Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (; 16 April 1728 â 27 December 1796) was an 18th-century French actor and artist manager.
He was the eldest son of puppeteer, dance master and violinist Guillaume Nicolet. He set up the theatre company Grands-Danseurs du Roi, the predecessor of the Théâtre de la Gaîté.
He married the actress and theatre director Anne Antoinette Desmoulins in 1766.