List of Famous people born in March

Shivajirao Girdhar Patil was an Indian social activist and politician from the state of Maharashtra. He began his social activism at an early age when he took part in the independence movement. Post-independence, he has been associated with various political parties and has been member of Maharashtra Legislative Council, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and later also of the Rajya Sabha for one term. Recently in 2013 he was presented with Padma Bhushan; India's third highest civilian award. He is father of the late film actress Smita Patil.

Herman Ponsteen is a retired track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. Four years later he won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit.

Denis Zanette was an Italian professional racing cyclist. He rode in eight editions of the Giro d'Italia and made one start in the Tour de France, in 1995. He won a stage in both the 1995 and 2001 Giro d'Italia. He came third in the 2001 Tour of Flanders.