Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov (; born May 5, 1923 - June 20, 1975), along with Meliton Kantaria and Alexei Berest, was one of the three soldiers credited with raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag on the 2 May 1945 after the Battle of Berlin. Yegorov joined the partizans during the Nazi occupation, then enlisted in the Red Army in late 1944 as an infantry scout. Her worked at a dairy farm after leaving the army. Died in a traffic accident.
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