Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (22 May 1744 – 26 March 1794) is a Spanish naval officer born in Lima, Peru.

Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Department base at San Blas, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (present day Mexico), this navigator explores the Northwest Coast of North America as far north as present day Alaska.

Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra joins the Spanish Naval Academy in Cádiz at 19, and four years later, in 1767 is commissioned as an officer of the rank Frigate Ensign (alférez de fragata).

In 1773, he is promoted to Ship Ensign (alférez de navío), and in 1774 to Ship Lieutenant (teniente de navío).