Nelson Mandela

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-07-18

Deathday

2013-12-05 (95 years old)

Birth Name

Rolihllahla Mandela

Birth Place

Mvezo, South Africa

Religion

Methodism

Height

Relationships

Evelyn Mase (1944 - 1958), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1958 - 1996), Graça Machel (1998 - 2013)

Children

Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, Makaziwe Mandela, Makgatho Mandela, Zindzi Mandela, Thembekile Mandela

Father

Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa

Mother

Nosekeni Fanny

Relatives

Ndileka Mandela

Citizenships

South Africa

Residences

Houghton Estate, South Africa

Also Known As

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom, honorary doctor of the Howard University, Honorary doctor of Leiden University, honorary doctor of the University of Pretoria, honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta, Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet, Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty, Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John, honorary doctor of the Peking University, honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong, Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Freedom of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Freedom of the London Borough of Greenwich, Honorary doctorate from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, honorary degree from Spelman College, Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class, honorary doctor of Paris 8 University, honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class, Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal, Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Ahimsa Award, Order of Augusto César Sandino, Order of Agostinho Neto, Giuseppe Motta Medal, Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali, Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada, Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Gold Olympic Order, Platinum Order of Mapungubwe, Grandmaster of the Order of Good Hope, honorary citizen of Paris, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav, Philadelphia Liberty Medal, Fulbright Prize, Delta Prize for Global Understanding, Order of Playa Girón, Isitwalandwe Medal, Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Order of Friendship, Order of Stara Planina, Arthur Ashe Courage Award, International Simón Bolívar Prize, Order of Jamaica, Order of José Martí, Nishan-e-Pakistan, Order of the Nile, Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights, Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem, Order of Saint John, Order of the Star of Ghana, Royal Order of the Seraphim, Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, World Rugby Hall of Fame, Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, Gandhi Peace Prize, Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, Order of the Elephant, Alan Paton Award, Ambassador of Conscience Award, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, Congressional Gold Medal, Star of People's Friendship, honorary Canadian citizenship, Order of the Lion, Bharat Ratna, Lenin Peace Prize, Order of Merit, Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, Order of the Smile, Order of Lenin, Sakharov Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights, United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights