Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was an Orthodox rabbi and the most recent Rebbe of the Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty. He is considered one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century.

5 April 1902

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Abdelraouf Benguit • Arie Selinger • Dragoljub Minić • Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken • Gilles Proulx • Gleb Rassadkin • Gustavo Jiménez • Hugo Claus • István Örkény • János Martonyi • Lang Tzu-yun • Lidia Trettel • Mario Kasun • Miet Smet • Pasquale Anfossi • Richard Gough • Richard Sánchez (footballer, born 1994) • Samuel Cate Prescott • Scottie Wilbekin • Tom Finney

Born in the same month (April 1902): Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) • Eduard Eelma • Fernando Pessa • Giuseppe Pella • Halldór Laxness • Jan Tschichold • Johan Borgen • Louis Beel • Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin • Marguerite Henry • Maria Maksakova Sr. • Maria Polydouri • Mary Miles Minter • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Philippe de Rothschild • Stanley G. Weinbaum • Sylvio Mantha • Theodore Schultz • Théodore Monod • Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté • Veniamin Kaverin • Waldemar Hammenhög • Werner Heyde