Francesco or François Bigottini (c.1717, Rome - after 1794, probably in Paris) was an Italian actor, playwright, and set designer active in Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Spain.
The Mercure de France wrote that he was the "first inventor of the machines used in the metamorphosis in the Fée Urgelle in Geneva" (that is, the transformation of a cottage into a splendid castle).
Mr Bigottini is admired for the variety of his changes, by their speed and attack with which he executes them, by the contrast he makes between his different rôles, and by the varied talents he develops.
However, after the suppression of the Italian theatrical genre in Paris at the start of 1780, Bigottini was dismissed with a compensation corresponding to his previous salary.
In January 1780, he collaborated with François Duval-Malter, Louis Hamoir and Jean-Nicolas Le Mercier to head the Théâtre des Variétés-Amusantes, but had to give up this post 11 months later due to his own financial difficulties.