Hugh Watts (1582/3 – 1643) was a bellfounder of Leicester in England, known for casting bells for churches in Leicestershire.
His grandfather may have been the Hew Wat who in 1563 cast a bell for South Luffenham, Rutland.
A stately reception of Charles I and his queen on their progress in August 1634 took place in the year of Watts's mayoralty.
Shortly after the death of Watts the business was wound up and partly taken over by Nottingham founders.
Watts's son, also named Hugh (1611–1656), to whom the bell metal and bellfounding appliances were bequeathed, married a daughter of Sir Thomas Burton of Stockerston.