Kopen Amirbek (29 March 1950 – 9 November 2022) — Kazakh journalist, satirist, public figure.

Graduated from Kazakh State University in 1974 then studied in Vladivostok at a two-year military party school. Since 1975 he has been engaged in creative activities. Worked in the newspapers Kazak Adebieti and Egemen Kazakhstan in the department of satire and feuilletons, was the executive secretary of the magazines Bilim zhane enbek and Ara – Shmel, press secretary in the General Prosecutor's Office and the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan.

He headed the Ara magazine, was the deputy director of the Kazakh Radio, and also the chairman of the satire council of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan. Laureate of the All-Union competitions for young satirists in Moscow and Tashkent (1980).

Author of popular books of satire and parody, Aty zhok kitap, Alyp, Tilim kyshyp barady, Kysyr angime, Auyzbastyryk, Myn bir mysal, Nemenenye zhetisip kulesіn?, ozindi tanisyn ba?, Sidagi Koyshydan saraydagy patshaga deyin. He was an active author of the humorous theatrical show Tamasha and created his own satire and parody theater Kөpen kele zhatyr!...

Thanks to his sharp pen and subtle sense of humor, Kөpen Amirbek has become one of the most recognizable and beloved Kazakh satirists.