John Gladstone Rajakulendran (20 September 1907 – 27 February 1950) was a Ceylonese Tamil teacher and politician. John Gladstone Rajakulendran was born in Manipay, Ceylon on 20 September 1907, the son of Dr. Vethanayagam R. John. His brother was T. G. Francis, owner of the horse ‘Cotton Hall’ and the President of the YWCA Colombo. Rajakulendran studied at the English Memorial School Manipay and St. John's College, Jaffna. Having qualified as a trained teacher in Colombo, he taught at Wesley College, Colombo. In November 1945 he enrolled at Lincoln's Inn to study law.