Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid revolutionary who became South Africa's first black president.

Awards & Honors

• World Rugby Hall of Fame (2015)
• honorary citizen of Paris (2013)
• Freedom of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (2012)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (2010)
• honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (2010)
• Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership (2007)
• Ahimsa Award (2006)
• Giuseppe Motta Medal (2006)
• Ambassador of Conscience Award (2006)
• Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet (2005)
• honorary doctor of Paris 8 University (2005)
• Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John (2004)
• Order of Saint John (2004)
• honorary doctorate (2004)
• honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp (2004)
• Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal (2002)
• Order of the Lion (2002)
• Platinum Order of Mapungubwe (2002)
• Gandhi Peace Prize (2000)
• Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1999)
• Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎ (1999)
• Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (1999)
• Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999)
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (1999)
• Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (1999)
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎ (1998)
• Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada (1998)
• Royal Order of the Seraphim (1997)
• Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1997)
• Order of the Nile (1997)
• Order of the Elephant (1996)
• honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (1996)
• Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (1995)
• Order of Merit (1995)
• Alan Paton Award (1995) - Long Walk to Freedom
• Gold Olympic Order (1994)
• Nobel Peace Prize (1993)
• J. William Fulbright Prize (1993)
• honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1993)
• Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1992)
• honorary doctor of the Peking University (1992)
• Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (1991)
• honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1991)
• Order of José Martí (1991)
• Lenin Peace Prize (1990)
• Order of Lenin (1990)
• honorary degree from Spelman College (1990)
• Sakharov Prize (1988)
• United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (1988)
• Grand Star of People's Friendship (1988)
• Order of Friendship (1988)
• Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class (1988)
• Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize (1985)
• International Simón Bolívar Prize (1983)
• Freedom of the London Borough of Greenwich (1983)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1979)
• Grandmaster of the Order of Good Hope
• Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali
• Order of Augusto César Sandino
• Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights
• honorary Canadian citizenship
• Philadelphia Liberty Medal
• Bharat Ratna
• Arthur Ashe Courage Award
• Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights
• Delta Prize for Global Understanding
• Order of Friendship
• Congressional Gold Medal
• Isitwalandwe Medal
• Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
• Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
• Order of Stara Planina
• Nishan-e-Pakistan
• Order of Playa Girón
• Order of Jamaica
• Order of the Star of Ghana
• Order of the Smile
• Order of Agostinho Neto
• Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty
• honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
• honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
• honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
• honorary doctor of the University of Pretoria
• honorary doctor of the Howard University

Notable Works

Museums & Memorials

Nelson Mandela Museum: Nelson Mandela Dr, Mthatha, South Africa. Visit website

References

Nelson Mandela on Wikipedia