18 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Nelson Mandela

14. He Was The First Living Person Ever To Be Made An Honorary Canadian Citizen... And The Last To Receive The Lenin Peace Prize From The USSR

As well as his awards and honours, countries and organisations have also lavished many different accolades Mandela's way. In 2001, Mandela became only the second-ever person - and the first still living - to be named an Honorary Canadian Citizen (an honour just six people to date have received), and in 1990 he became the last-ever winner of the Soviet Union's "Lenin Peace Prize" (which awarded people who had "strengthened peace among comrades"). Strangely, Mandela is also an honorary member of Manchester United - as well as an honorary member of the British Labour Party, as he was the international guest speaker at their Party Conference in Brighton in 2000.