Jean-Baptiste-Denis Despré (24 June 1752 – 2 March 1832) was a French playwright, librettist, journalist, and translator.
Jean-Baptiste-Denis Despré was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or.
He also worked for the baron's son, Joseph-Alexandre Pierre, Vicomte de Ségur.
[1] Later he became the secretary of Louis Bonaparte, who made him a councillor of state.
[2] In 1783 at the Gaîté, he parodied plays of William Shakespeare, that was adapted by Jean-François Ducis.