Michail Korakas

Captain

Michail Korakas
Μιχαήλ Κόρακας
Photograph of Michail Korakas wearing traditional Cretan costume and carrying a full array of weapons.
Born1797
Pombia, Crete, Ottoman Empire
Died1882 (aged 85)
Pombia, Crete, Ottoman Empire
Buried
Allegiance
Branch
RankCaptain
Battles / warsGreek War of Independence Cretan revolt (1866–1869)
Cretan revolt (1878)
ChildrenAristotelis Korakas (son)

Michail Korakas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Κόρακας, 1797–1882) was a Cretan revolutionary, who played a major role in successive Cretan revolts against the Ottoman Empire in 1821–29, 1841, 1858, 1866–69, and 1878.