José Velásquez Bórquez (December 27, 1833 – July 17, 1897) was a Chilean general best known for participating in the civil war of 1859 against the Conservative government of Manuel Montt.

Velásquez participated in the campaign of Araucania, especially in the cities Mulchén, Angol and Lebu.

He was appointed Commanding General of Artillery and fought heroically in the battles of San Juan and Miraflores.

Velásquez was later promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and was elected MP for Quillota from 1888 to 1891, and was appointed Minister of War and Navy under President José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández.

After the Civil War, he suffered imprisonment and torture, and in 1892 he was released thanks to the amnesty and general pardon by President Jorge Montt Álvarez.