Daniel Rapant (17 April 1897 Holíč, Austria-Hungary – 17 April 1988 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak historian, archivist and university teacher.

He graduated in Skalica in 1917 then he had studied history and Slavic studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (1918–1922).

[1] At the same time he had studied also at the State Archivist School in Prague (1919–1922).

In 1938–1939 he was the head of Czechoslovak-Hungarian Commission for Minority Questions.

[2] In 1945–1947 he was a dean of the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University.