Rabbi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745 – 1812), founded the
ChabadHasidic movement in 1775.[1] His son, Rabbi
Dovber Schneuri (1773 – 1827), the second Chabad Rebbe, adopted the "Schneuri" surname after his father's first name. The first to use the "Schneersohn" surname was Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the nephew/son-in-law of Rabbi Dovber and the grandson of Rabbi Schneur Zalman and the third Chabad Rebbe.
Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (d. 1860), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad rebbe
Rabbi
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878 – 1944), a Kabbalist, rabbi of
Dnepropetrovsk and the father of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad rebbe
Chana Schneerson (1880 – 1964), the mother of the seventh Chabad rebbe.
Rabbi
Isaac Schneersohn (1879 or 1881(?) – 1969), a French rabbi, industrialist, founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial.
Antoine Ethan-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1971 – ), President and CEO of
Radio FG, radio presenter, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
Jean-Etienne Yaakov-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1978 – ), CEO of
Radio FG, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
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Light purple indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the
Chabad-Kapust dynasty
Light orange indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the
Chabad-Niezhin dynasty
Light blue indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the
Chabad-Liadi dynasty
Light yellow indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of
Avrutch dynasty
Solid lines indicate parents/children, dashed lines show marriages, dotted lines show in-laws. Additional members of Schneersohn family are not listed here
Notes:
^Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady