diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 35c44194c85..70347d3110f 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -3992,9 +3992,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "5"],
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "6"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/AddedByCell.tsx:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"]
-    ],
     "public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/QueryDescriptionCell.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"]
     ],
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx
index f57e0a4b9de..eed3e100131 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export function QueryTemplatesList() {
       createdAtTimestamp: queryTemplate?.createdAtTimestamp || 0,
       query: queryTemplate.targets[0],
       description: queryTemplate.title,
+      user: queryTemplate.user,
     };
   });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/AddedByCell.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/AddedByCell.tsx
index 34d63e256c7..b9903195d47 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/AddedByCell.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/AddedByCell.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-import { Avatar } from '@grafana/ui';
-
 import { useQueryLibraryListStyles } from './styles';
 
-export function AddedByCell() {
+type AddedByCellProps = {
+  user?: string;
+};
+export function AddedByCell(props: AddedByCellProps) {
   const styles = useQueryLibraryListStyles();
 
   return (
     <div>
-      <span className={styles.logo}>
-        <Avatar src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar" alt="unknown" />
-      </span>
-      <span className={styles.otherText}>Unknown</span>
+      <span className={styles.otherText}>{props.user || 'Unknown'}</span>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/index.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/index.tsx
index a3dd020eec7..376e7457dd8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/index.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/index.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const timestampSort: SortByFn<QueryTemplateRow> = (rowA, rowB, _, desc) => {
 
 const columns: Array<Column<QueryTemplateRow>> = [
   { id: 'description', header: 'Data source and query', cell: QueryDescriptionCell },
-  { id: 'addedBy', header: 'Added by', cell: AddedByCell },
+  { id: 'addedBy', header: 'Added by', cell: ({ row: { original } }) => <AddedByCell user={original.user} /> },
   { id: 'datasourceType', header: 'Datasource type', cell: DatasourceTypeCell, sortType: 'string' },
   { id: 'createdAtTimestamp', header: 'Date added', cell: DateAddedCell, sortType: timestampSort },
   {
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/types.ts b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/types.ts
index 59cc7b24b6a..b9ca932e980 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/types.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ export type QueryTemplateRow = {
   datasourceRef?: DataSourceRef | null;
   datasourceType?: string;
   createdAtTimestamp?: number;
+  user?: string;
   uid?: string;
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.test.ts b/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46620ef5166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { parseCreatedByValue } from './mappers';
+
+describe.skip('mappers', () => {
+  describe('parseCreatedByValue', () => {
+    it.each`
+      value                        | expected
+      ${''}                        | ${undefined}
+      ${'api-key:1'}               | ${{ userId: 1 }}
+      ${'service-account:1:admin'} | ${{ userId: 1, login: 'admin' }}
+      ${'user:1:admin'}            | ${{ userId: 1, login: 'admin' }}
+      ${'anonymous:0'}             | ${undefined}
+      ${'render:0'}                | ${undefined}
+      ${':0'}                      | ${undefined}
+    `("parsing '$value' should be '$expected'", ({ value, expected }) => {
+      expect(parseCreatedByValue(value)).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts b/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts
index 3a6e3bf836b..d3a90d6e497 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
 import { AddQueryTemplateCommand, QueryTemplate } from '../types';
 
 import { API_VERSION, QueryTemplateKinds } from './query';
-import { DataQuerySpec, DataQuerySpecResponse, DataQueryTarget } from './types';
+import { CREATED_BY_KEY, DataQuerySpec, DataQuerySpecResponse, DataQueryTarget } from './types';
+
+export const parseCreatedByValue = (value?: string) => {
+  // https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/main/pkg/services/user/identity.go#L194
+  /*if (value !== undefined && value !== '') {
+    const vals = value.split(':');
+    if (vals.length >= 2) {
+      if (vals[0] === 'anonymous' || vals[0] === 'render' || vals[0] === '') {
+        return undefined;
+      } else {
+        return {
+          userId: vals[1],
+          login: vals[2],
+        };
+      }
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }*/
+  return !!value ? value : undefined;
+};
 
 export const convertDataQueryResponseToQueryTemplates = (result: DataQuerySpecResponse): QueryTemplate[] => {
   if (!result.items) {
@@ -13,6 +35,7 @@ export const convertDataQueryResponseToQueryTemplates = (result: DataQuerySpecRe
       title: spec.spec.title,
       targets: spec.spec.targets.map((target: DataQueryTarget) => target.properties),
       createdAtTimestamp: new Date(spec.metadata.creationTimestamp || '').getTime(),
+      user: parseCreatedByValue(spec.metadata?.annotations?.[CREATED_BY_KEY]),
     };
   });
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts b/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts
index 2a941716b7d..474210ef5d9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const getTestQueryList = () => ({
         uid: '65327fce-c545-489d-ada5-16f909453d12',
         resourceVersion: '1783293341664808960',
         creationTimestamp: '2024-04-25T20:32:58Z',
+        annotations: { 'grafana.app/createdBy': 'user:1:admin' },
       },
       spec: {
         title: 'Elastic Query Template',
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export const getTestQueryList = () => ({
         uid: '3e71de65-efa7-40e3-8f23-124212cca455',
         resourceVersion: '1783214217151647744',
         creationTimestamp: '2024-04-25T11:05:55Z',
+        annotations: { 'grafana.app/createdBy': 'user:1:admin' },
       },
       spec: {
         title: 'Loki Query Template',
diff --git a/public/app/features/query-library/api/types.ts b/public/app/features/query-library/api/types.ts
index e2feb99057f..bf10cbc936e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query-library/api/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/query-library/api/types.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export type DataQuerySpec = {
     generateName: string;
     name?: string;
     creationTimestamp?: string;
+    annotations?: { [key: string]: string };
   };
   spec: {
     title: string;
@@ -24,3 +25,5 @@ export type DataQuerySpecResponse = {
   apiVersion: string;
   items: DataQuerySpec[];
 };
+
+export const CREATED_BY_KEY = 'grafana.app/createdBy';
diff --git a/public/app/features/query-library/types.ts b/public/app/features/query-library/types.ts
index 9be092869d4..66a92b085a2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query-library/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/query-library/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export type QueryTemplate = {
   title: string;
   targets: DataQuery[];
   createdAtTimestamp: number;
+  user?: string;
 };
 
 export type AddQueryTemplateCommand = {