March 1

• 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.{{cite journal|last=Sage|first=M.M.|title=The Elogia of the Augustan Forum and the De Viris Illustribus: A Reply|journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte|date=1983|volume=32|number=2|page=252}}
• 293 – Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").{{cite book|last=Banchich|first=Thomas Banchich M.|title=The History of Zonaras: From Alexander Severus to the Death of Theodosius the Great|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2009|isbn=9780415299091|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_CBAgAAQBAJ|page=137}}
• 350 – Vetranio proclaims himself Caesar after being encouraged to do so by Constantina, sister of Constantius II.{{cite book|last=Elton|first=Hugh|title=The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2018|isbn=9780521899314|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2V9DwAAQBAJ|page=72}}
• 834 – Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire.{{cite book|last=Milman|first=Henry hart|title=History of Latin Christianity: Including That of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V. Volume 5|location=New York|publisher=A.C. Armstrong|date=1892|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1gwAQAAMAAJ|page=546}}
• 1476 – Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.{{cite book|last=Lea|first=Henry Charles|title=History of the Inquisition of Spain. Volume 1|location=Frankfurt, Germany|publisher=Outlook Verlag|date=2020|isbn=9783752409109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXL1DwAAQBAJ|page=117}}
• 1562 – Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.{{cite book|last=Kelly|first=Caleb Guyer|title=French Protestantism, 1559–1562|location=Baltimore|publisher=Johns Hopkins Press|date=1918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_KIsAAAAYAAJ|page=164}}

• 1628 – Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
• 1633 – Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
• 1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
• 1781 – The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.{{cite web |url= https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/Articles |title= Articles of Confederation, 1777–1781 |work= Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations |publisher= U.S. Department of State |location= Washington, D.C. |access-date= January 3, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101230164242/http://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/Articles |archive-date= December 30, 2010 |url-status= dead |postscript=none}}; {{cite book| last = Elliot| first = Jonathan| title = The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pTAMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA98| access-date = February 21, 2012| edition = 2nd| volume = 1| year = 1836| publisher = Editor on the Pennsylvania Avenue| location = Washington, D.C.| page = 98| archive-date = March 1, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210301023351/https://books.google.com/books?id=pTAMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA98| url-status = live}}
• 1796 – The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
• 1805 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate.{{cite book|last=Hinds|first=Asher C.|title=Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States: Including References to Provisions of the Constitution, the Laws, and Decisions of the United States Senate. Volume III|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Government Printing Office|date=1907|oclc=2176404|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ma5CAQAAMAAJ|page=771}}
• 1811 – Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
• 1815 – Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
• 1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
• 1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
• 1867 – Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state.
• 1870 – Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• 1871 – The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.{{cite web |url=https://www.bismarck-stiftung.de/2020/10/05/kalenderblatt-der-sieges-einzug-in-paris-am-1-maerz-1871/ |title=Kalenderblatt: "Der Sieges-Einzug in Paris am 1. März 1871" |date=5 October 2020 |access-date=17 February 2022}}
• 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1896 – Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.{{cite book | last=Pankhurst | first=Richard K.P. | author-link=Richard K. P. Pankhurst | year=1998 | title=The Ethiopians: A History | series=The Peoples of Africa Series | location=Oxford | publisher=Blackwell Publishers | isbn=0-631-22493-9 | page=190}}
• 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.

• 1901 – The Australian Army is formed.
• 1910 – The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
• 1914 – China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 1917 – The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• 1919 – March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
• 1921 – The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
• 1921 – Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion begins, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.{{cite book|last=Avrich|first=Paul|title=Kronstadt, 1921|page=76|date=1970|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-08721-0}}
• 1932 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son Charles Jr is kidnapped from his home in East Amwell, New Jersey. His body would not be found until May 12.{{Cite web|title=Lindbergh Kidnapping|url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Federal Bureau of Investigation|language=en-us}}
• 1939 – An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• 1941 – World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
• 1946 – The Bank of England is nationalised.
• 1947 – The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 1950 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• 1953 – Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• 1954 – Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• 1956 – The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• 1956 – Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• 1958 – Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
• 1961 – Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
• 1962 – American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Jamaica Bay in New York, killing 95.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-123B N7506A Jamaica Bay, NY |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620301-0 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 1964 – Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
• 1964 – Paradise Airlines Flight 901A crashes near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, killing 85.{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-049 Constellation N86504 Lake Tahoe Airport, CA (TVL) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19640301-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610050316/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19640301-1 |archive-date=June 10, 2019 |access-date=May 28, 2019 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• 1966 – The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• 1971 – President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• 1973 – Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
• 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• 1981 – Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
• 1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• 1991 – Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the deaths of more than 25,000 people, mostly civilians.
• 1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
• 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
• 2002 – The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of {{convert|800|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=on}} above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.{{Cite web|url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/e/envisat|title=EnviSat (Environmental Satellite)|website=eoPortal|access-date=2020-03-02|archive-date=2020-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731003313/https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/e/envisat|url-status=live}}
• 2002 – Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-109 to service the Hubble Space Telescope.{{cite web |title=Mission STS-109 |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-109/mission-sts-109.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318104517/https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-109/mission-sts-109.html |archive-date=18 March 2017 |access-date=1 March 2009 |publisher=NASA}}
• 2003 – Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• 2005 – In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of any crime is unconstitutional.{{Cite news |last=Greenhouse |first=Linda |date=2005-03-02 |title=Supreme Court, 5-4, Forbids Execution in Juvenile Crime |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/02/politics/supreme-court-54-forbids-execution-in-juvenile-crime.html |access-date=2023-02-28 |issn=0362-4331}}
• 2006 – English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.{{Cite magazine |last=Simon |first=Matt |date=1 March 2012 |title=March 1, 2006: English Wikipedia's Millionth Entry Pulls Into the Station |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/03/march-1-2006-english-wikipedias-millionth-entry-pulls-into-the-station/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |issn=1059-1028}}
• 2007 – Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.
• 2008 – The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
• 2014 – Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

• 1105 – Alfonso VII, king of León and Castile (died 1157)
• 1389 – Antoninus of Florence, Italian archbishop and saint (died 1459)
• 1432 – Isabella of Coimbra (died 1455)
• 1456 – Vladislaus II of Hungary (died 1516)
• 1547 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher and lexicographer (died 1628)
• 1554 – William Stafford, English courtier and conspirator (died 1612)
• 1577 – Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (died 1635)
• 1597 – Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (died 1652)

• 1611 – John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (died 1685)
• 1629 – Abraham Teniers, Flemish painter (died 1670)
• 1647 – John de Brito, Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr (died 1693)
• 1657 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian and author (died 1740)
• 1683 – Tsangyang Gyatso, sixth Dalai Lama (died 1706)
• 1683 – Caroline of Ansbach, British queen and regent (died 1737)
• 1724 – Manuel do Cenáculo, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (died 1814){{cite web |url=http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |title=Vilas Boas (D. frei Manuel do Cenáculo) |language=pt |last=Torres |first=João Romano |website=Portugal – Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume VII |access-date=15 November 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806103022/http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |url-status=live }}
• 1732 – William Cushing, American lawyer and judge (died 1810)
• 1760 – François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (died 1794)
• 1769 – François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (died 1796)
• 1807 – Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1898)
• 1810 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (died 1849){{cite web |title=Frederic Chopin {{!}} Biography, Music, Death, Famous Works, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-Chopin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}
• 1812 – Augustus Pugin, English architect, co-designed the Palace of Westminster (died 1852)
• 1817 – Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor and educator (died 1882)
• 1821 – Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (died 1896)
• 1835 – Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (died 1919)
• 1837 – William Dean Howells, American novelist, playwright, and critic (died 1920)
• 1842 – Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (died 1901)
• 1848 – Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor and academic (died 1907)
• 1852 – Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1923)
• 1863 – Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer (died 1930)
• 1870 – E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic (died 1944)
• 1876 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman (died 1942)
• 1880 – Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic (died 1932)
• 1886 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright (died 1980)
• 1888 – Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player (died 1948)
• 1888 – Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer (died 1949){{cite web|url=http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/players/walden.htm|title=Fanny Walden (outside-right) 1915–16|website=mightyleeds.co.uk|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803153510/http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/players/walden.htm|url-status=live}}
• 1889 – Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (died 1960)
• 1890 – Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author (died 2002)
• 1891 – Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (died 1940)
• 1892 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator (died 1927)
• 1893 – Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1968)
• 1896 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
• 1896 – Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer (died 1942)
• 1899 – Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (died 1972)
• 1900 – Basil Bunting, British poet (died 1985){{cite journal |last1=Copestake |first1=Ian |title=Bunting, Basil (1900–1985) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM9-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}

• 1904 – Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1973)
• 1904 – Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1944){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 1: Lupita Nyong'o, Millicent Simmonds |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/01/famous-birthdays-march1/4421677629756/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=29 February 2024 |date=1 March 2023}}
• 1905 – Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer (died 2000)
• 1906 – Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (died 2000)
• 1909 – Eugene Esmonde, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1942)
• 1909 – Winston Sharples, American pianist and composer (died 1978)
• 1910 – Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
• 1910 – David Niven, English soldier and actor (died 1983)
• 1912 – Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (died 2003)
• 1912 – Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (died 2011)
• 1914 – Harry Caray, American sportscaster (died 1998)
• 1914 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (died 1994)
• 1917 – Robert Lowell, American poet (died 1977)
• 1917 – Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (died 1994){{cite book |last1=Cassiday |first1=Bruce |title=Dinah! A Biography |date=1979 |publisher=F. Watts |isbn=0531099156 |page=1}}
• 1918 – João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (died 1976)
• 1918 – Gladys Spellman, American educator and politician (died 1988)
• 1920 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1984){{cite web |title=Max Bentley {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/max-bentley |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=9 April 2021}}
• 1920 – Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic (died 1991){{cite book |last1=Meinke |first1=Peter |title=Howard Nemerov |date=1968 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=9780816652174 |page=6}}
• 1921 – Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer (died 2008)
• 1921 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal (died 1983)
• 1921 – Richard Wilbur, American poet, translator, and essayist (died 2017)
• 1922 – William Gaines, American publisher (died 1992)
• 1922 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
• 1922 – Fred Scolari, American basketball player (died 2002){{cite web |title=Fred Scolari |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/5996 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1924 – Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (died 2007)
• 1924 – Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (died 1993)
• 1926 – Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (died 2022)[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robert-clary-dead-hogans-heroes-1235263555/ Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 96]
• 1926 – Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (died 1992)
• 1926 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman and 3rd National Football League Commissioner (died 1996)
• 1926 – Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)
• 1927 – George O. Abell, American astronomer, academic, and skeptic (died 1983)
• 1927 – Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2023)
• 1927 – Robert Bork, American lawyer and scholar, United States Attorney General (died 2012)
• 1928 – Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (died 2016){{cite web |title=Jacques Rivette, 1928–2016 {{!}} Obituary {{!}} Sight & Sound |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/french-new-wave-director-jacques-rivette-dies |website=British Film Institute |date=18 December 2019 |access-date=5 September 2021 |language=en}}
• 1929 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian journalist and author (died 1978)
• 1930 – Monu Mukhopadhyay, Indian Bengali actor (died 2020)
• 1930 – Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (died 1980)
• 1934 – Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian painter and sculptor (died 2005)
• 1934 – Joan Hackett, American actress (died 1983)
• 1935 – Robert Conrad, American actor, radio host and stuntman (died 2020)
• 1936 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (died 1997)
• 1939 – Leo Brouwer, Cuban guitarist, composer, and conductor
• 1939 – Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani author
• 1940 – Robin Gray, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Tasmania
• 1940 – Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author (died 2018)
• 1941 – Robert Hass, American poet
• 1941 – Dave Marcis, American stock car racing driver
• 1942 – Richard Myers, American general
• 1943 – Gil Amelio, American businessman
• 1943 – José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1943 – Rashid Sunyaev, Russian-German astronomer and physicist
• 1944 – Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal
• 1944 – John Breaux, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 – Mike d'Abo, English singer
• 1944 – Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 1, 2023 includes celebrities Ron Howard, Kesha |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-1-2023-includes-celebrities-ron-howard-kesha.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=29 February 2024 |date=1 March 2023}}
• 1945 – Dirk Benedict, American actor and director
• 1946 – Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1990)
• 1946 – Jim Crace, English author and academic
• 1947 – Alan Thicke, Canadian-American actor and composer (died 2016)
• 1951 – Sergei Kourdakov, Russian-American KGB agent (died 1973)
• 1952 – Dave Barr, Canadian golfer
• 1952 – Nevada Barr, American actress and author
• 1952 – Janice Burgess, American television executive, screenwriter, and producer (died 2024){{cite news|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/03/janice-burgess-creator-of-the-backyardigans-dies-age-72|title=Janice Burgess, Nickelodeon Exec and Creator of 'The Backyardigans,' Dies Age 72|work=Animation Magazine|date=March 5, 2024}}
• 1952 – Leigh Matthews, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1952 – Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (died 2009)
• 1952 – Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1952 – Brian Winters, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Brian Winters |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78600/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1953 – Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
• 1953 – Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1953 – M. K. Stalin, Indian Tamil politician, 8th and incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu{{Cite web |title=M.K. Stalin timeline: Slow, steady rise of DMK's new president |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2018/08/28/m-k-stalin-timeline-slow-steady-dmk-president.html |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=The Week |language=en}}
• 1954 – Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 – Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 8th President of Lithuania{{cite web |title=Dalia Grybauskaite |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/dalia-grybauskaite |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}
• 1958 – Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1958 – Wayne B. Phillips, Australian cricketer and coach{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7115.html|title=Wayne Phillips|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224231509/https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7115.html|url-status=live}}
• 1958 – Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and aviator
• 1959 – Nick Griffin, English politician
• 1961 – Mike Rozier, American football player
• 1963 – Bryan Batt, American actor
• 1963 – Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and manager{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ron-francis-8446951|title=Ron Francis Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126193008/https://www.nhl.com/player/ron-francis-8446951|url-status=live}}
• 1963 – Magnus Svensson, Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Magnus Svensson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/magnus-svensson-8458163 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1963 – Russell Wong, American actor
• 1965 – Booker T, American professional wrestler and sportscaster{{cite web |url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/363/37/ |title=Booker T's bio |publisher=TNA Wrestling |access-date=April 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417200703/http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/363/37/ |archive-date=April 17, 2008}}
• 1965 – Chris Eigeman, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1965 – Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing.com/jockeys/stewart-elliott|title=Stewart Elliott - Jockey Profile RACING.COM|website=RACING.COM|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301023352/https://www.racing.com/jockeys/stewart-elliott|url-status=live}}
• 1966 – Don Lemon, American journalist
• 1966 – Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – George Eads, American actor
• 1967 – Aron Winter, Surinamese-Dutch footballer and manager{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/aron-winter/|title=Aron Winter|website=worldfootball.net}}
• 1969 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=1 March 2013|issue=1248|pages=25}}
• 1970 – Yolanda Griffith, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Yolanda Griffith |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100419/yolanda-griffith |publisher=WNBA |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1971 – Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-American actor{{cite web |date=18 November 2016 |title=마동석-예정화, 3개월째 교제중이다 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2016/11/18/story_n_13069352.html |website=허프포스트코리아 |publisher=Huffington Post |language=ko |access-date=23 December 2022 |archive-date=14 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914045701/https://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2016/11/18/story_n_13069352.html/ |url-status=dead }}
• 1971 – Brad Falchuk, American screenwriter, director, and producer
• 1973 – Jack Davenport, English actor
• 1973 – Ryan Peake, Canadian musician and songwriter
• 1973 – Chris Webber, American basketball player and sportscaster{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/webbech01.html|title=Chris Webber Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2011-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301112915/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/webbech01.html|url-status=live}}
• 1974 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
• 1977 – Rens Blom, Dutch pole vaulter{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/rens-blom-14213690|title=Rens BLOM | Profile|website=worldathletics.org|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118010026/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/rens-blom-14213690|url-status=live}}
• 1978 – Jensen Ackles, American actor and musician
• 1979 – Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/16951|title=BoxRec: Mikkel Kessler|website=boxrec.com|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110112258/https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/16951|url-status=live}}
• 1979 – Bruno Langlois, Canadian cyclist{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/bruno-langlois|title=Bruno Langlois|website=www.procyclingstats.com|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031161921/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/bruno-langlois|url-status=live}}
• 1980 – Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/42639.html|title=Shahid Afridi|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227113733/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/42639.html|url-status=live}}
• 1980 – Sercan Güvenışık, German-Turkish footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sercan-guevenisik/|title=Sercan Güvenışık|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2020-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330013348/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sercan-guevenisik/|url-status=live}}
• 1980 – Djimi Traoré, French-Malian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/djimi-traore/|title=Djimi Traoré|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2019-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212161455/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/djimi-traore/|url-status=live}}
• 1981 – Will Power, Australian race car driver{{Cite web|url=https://www.teampenske.com/drivers/index.cfm/3193/Will_Power|title=Team Penske | Drivers | Will Power|website=www.teampenske.com|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115141939/https://www.teampenske.com/drivers/index.cfm/3193/Will_Power|url-status=live}}
• 1982 – Travis Diener, American-Italian basketball player{{cite web |title=Travis Diener |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101143 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1983 – Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daniel-carvalho/|title=Daniel Carvalho|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2019-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713201254/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daniel-carvalho/|url-status=live}}
• 1983 – Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress{{cite web |last1=Thorne |first1=Gabi |title=Is Lupita Nyong'o's Birthday Hair a Twisted Fauxhawk or Voluminous Pouf? |url=https://www.allure.com/story/lupita-nyongo-twisted-fauxhawk-hairstyle |publisher=Allure |access-date=17 February 2023 |date=3 March 2022}}
• 1984 – Alexander Steen, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alexander-steen-8470257|title=Alexander Steen Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014616/https://www.nhl.com/player/alexander-steen-8470257|url-status=live}}
• 1984 – Claudio Bieler, Argentinian footballer{{cite web|title=Claudio Bieler|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/claudio-daniel-bieler/22986/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 March 2024}}
• 1985 – Andreas Ottl, German footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/andreas-ottl/|title=Andreas Ottl|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2020-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505142150/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/andreas-ottl/|url-status=live}}
• 1986 – Big E, American professional wrestler{{cite web|url=http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ewen_ettore00.html|title=Ettore Ewen|publisher=HawkeyesSports.com|access-date=May 31, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010719/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ewen_ettore00.html|archive-date=October 5, 2013}}
• 1986 – Jonathan Spector, American soccer player{{Cite web|url=http://m.espn.com/soccer/profile?id=40267&lang=&wjb=|title=ESPNFC: Jonathan Spector|website=espn.com|access-date=2020-09-06|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104155332/http://m.espn.com/soccer/profile?id=40267&lang=&wjb=|url-status=live}}
• 1986 – Alec Utgoff, Ukrainian-English actor
• 1987 – Kesha, American singer-songwriter and actress{{Cite book|last1=Hatschek|first1=Keith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKVoDwAAQBAJ&q=kesha%2520march%25201987&pg=PA167|title=Historical Dictionary of the American Music Industry|last2=Wells|first2=Veronica A.|date=September 15, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-1144-4|pages=167|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301023352/https://books.google.com/books?id=zKVoDwAAQBAJ&q=kesha%2520march%25201987&pg=PA167|url-status=live}}
• 1987 – Kyle O'Reilly, Canadian professional wrestler{{cite web |title=Kyle O'Reilly |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/profile/1458 |publisher=New Japan Pro Wrestling |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1988 – Trevor Cahill, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Trevor Cahill |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/trevor-cahill-502239 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1988 – Jarvis Varnado, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jarvis Varnado |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202363/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1989 – Tenille Dashwood, Australian professional wrestler{{cite web |title=Emma |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173454/wwe-profile-page-emma |publisher=ESPN |access-date=29 February 2024 |date=29 July 2016}}
• 1989 – Daniella Monet, American actress[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee/142253143/ "Feliz Birthday!"]. The Fresno Bee. February 24, 2021. p. 1A. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
• 1989 – Emeraude Toubia, Canadian-American actress
• 1989 – Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/carlos-vela/|title=Carlos Vela|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115092512/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/carlos-vela/|url-status=live}}
• 1991 – Joe Mantiply, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Joe Mantiply #35 - Arizona Diamondbacks |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/joe-mantiply-573009 |website=mlb.com |access-date=February 29, 2024}}
• 1992 – Édouard Mendy, Senegalese footballer{{Cite web |title=Edouard Mendy |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/edouard-mendy |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.chelseafc.com |language=en-gb}}
• 1992 – Tom Walsh, New Zealand athlete{{cite web|title=Tomas Walsh|url=https://www.olympic.org/tomas-walsh|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106170011/https://www.olympic.org/tomas-walsh|url-status=live}}
• 1993 – Juan Bernat, Spanish footballer{{Cite web|title=Juan Bernat|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/futebol/plantel-principal/Bernat-Juan?season=23-24|website=SL Benfica|access-date=1 March 2024}}
• 1993 – Michael Conforto, American baseball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/confomi01.shtml|title=Michael Conforto Stats|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225130808/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/confomi01.shtml|url-status=live}}
• 1993 – Josh McEachran, English footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/josh-mceachran/|title=Josh McEachran|website=worldfootball.net|date=18 August 2014 |access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2020-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100743/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/josh-mceachran/|url-status=live}}
• 1993 – Victor Rask, Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Victor Rask |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/victor-rask-8476437 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=29 February 2024}}
• 1993 – Jordan Veretout, French footballer{{cite web|title=Jordan Veretout|url=https://www.om.fr/en/team/5073/5186/midfielder/66741-jordan-veretout|website=Olympique de Marseille|date=6 August 2022 |access-date=1 March 2024}}
• 1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1994 – Asanoyama Hiroki, Japanese sumo wrestler{{cite web |title=Asanoyama Hideki profile |url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3682/ |website=sumo.or.jp |access-date=6 December 2020 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111023726/http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3682/ |url-status=live }}
• 1994 – Tyreek Hill, American football player{{cite web |title=Tyreek Hill Stats|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HillTy00.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=1 March 2021 }}
• 1994 – Maximilian Philipp, German footballer{{cite web|title=Maximilian Marcus Philipp|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/maximilian-philipp|website=Bundesliga|access-date=1 March 2024}}
• 1999 – Oswaldo Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player{{cite web |title=Oswaldo Cabrera Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/oswaldo-cabrera-665828 |website=mlb.com |access-date=February 29, 2024}}
• 1999 – Brogan Hay, Scottish footballer{{cite web |title=Brogan Hay |url=https://rangers.co.uk/talent/brogan-hay-2/ |website=Rangers Football Club, Official Website |access-date=28 April 2020 }}
• 2000 – Ja'Marr Chase, American football player{{cite web |title=Ja'Marr Chase Stats|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ChasJa00.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=28 February 2022 }}
• 2001 – Wander Franco, Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Wander Franco - Tampa Bay Rays |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/wander-franco-677551 |website=mlb.com |access-date=February 29, 2024}}
• 2001 – Sapnap, American YouTuber{{cite web |last=Fay |first=Kacee |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Who is Sapnap? Everything to know about the NRG co-owner and Minecraft star |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/who-is-sapnap-everything-to-know-about-the-nrg-co-owner-and-minecraft-star |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Dot Esports}}

• 492 – Felix III, pope of the Catholic Church{{cite web |title=Saint Felix III {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Felix-III |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}
• 589 – David, Welsh bishop and saint
• 965 – Leo VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
• 977 – Rudesind, Galician bishop (born 907)
• 991 – En'yū, Japanese emperor (born 959)
• 1058 – Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (born 972)
• 1131 – Stephen II, king of Hungary and Croatia (born 1101)
• 1233 – Thomas, count of Savoy (born 1178)
• 1244 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, Welsh noble, son of Llywelyn the Great (born 1200)
• 1320 – Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Chinese emperor (born 1286)
• 1383 – Amadeus VI, count of Savoy (born 1334)
• 1510 – Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer (born 1450)
• 1546 – George Wishart, Scottish minister and martyr (born 1513)

• 1620 – Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (born 1567){{cite web |title=Thomas Campion {{!}} English poet and musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Campion |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}
• 1633 – George Herbert, English poet and orator (born 1593)
• 1643 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian keyboardist and composer (born 1583)
• 1661 – Richard Zouch, English judge and politician (born 1590)
• 1697 – Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (born 1626)
• 1734 – Roger North, English lawyer and author (born 1653)
• 1768 – Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (born 1694)
• 1773 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (born 1700)
• 1792 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1747){{cite web |title=Leopold II {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}
• 1792 – Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (born 1731){{DBI|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/angelo-emo_res-b26e58d3-87ec-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=EMO, Angelo|last=Preto|first=Paolo|volume=42}}
• 1841 – Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (born 1764)
• 1862 – Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (born 1776)
• 1875 – Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (born 1845)
• 1882 – Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (born 1818)
• 1884 – Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (born 1820)
• 1889 – William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (born 1823){{cite DNB|wstitle=Monk, William Henry|volume=38 |page=176}}

• 1906 – José María de Pereda, Spanish author (born 1833)
• 1911 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
• 1914 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (born 1845)
• 1920 – John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (born 1842)
• 1922 – Pichichi, Spanish footballer (born 1892)
• 1925 – Homer Plessy, American political activist (born 1862 or 1863){{cite book |title=We As Freemen: Plessy v. Ferguson |last=Medley |first=Keith Weldon |year=2003 |publisher=Pelican |location=Gretna, LA |page=218 |isbn=1-58980-120-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/weasfreemenpless00medl/ }}
• 1932 – Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (born 1906)
• 1936 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (born 1871)
• 1938 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (born 1863)
• 1940 – A. H. Tammsaare, Estonian author (born 1878)
• 1942 – George S. Rentz, American commander (born 1882)
• 1943 – Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (born 1863)
• 1952 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (born 1873)
• 1966 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1903)
• 1974 – Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (born 1935)
• 1976 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (born 1910)
• 1978 – Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)
• 1979 – Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (born 1903)
• 1980 – Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and businesswoman, founded Wilhelmina Models (born 1940)
• 1980 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (born 1907)
• 1983 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (born 1905)
• 1984 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (born 1914){{cite web |title=Jackie Coogan {{!}} American actor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jackie-Coogan |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}
• 1988 – Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (born 1907)
• 1989 – Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1917)
• 1991 – Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (born 1909)
• 1993 – Joseph Christopher, American schizophrenic serial killer (born 1955){{cite web | url=https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/2154 | title=The .22 Caliber Killer · B&ECPL Digital Collections | date=1980 }}
• 1995 – César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1920)
• 1995 – Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946)
• 1998 – Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (born 1937)
• 2004 – Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (born 1914)
• 2006 – Peter Osgood, English footballer (born 1947)
• 2006 – Jack Wild, English actor (born 1952)
• 2006 – Nurasyura binte Mohamed Fauzi, Singaporean rape and murder victim (born 2003)
• 2010 – Kristian Digby, English television host and director (born 1977)
• 2012 – Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (born 1969)
• 2012 – Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (born 1932)
• 2013 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dancer, and singer (born 1944)
• 2014 – Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
• 2015 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1922)
• 2016 – Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (born 1952){{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Allan |date=21 May 2023 |title='Little Girl Blue': Cannes Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/little-girl-blue-cannes-review/5182211.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522023028/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/little-girl-blue-cannes-review/5182211.article |url-status=live}}
• 2018 – María Rubio, Mexican television, film and stage actress (born 1934)
• 2019 – Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (born 1942)
• 2023 – Just Fontaine, French footballer (born 1933){{cite web|title= French soccer legend Just Fontaine dies aged 89| url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/football/just-fontaine-death-spt-intl/index.html|website=CNN| date=March 2023|access-date=1 March 2024}}
• 2024 – Iris Apfel, American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (born 1921){{cite news|url = https://www.npr.org/2024/03/01/1090257339/iris-apfel-dies|title = Celebrated stylemaker and self-named 'geriatric starlet' Iris Apfel dies at age 102|last = Ulaby|first = Neda|date = March 1, 2024|accessdate = March 2, 2024|work = NPR|archive-date = March 2, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240302021734/https://www.npr.org/2024/03/01/1090257339/iris-apfel-dies|url-status = live}}
• 2024 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (born 1955){{cite web |last1=Mullicane |first1=Evan |title=Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama Passes at 68 |url=https://screenrant.com/dragon-ball-akira-toriyama-passes-68/ |website=Screen Rant |access-date=March 7, 2024}}
• 2025 – Pat Ingoldsby, Irish poet and television presenter (born 1942){{Cite web |last=Kelleher |first=Olivia |date=March 1, 2025 |title=Poet and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby dies aged 82 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025/03/01/poet-and-broadcaster-pat-ingoldsby-dies-aged-82/ |access-date=March 6, 2025 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}
• 2025 – Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947){{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=March 2, 2025 |title=Joey Molland, Badfinger Guitarist Who Kept the Group’s Flag Flying for Decades After Other Band Members’ Deaths, Dies at 77 |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/joey-molland-dead-badfinger-guitarist-no-matter-what-1236324755/ |access-date=March 6, 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
• 2025 – Angie Stone, American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1961){{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Megan |date=March 1, 2025 |title=Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B artist, dead at 63 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/entertainment/angie-stone-death/index.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |website=CNN |language=en}}

• Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
• Christian feast day:
• Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (one of the Martyr Saints of China)
• Albin
• Eudokia of Heliopolis
• Pope Felix III
• Leoluca
• Luperculus
• Monan
• Rudesind
• Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi (Wales and Welsh communities){{cite web |title=Dydd Gŵyl Dewi: How people across Wales celebrated St David's Day in 2022 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-03-01/dydd-gyl-dewi-how-people-across-wales-celebrated-st-davids-day-in-2022 |website=itv.com |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427144830/https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-03-01/dydd-gyl-dewi-how-people-across-wales-celebrated-st-davids-day-in-2022 |url-status=live}}
• Suitbert
• March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani's Death (Iraqi Kurdistan)
• Day of the Balearic Islands (Spain){{Cite web|url=https://www.caib.es/sites/diaillesbalears/es/presentacion-51844 | language = es | title = Día de las Illes Balears | work = Govern de les Illes Balears }}
• Disability Day of Mourning{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/society/disability-day-mourning/|title=A Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable|magazine=The Nation|last=Luterman|first=Sara|date=1 March 2021|access-date=4 February 2022}}
• Heroes' Day (Paraguay)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
• National "Cursed Soldiers" Remembrance Day (Poland)
• National Pig Day (United States)
• Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)
• Samiljeol (South Korea)
• Self-injury Awareness Day (international)
• Southeastern Europe celebration of the beginning of spring:
• Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)
• Mărțișor (Romania and Moldova)
• The final day (fourth or fifth) of Ayyám-i-Há (Baháʼí Faith)
• World Seagrass Day
• Yap Day (Yap State)
• Zero Discrimination Day{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904233724/https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |url-status=live }}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/1 BBC: On This Day]
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• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/1 Historical Events on March 1]

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