- Born
- 1509, Córdoba or Granada , Spanish Empire
- Died
- 16 February 1579 (aged 70), Mariquita , New Kingdom of Granada
- Other names
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quezada, Gonzalo Ximénez de Quesada
- Occupations
- Conquistador , Explorer
- Years active
- 1536–1572
- Employer
- Spanish Crown
- Known for
- Spanish conquest of the Muisca , Spanish conquest of New Granada , Founder of Bogotá , First mayor of Bogotá , Quest for El Dorado
- Notable work
- Apuntamientos y anotaciones sobre la historia de Paulo Jovio, obispo de Nochera (1566)
- Parents
- Gonzalo Ximenez de Quesada, the elder (father) Isabel de Quesada (mother)
- Relatives
- Hernán Pérez de Quesada (brother), Francisco Jiménez de Quesada (brother), Melchor de Quesada (brother), Catalina Magdalena de Quesada (sister), Andrea Ximénez de Quesada (sister), Isabel de Quesada (half-sister)
- Preceded by
- Position established ; previously the final zipa Sagipa .
- Succeeded by
- Jerónimo de Inza