José David Lápuz (19 April 1938 – 8 March 2023) was a Filipino educator and cultural administrator. Lapuz previously served as one of the commissioners of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines (UNACOM) and was a member of the UNESCO Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Poverty based in Paris. He previously worked as a lecturer in international relations and political science at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines until his death in 2023.