| 29611 | March 16 | Death | 1980 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898) |
| 29612 | March 16 | Death | 1983 – Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903) |
| 29613 | March 16 | Death | 1983 – Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician (b. 1907) |
| 29614 | March 16 | Death | 1984 – John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (b. 1947) |
| 29615 | March 16 | Death | 1985 – Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (b. 1896) |
| 29616 | March 16 | Death | 1985 – Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1902) |
| 29617 | March 16 | Death | 1990 – Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1898) |
| 29618 | March 16 | Death | 1992 – Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1919) |
| 29619 | March 16 | Death | 1992 – Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (b. 1903) |
| 29620 | March 16 | Death | 1993 – Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945) |
| 29621 | March 16 | Death | 1993 – Chishū Ryū, Japanese actor (b. 1904) |
| 29622 | March 16 | Death | 1996 – Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954) |
| 29623 | March 16 | Death | 1998 – Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) |
| 29624 | March 16 | Death | 1998 – Esther Bubley, American photographer (b. 1921) |
| 29625 | March 16 | Death | 1999 – Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1909) |
| 29626 | March 16 | Death | 2000 – Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918) |
| 29627 | March 16 | Death | 2000 – Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911) |
| 29628 | March 16 | Death | 2000 – Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1910) |
| 29629 | March 16 | Death | 2001 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (b. 1921) |
| 29630 | March 16 | Death | 2001 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943) |
| 29631 | March 16 | Death | 2003 – Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979) |
| 29632 | March 16 | Death | 2003 – Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (b. 1931) |
| 29633 | March 16 | Death | 2004 – Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910) |
| 29634 | March 16 | Death | 2005 – Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958) |
| 29635 | March 16 | Death | 2005 – Timofei Dokschitzer, Russian trumpet player and educator (b. 1921) |
| 29636 | March 16 | Death | 2005 – Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914) |
| 29637 | March 16 | Death | 2005 – Anthony George, American actor (b. 1921) |
| 29638 | March 16 | Death | 2005 – Allan Hendrickse, South African educator and politician (b. 1927) |
| 29639 | March 16 | Death | 2005 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937) |
| 29640 | March 16 | Death | 2006 – David Feintuch, American lawyer and author (b. 1944) |