Baiten Omarov

(1927 - 2008)

Baiten Valikhanovich Omarov (Kazakh: Байтен Валиханович Омаров; born May 10, 1927 — died February 16, 2008; Pavlodar) was a Soviet and Kazakhstan theater director, actor, public figure and teacher. He was born in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan (then the Kazakh SSR). In 2012, thanks to the patrons, children and students of Bayten Omarov, in memory of him and his work, the Almaty theater "Zhas Sakhna" was created. People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1987).