| 29371 | March 16 | Birth | 1928 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (d. 2010) |
| 29372 | March 16 | Birth | 1928 – Christa Ludwig, German soprano and actress |
| 29373 | March 16 | Birth | 1929 – Betty Johnson, American singer (The Johnson Family Singers) |
| 29374 | March 16 | Birth | 1929 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 29375 | March 16 | Birth | 1929 – Nadja Tiller, Austrian-German actress |
| 29376 | March 16 | Birth | 1930 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (d. 2001) |
| 29377 | March 16 | Birth | 1931 – Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014) |
| 29378 | March 16 | Birth | 1931 – Anthony Kenny, English philosopher and academic |
| 29379 | March 16 | Birth | 1931 – John Munro, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2003) |
| 29380 | March 16 | Birth | 1932 – Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005) |
| 29381 | March 16 | Birth | 1932 – Walter Cunningham, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut |
| 29382 | March 16 | Birth | 1932 – Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author |
| 29383 | March 16 | Birth | 1932 – Herbert Marx, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician |
| 29384 | March 16 | Birth | 1933 – Keith Critchlow, English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy |
| 29385 | March 16 | Birth | 1933 – Sanford I. Weill, American banker, financier, and philanthropist |
| 29386 | March 16 | Birth | 1934 – Jean Cournoyer, Canadian journalist and politician |
| 29387 | March 16 | Birth | 1934 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002) |
| 29388 | March 16 | Birth | 1934 – Mack McInnis, American soldier and politician (d. 2013) |
| 29389 | March 16 | Birth | 1934 – Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor |
| 29390 | March 16 | Birth | 1934 – Ray Walker, American singer (The Jordanaires) |
| 29391 | March 16 | Birth | 1935 – Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress |
| 29392 | March 16 | Birth | 1936 – Thelma Hopkins, Northern Irish high jumper |
| 29393 | March 16 | Birth | 1936 – Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001) |
| 29394 | March 16 | Birth | 1936 – Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI |
| 29395 | March 16 | Birth | 1936 – Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress and singer (d. 2006) |
| 29396 | March 16 | Birth | 1937 – David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author |
| 29397 | March 16 | Birth | 1937 – Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic (d. 1996) |
| 29398 | March 16 | Birth | 1939 – Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and coach |
| 29399 | March 16 | Birth | 1939 – Koos Van Den Akker, Dutch-American fashion designer (d. 2015) |
| 29400 | March 16 | Birth | 1940 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter |