | Birth | 1937 – Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria |