Quesada
Quesada is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Quesada is a Spanish family name that originally referred to noble people from the city of the same name in the Andalusian province of Jaén .
Name bearer
- Antonio Quesada Porto (* 1932), Spanish painter
- Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871–1939), Cuban politician, diplomat, writer, fighter in the War of Independence and president
- Daisel Quesada Sardiñas (* 1995), Cuban beach volleyball player
- Eduardo Quesada († 2012), Argentine singer
- Elwood Richard Quesada (1903-1994), American Air Force general
- Ernesto Quesada (1858–1934), Argentine sociologist, lawyer, publicist, historian and linguist
- Fernando Quesada Sanz (*?), Spanish prehistorian
- Gonzalo Quesada (born 1974), Argentinian rugby player
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509–1579), Spanish lawyer and conquistador
- Joe Quesada (* 1962), American comic editor and writer
- Jorge Quesada (1915–?), Costa Rican soccer player
- Jorge Quesada (Modern Pentathlon) (* 1961), Spanish Modern Pentathlon
- Manuel de Quesada (1830–1886), Cuban general
- Marieta Quesada Legido (* 1962), Spanish painter
- Miguel Quesada (* 1933), Spanish comic artist
- Milo Quesada (1930–2012), Argentine actor
- Nya Quesada († 2013), Argentine actress
- Pedro Quesada (1926–1988), Spanish comic book writer
- Vicente Gregorio Quesada (1830–1913), Argentine diplomat
- Violeta Quesada (* 1947), Cuban athlete
- Vladimir Quesada (born 1966), Costa Rican soccer player
- Walter Quesada (* 1970), Costa Rican football referee
- Xaime Quesada Blanco (1975-2006), Spanish painter
- Yoelbi Quesada (* 1973), Cuban triple jumper
- Yuniesky Quesada (* 1984), Cuban chess grandmaster
Others
- Quesada (Jaen) , city in the Spanish province of Jaén
- Quesada Pasiega , a dessert from the Spanish province of Cantabria