Friedrich Wilhelm Bossann

Friedrich Wilhelm Bossann (1756 – 27 November 1813) was a German stage actor and theatre director.

As an actor, he appeared in comic and tragic father roles with the Jean Tillyschen Society in 1777, as a guest with Karl Theophil Döbbelin and later with the troupe G. F. W. Großmann.

He was initially the theatre director for Prince Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau.

In 1807, he was appointed ducal court theatre director (opera and drama combined).

His foster daughter Dorothea Bossann, also an actress, married the theatre actor Peter Mittell [de] in 1793.