Editing 1973 (section)

===March===
[[File:Pearl Buck 1972.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pearl S. Buck]]]]
[[File:Noël Coward 01.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Noël Coward]]]]
* [[March 3]] – [[Vera Panova]], Soviet-Russian writer (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Pearl S. Buck]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1973 |page=163}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – [[Benjamín de Arriba y Castro]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop and cardinal (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 10]] 
** [[Bull Connor]], American politician, civil rights opponent (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://www.biography.com/political-figures/eugene-bull-connor Eugene "Bull" Connor]</ref>
** [[Richard Sharples|Sir Richard Sharples]], British politician, [[Governor of Bermuda]]  (b. [[1916]]) (assassinated)
** [[Robert Siodmak]], German-born American film director (b. [[1900]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Howard H. Aiken]], American computing pioneer (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Howard-Aiken Howard Aiken American mathematician and inventor]</ref>
* [[March 17]] – [[Giuseppe Ferretto]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal (b. [[1899]])
* [[March 18]]
** [[Johannes Aavik]], Estonian philologist (b. [[1880]])
** [[Lauritz Melchior]], Danish opera singer (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/20/archives/lauritz-melchior-is-dead-wagnerian-tenor-was-82-concealed-criticism.html |title=Lauritz Melchior Is Dead; Wagnerian Tenor Was 82 |date=20 March 1973 |author=Ey Alden Whitman |website=New York Times |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – [[Âşık Veysel]], Turkish poet, songwriter and saz player (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-117857/asik-veysel-satiroglu.html Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu]</ref>
* [[March 22]] – [[Hilda Geiringer]], Austrian mathematician (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Ken Maynard]], American actor (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music]] |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |date=1993 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-726-6 |page=264}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Edward Steichen]], Luxembourg-born American photographer (b. [[1879]])
* [[March 26]] – Sir [[Noël Coward]], English composer and playwright (b. [[1899]])<ref>"Obituary: Sir Noel Coward", ''The Times'', 27 March 1973, p. 18</ref>
* [[March 30]] – [[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton]], Scottish nobleman and aviation pioneer (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/douglasdouglashamilton.html 14TH DUKE OF HAMILTON]</ref>