Nelson Mandela

Born: July 18, 1918, Umtata, Transkei, South Africa
Died: December 5, 2013, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first South-African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. He shared the the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 along with Frederik Willem de Klerk for his role in the ending of apartheid.

Husband of Winnie Mandela.