Pedro Gómez de Don Benito (1492–1567) was a Spanish nobleman, conquistador of Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Chile.
Gómez occupied the most important hierarchical positions as Maestre de Campo, General, Alferez real (1560), Encomendero and founder of La Serena and Santiago.
[3] Born in Badajoz, was the son of Juan Gómez and Marina Sánchez.
[4] His wife was Isabel Pardo Parraguéz daughter of Bartolomé Pardo Parraguez (conquistador, born in Galicia) and María de Torres Zapata.
[6] Pedro Gómez had a natural son with a native, named Juan Gómez de Benito (captain, born in Peru).